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Had i known of her before and if someone had talked to me about her, i would not recommend her for the job. she is just totally inexperienced. if she is going to be an armorer on the set, she should have been supervised by a weapons master or a key armorer and that just wasn't the case. and when i heard about nicolas cage getting upset with her for discharging the firearm, i totally agree with him because she is out of her league. she should not have even had the weapon. she just doesn't seem to be competent. >> scott, how does this happen? there has to be -- i -- i have to assume there are so...

The tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was accidentally shot by actor Alec Baldwin on the Santa Fe set of indie Western Rust last week, has

Supposed to roll. and typically, these jobs are filled, you know, a lot longer lead time. so the fact that they were sort of scrambling around at the last minute to have a prop master. and then, it appears that the person that they did put in the job has very little credits. and the armor -- as -- as you pointed out -- this was only her second, you know, major project. >> it's -- i mean, it's fascinating that -- that -- i guess, obviously, the -- the -- the refusal to have two -- two assistants. one, a dedicated prop assistant. was basically just a budget concern? >> that was -- um -- neil's u...

For the forensics to come back from the autopsy report to, hopefully, make it clear what this projectile was that ended up taking the lives of halyna hutchins. but right now, we still don't know the answer to that. anderson. >> stephanie elam, thank you. i want to go to meg james with new reporting on the prop master who says quote, there were massive red flags, unquote, that led him to turn down a job on the film. what are you able to tell us based on your reporting on why this veteran prop master turned down the job on the set of alec baldwin's movie? >> yes, thank you, anderson, it's a very...

Second, you know, major project. >> it's -- i mean, it's fascinating that -- that -- i guess, obviously, the -- the -- the refusal to have two -- two assistants. one, a dedicated prop assistant. was basically just a budget concern? >> that was -- um -- neil's understanding was that, you know, that they were really looking to be really tight on the budget. this was a low-budget production, and that's -- you know, last week, i spoke to camera operators and other -- um -- staff members of the -- the set. and they also expressed that there was some real concerns. there were some real concerns abou...