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Per the outlet, camera crew members who lived in Albuquerque asked production managers for hotel rooms, as they did not want to travel about 50 miles each day to the film’s troubled set in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Though hotel rooms were initially provided during the first week of production, members of the camera crew were then told during the second week that they would no longer receive such accommodations and would be required to travel from their own homes to the set, Lane Luper, the A-camera first assistant, told theLATimes.
TheLATimesreported that someone on the production staff even ordered “custom black long-sleeve T-shirts” that had sayings such as “Error 404: Housing Not Found” and “ABQ is an hour away” printed on them.
“Corners were being cut — and they brought in nonunion people so they could continue shooting,” an insider told the outlet at the time.
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“They all made it clear they didn’t feel safe and that they had to spend a long time to get to set, so everyone was tired even before they got there,” the insider says. “They were concerned and angry that the proposed union strike that was meant to address these issues never happened.”
When asked last week about weapons safety on the set, a spokesperson for the movie’s production company, Rust Movie Productions, LLC, told PEOPLE, “The safety of our cast and crew is the top priority of Rust Productions and everyone associated with the company. Though we were not made aware of any official complaints concerning weapon or prop safety on set, we will be conducting an internal review of our procedures while production is shut down. We will continue to cooperate with the Santa Fe authorities in their investigation and offer mental health services to the cast and crew during this tragic time.”
TheRustfilm set has been shut down following Hutchins' death, with production indefinitely paused, according to the production company, Rust Movie Productions, LLC.
So far, no charges have been filed. The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
source: people.com
