by Bill » 31 Oct 2021, 8:44 am
womble wrote:Because the movie requires Alec to handle and operate guns. Product placement to market and promote particular makes and models of guns perhaps helps fund the production.
However Alec doesn't have any knowledge or respect for guns. And he doesn't want to know. Therefore we hire people to take responsibility for him.
In a worst case scenario we have a ready made patsy and media release ready to go, because Alec is a VIP and the rules don’t apply to him.
Alec is the asset with value here. Without him there is no box office return. He is the brand and the image that must not be sullied. He has a status that allows to him to live free of consequence. He has minders and fixers to handle anything and everything.
The question is are there any limitations on this. Probably not for the right price.
Womble where did you get Alec Baldwin doesn't have any knowledge or respect for guns from ??
Alec Baldwins father was a Marine and an expert marksman, who was also shot during a training exercises and medically discharged. He went onto coach high school rifle teams. Lead exposure is what is speculated to have killed him from range time. I'd imagine Baldwin was very familar with firearms. A life time of working with competent Armourers most likely contributed to his trust in the inexperienced 24yr old Armourer, big mistake.
AB was one of 7 producers on the film. The film's plot follows a 13-year-old orphan who goes on the run with his long-estranged grandfather Baldwin after he is sentenced to death for the accidental killing of a local rancher
If AB hated guns so much he would hardly be making a film that glorifies violence and firearms....... Gun control is a whole different issue.
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