I don't think Baldwin deserves to be charged more than the other producers, because the negligence in the safety setup applies equally to all of the people with final decision making authority. On the other hand, given his physical presence on set, he can't pretend he wasn't aware that there were very serious safety violations going on that the producers *flatly ignored*, and even in the aftermath continue to insist *shouldn't count*.
Seriously -- multiple negligent discharges with blank ammunition in the past couple of days should have been treated as a come-to-Jesus wakeup and resulted in an immediate safety audit of EVERYTHING, culminating in at absolute minimum making Gutierrez-Reed full time armorer with as as many hours as she needed to carry out all safety checks, briefings, and training.
Instead, the producers' attitude was, "It was only blanks so it doesn't count as a safety incident, we are not required to take any corrective action at all. I'm sure it'll be fine."
Seriously -- multiple negligent discharges with blank ammunition in the past couple of days should have been treated as a come-to-Jesus wakeup and resulted in an immediate safety audit of EVERYTHING, culminating in at absolute minimum making Gutierrez-Reed full time armorer with as as many hours as she needed to carry out all safety checks, briefings, and training.
Instead, the producers' attitude was, "It was only blanks so it doesn't count as a safety incident, we are not required to take any corrective action at all. I'm sure it'll be fine."