Even if you have a computer generated muzzle flash, the actor does have to squeeze the "trigger" on the non-gun in the actual shot. There is no way around this, or at least there wasn't before CGI; the gun needed to be fake and the actor had to squeeze the trigger for the actual filming.
The responsibility is on the hirer of the armorer to check their credentials/identity and on the armorer to not supply a live gun. I don't think the actor should ultimately bear any responsibility for understanding how a gun works, how to check for bullets in the gun, etc. If anything, the armorer should train the actor how to (double) check for any bullets, etc.
The above is all a hypothetical situation in which the actor isn't the producer, though.
Looks like there were 7 producers though? It's it common to credit people as producers who don't actually do producer-things? I have very little understanding of the industry, just wasn't sure who was actually doing what work.
Even if you have a computer generated muzzle flash, the actor does have to squeeze the "trigger" on the non-gun in the actual shot. There is no way around this, or at least there wasn't before CGI; the gun needed to be fake and the actor had to squeeze the trigger for the actual filming.
The responsibility is on the hirer of the armorer to check their credentials/identity and on the armorer to not supply a live gun. I don't think the actor should ultimately bear any responsibility for understanding how a gun works, how to check for bullets in the gun, etc. If anything, the armorer should train the actor how to (double) check for any bullets, etc.
The above is all a hypothetical situation in which the actor isn't the producer, though.
He wasn't just an actor he was an executive producer
Read their last paragraph
Looks like there were 7 producers though? It's it common to credit people as producers who don't actually do producer-things? I have very little understanding of the industry, just wasn't sure who was actually doing what work.
Producers do the work, Executive Producers typically just provide money.
Invest enough money into the project and you get a producer credit.