Cop series 'The Rookie' bans live weapons after Alec Baldwin accident


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'The safety of our cast and crew is too important,' Alexi Hawley, The Rookie's showrunner wrote in an email. 'Any risk is too much risk.' Photo: Handout

ABC’s popular procedural The Rookie has banned the firing of real guns on the show after a fatal accident on a movie set in New Mexico.

Shaken up by the events, Alexi Hawley, the showrunner on the cop drama starring Nathan Fillion as a Los Angeles Police Department newcomer, wrote to crew members Friday (Oct 22) with the new policy, according to an email seen by the Los Angeles Times.

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