Eliza Hutton, the fiancée of the late actor Brandon Lee, has reflected on the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, declaring: "There's no such thing as a prop gun."
Lee, who was the son of the beloved actor and martial arts performer Bruce Lee, died in 1993 at age of 28 after he was shot by a prop gun on the set of the movie The Crow.
Execs behind the movie had planned to wrap filming on the project days before Lee was shot dead. Hutton and Lee had made wedding plans for after production concluded, but their nuptials would never come to be.
In the wake of Hutchins' death, also as a result of a prop gun, Hutton told People magazine: "Twenty-eight years ago, I was shattered by the shock and grief of losing the love of my life, Brandon Lee, so senselessly.
"My heart aches again now for Halyna Hutchins' husband and son, and for all those left in the wake of this avoidable tragedy."
She added: "I urge those in positions to make a change to consider alternatives to real guns on sets."
According to the publication, Hutton posted a picture of Lee taken in 1992 on her private Instagram account with the caption: "There's no such thing as a prop gun."
Last Friday, a day after Hutchins lost her life in the accidental shooting, the official Brandon Lee Twitter account run by his sister, Shannon Lee, wrote: "Our hearts go out to the family of Halyna Hutchins and to Joel Souza and all involved in the incident on 'Rust.' No one should ever be killed by a gun on a film set. Period."
The investigation into Hutchins' death is ongoing. In a new affidavit, Joel Souza, the director of Rust, who sustained non-life-threatening injuries when Alec Baldwin accidentally fired the prop gun, said that the actor had been rehearsing for a scene at the time.
"Joel stated that they had Alec sitting in a pew in a church building setting, and he was practicing a cross draw. Joel said he was looking over the shoulder of [Hutchins], when he heard what sounded like a whip and then loud pop," the document read.