Behind the glamour, the filming of Hollywood movies is extremely dangerous.
This was brought into sharp focus by the tragic death Thursday of photography director Halyana Hutchins, when she was hit by a prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin on set in New Mexico.
After a projectile was fired from a prop weapon, it is unclear how empty cartridges could have taken away the lethal fragments.
The tragedy has grim echoes of the blank phase of actor Brandon Lee’s death on the set of the 1993 film The Crow.
Lee, a rising star and son of renowned martial artist Bruce Lee, was killed when a dummy round was used instead of a blank round during a fight scene. It struck his stomach with as much force as a live goal.
Stunt doubles are often used for the most dangerous action, putting their lives on the line for the perfect shot.
But film sets, which often include explosive or aerial scenes, are dangerous for everyone.
Here MailOnline recounts some of the worst tragedies that happened on set:
Cut Short: Brandon Lee, son of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, was a rising star before one of the saddest deaths in Hollywood history cut his life short
The Crow (1993) – Blank Round Kills actor Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee, son of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, was a rising star before his life was cut short by one of the saddest deaths in Hollywood history.
The actor was filming a scene where his character was killed by street thugs when a dummy cartridge was replaced with an empty round, which was fired into his stomach with the same force as a live bullet. .
After six hours of unsuccessful emergency surgery, Lee succumbed at the age of 28 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Tragedy: Tragedy occurred on the set of Edward Norton’s directorial debut Motherless Brooklyn in March 2018 when a fire broke out on the set
Motherless Brooklyn (2018) – Set Fire Kills FDNY Firefighter
Tragedy struck in March 2018 on the set of Edward Norton’s directorial debut Motherless Brooklyn, when a fire broke out on the set.
The FDNY was called to control the fire, in which 37-year-old convicted fireman Michael Davidson, who had been on the FDNY for 15 years, was dying on set.
During his tenure he was cited for bravery four times by leaving a wife and four daughters.
John-Eric: Actor John-Eric Hexum (left) was filming a scene where he was meant to simulate Russian roulette, when a cartridge fired into the gun and was fatally hit in the head .
Cover Up (1984) – Bullet cartridge kills actor John-Eric Hexum
The cast and crew were filming the seventh episode of the 1984 TV series Cover Up when tragedy struck on October 12, 1984.
Actor John-Eric Hexum was filming a scene where he was meant to simulate Russian roulette when a cartridge fired into the gun and hit him mortally in the head.
The actor was taken to Beverly Hills Medical Center where he had an emergency operation, but died five days later at the age of 26.
Tragic: The tragic accident in which actor Vic Morrow and 7-year-olds Maika Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen died, resulting in major changes to the filming code.
The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1982) – Vic Morrow and two children killed by a helicopter tail rotor
The tragic accident that killed actor Vic Morrow and children Maika Dinh Le, 7 and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, 6, resulted in major filming code changes.
In this scene Morrow’s character was to be taken back to Vietnam, where he had to protect two Vietnamese children.
A helicopter flown by Vietnam veteran Dorsey Wingo, hovered on a mortar impact, which exploded over the rotor and the helicopter crashed.
Morrow and Ley were cut off from the helicopter’s main rotor blades while Chen was crushed to death by the helicopter.
The incident leads to legal action that lasted more than a decade, and leads to stringent changes to safety regulations that were not there before.
Rider: The makings of the much-awaited Deadpool sequel go awry when stunt motorcycle rider lost control of his bike and fatally crashed
Deadpool 2 (2017) – Stuntwoman Joy ‘SJ’ Harris dies in motorcycle accident
The making of the much-awaited Deadpool sequel went haywire when the stunt motorcycle rider lost control of his bike and crashed fatally.
Joey ‘SJ’ Harris was filming a stunt sequence at Vancouver’s Shaw Tower when she lost control and hit a plate glass window.
This was Harris’ first gig as a stunt rider, although she was a veteran rider, and the first African-American female professional road racer.
Harris was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, as his character Domino, played by Zazie Beetz, was not wearing one in the scene.
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