Alec Baldwin was faced with charges stemming from the on-set death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed after a prop gun misfired. Though the manslaughter charges against Baldwin were dropped, his role in the tragedy remains heavily debated. All the while, there's been a discussion in the entertainment industry surrounding gun safety on sets and whether real weapons should be used for productions at all. Guy Ritchie, the filmmaker known for Sherlock Holmes, Snatch and Aladdin, is now speaking out against that practice and revealed that he has since banned them on his own productions.
The director spoke to Newsweek, with whom he discussed teaming up with Jake Gyllenhaal on his latest film, The Covenant. During the conversation, he went on to say that Hollywood's attitudes about the presence of real guns on sets has changed following the fatal Rust-related incident. While discussing his decision to move away from the use of real firearms on his own productions, he explained how this practice went over during production on his military drama:
