‘The Crow’ Reboot Banned Real Guns After Brandon Lee’s Death on the Original Film’s Set and the ‘Rust’ Tragedy (EXCLUSIVE)
Rupert Sanders’ “The Crow” is a new take on the dark 1989 comic book, but there is one element of the franchise’s history that the director was determined not to replicate.
During the production of the 1994 film adaptation of “The Crow,” star Brandon Lee was accidentally shot and killed on set due to an accident by the film’s prop department. That tragedy was echoed decades later on the set of “Rust” in Oct.
2021, when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot due to real rounds being present in a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin.
Given that Sanders shot his film in 2022, both incidents reinforced the director’s insistence on having as safe a set as possible.
“Safety is a number one priority,” he said. “Film sets are very dangerous. There are fast moving cars with cranes stuck on the top. There are stunt guys falling on high wires down steps.
You have to be safe. The first day I met with the special effects department and the armorer, who was great, in Prague. They were very safety-conscious. They follow all the same guidelines as the military when dealing with weapons, but I didn’t even want to risk that.”
