Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal

[Pippin]

Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#1

Posted: 1/21/09 at 12:44pm

"Bill Bordy, vice president of the Sarasota Senior Theater in Bradenton, was rehearsing a scene from John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" Monday evening when he picked up a pistol he had borrowed from another cast member.

Bordy pointed the loaded revolver at the head of another actor, Fred Kellerman, and pulled the trigger."
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[Anakela]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#2

Posted: 1/21/09 at 12:50pm

I read this version earlier this morning, and I enjoyed the fact that the guy who was, you know, SHOT IN THE HEAD, that he was so ok that his big complaint was the tetanus shot that he had to get-

The wounded actor says the worst part of the shooting was the loud bang which caused momentary hearing loss, and a painful tetanus shot administered by nurses at the hospital.
Actor shot in head when prop gun turns out to be real and loaded

[South Fl Marc]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#2

Posted: 1/21/09 at 1:25pm

Only in Florida.

[MrSweetNAwful]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#3

Posted: 1/21/09 at 2:18pm

I feel proud knowing that (when not in college) I live only half an hour away from Bradenton.

I almost thought that video in the second link was going to show the incident...I probably would've gotten a sick laugh out of it.

You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl

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Updated On: 1/21/09 at 02:18 PM

[WesternSky2]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#4

Posted: 1/21/09 at 2:40pm

Ah Sarasota... lmao. I'm from Fort Myers.

[Unknown User]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#5

Posted: 1/21/09 at 2:48pm

Jon-Erik Hexum would love this story. Too bad he was shot in the head with a prop gun and killed twenty-five years ago.
Jon-Erik Hexum

[sparrman]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#6

Posted: 1/21/09 at 3:13pm

Do not -- do not -- DO NOT point even a gun that you KNOW is unloaded at any part of another actor. Aim upstage or downstage, for crying out loud. These "actors" might as well have been playing Russian roulette.

[LiTtLeDaNcEr729]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#7

Posted: 1/21/09 at 3:19pm

Why am I not surprised that this happened in my hometown?
Honestly. Ridiculous.

[TheActr97J]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#8

Posted: 1/21/09 at 4:12pm

Exactly, sparrman! The audience won't be able to tell the difference. It will still read to them that the gun is being pointed at the other person. Scary stuff.

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[Taryn]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#9

Posted: 1/21/09 at 4:34pm

Wow. I learned the never-point-a-gun-directly-at-someone rule in HIGH SCHOOL. C'mon, people.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#10

Posted: 1/21/09 at 4:40pm

Do you think this was orchestrated by the same evil techies as that... incident with the man who cut his own throat onstage in Austria not too long ago?

Egad, it's a conspiracy. I did think the techs at my school did look a bit sinister.

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

[ghostlight2]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#11

Posted: 1/21/09 at 4:42pm

Not only in Florida.

Brandon Lee, too, in The Crow.

[Parks]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#12

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:05pm

Why would you use a loaded gun on stage?...

"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA

[dramarama2]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#13

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:10pm

I bet the understudy lent the gun.

A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.

[Dollypop]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#14

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:12pm

This really creeps me out. As many of you know, I was very good friends with opera singer Jerry Hadley who killed himself over a year ago with an air rifle that he pointed to his own temple. I came across a photo of the two of us earlier today and only a few hours ago heard him singing an aria from THE PEARL FISHERS on the local NPR station. Now this. I'm wondering if Jerry is trying to tell me something?

SHUDDER

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Updated On: 1/21/09 at 05:12 PM

[dramarama2]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#15

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:15pm

Guns are bad.

A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.

[TheCharleston]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#16

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:16pm

Don't shoot in the temple. Aim for a less vulnerable spot?

[Madcap Maisie]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#17

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:18pm

"You know what really makes me mad? When girls think they can sing just because they are on the Disney Channel."

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[Dollypop]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#18

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:18pm

dramarama2, guns are not bad if you're Hedda Gabler.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#19

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:19pm

Oh, Dollypop, shivers and chills just ran down my spine reading your post. (NOT the Hedda Gabler one...)

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

[StockardFan]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#20

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:36pm

Schmerg, I've seen the techs at your school. They DO look a little sinister.....

KFTC!!!!!

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#21

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:41pm

They made Hugh Panaro wear their tech uniform to sing on our stage (1:58-2:10): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s44BH77BTo

Disclaimer to members of the site who aren't StockardFan: No, seriously, our techs are absolutely brilliant and dazzlingly talented. I love them very much. They just terrify me.

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

Updated On: 1/21/09 at 05:41 PM

[StockardFan]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#22

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:44pm

HAHAHA! I know, Schmerg, I was kidding. They were a tremendous help every year when I did the fashion show. Even though they could be sorta mean to the models.

KFTC!!!!!

[TheCharleston]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#23

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:49pm

that's not a uniform.

it's a black t-shirt that says TECH

they wear those for the shows?

the white "TECH" probably stands out in scene changes. what happened to all black for techies?

silly.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

re: Actor is shot with loaded gun during rehearsal#24

Posted: 1/21/09 at 5:51pm

Dude, they don't wear those DURING the shows (unless they have black jackets over them). And in musicals, they usually wear costumes during the show so as to blend in. But they wear the tech t-shirts ever waking second of their lives, which is why I call it their 'uniform.' Kind of like how I've worn the same leather jacket every day since seventh grade.

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy