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Guns banned from set of The Crow reboot after Brandon Lee’s death
Director Rupert Sanders reveals production used only fake guns with no firing mechanism so there could be no repeat of the accident that killed Lee in 1994
The director of the upcoming reboot of The Crow has revealed that he banned all firing weapons from the set because of the death of Brandon Lee, who was shot and killed while making the original film 30 years before. Sanders said using fake guns require extra money to be spent on visual effects, to add muzzle flash and smoke, but said it “was a price worth paying … to me, that was a very worthwhile spend for everyone’s safety and comfort going into this project”. The death of Hutchins resulted in changes in Hollywood, with film production and firearms experts reporting that the accident lead to more active interest in gun safety and the increased use of technology to replicate gunfire.
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