A "cursed" set that of Santa Fe, in the United States, the scene of the tragedy that struck actor Alec Baldwin , who inadvertently fired a pistol (believing that the weapon was loaded with blanks) killing the director of photography Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
Now, according to US media reports, a terrible new shadow over the production: a lighting technician, Jason Miller, who had been called to dismantle the set at Bonanza Creek Ranch, was bitten in the left arm by a poisonous spider. His condition worsened rapidly in the following hours, manifesting "severe symptoms including necrosis of the arm and sepsis - writes the US magazine People - He was hospitalized and underwent several surgeries". The family has launched a fundraiser to support the necessary treatments, but according to the American media, the man could face the amputation of his arm.
In the meantime, the Rust production company has made it known that, by virtue of the particular and painful circumstances in which it is working, "psychological assistance is provided to all those who work on the film and there is full collaboration with the Santa Fe authorities. ". Actor Alec Baldwin has also launched an appeal from social media for the presence of a policeman on every set that uses guns, whether real or false.
THE FILM - “Rust”, whose shooting began on 6 October, tells the story of the outlaw Harland Rust, played by Baldwin himself, in the days of the Wild West.
Among the actors Travis Fimmel, former supermodel then loaned to the cinema and face of the television series "Vikings", and Marty Lindsey, already seen in the Better Call Saul series and in several other films. With them also Brady Noon and Frances Fisher.
(Unioneonline / vl)
