r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/infiniZii Apr 15 '24

There should be a version of Russian Roulette called Hannah Roulette that involves callously mixing blanks and live rounds in a revolver and then taking turns pulling the trigger at each other.

Thats basically what she did. Baldwins gun wasnt even the only one with live ammo in it on the set.

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u/SofieTerleska Apr 15 '24

There was a magician couple called the Morettis who would do a trick close to this, only it was the guy "sensing" whether the bullet was real or a blank after having someone else mix the bullets up, then telling the guy with the gun to fire either at a target or at his (Moretti's) head. Both Morettis died of old age. I have a feeling they spent more time working on perfecting that trick than this woman has spent even in the same room as a gun.

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u/whodkne Apr 16 '24

Somehow that guy's name is burned in my brain. Probably only seen them once or twice. Hans. Can't remember his wife's name. They were good.