In the interview, Baldwin, however, confessed that he never pulled the trigger, but rather cocked it and "let go of the hammer" when it discharged. Meanwhile, Clooney compared the tragedy to the loss of his late friend Brandon Lee in a car accident while filming 'The Crow' in 1993. He said at the time, "I've been on sets for 40 years and the person that hands you the gun, the person that is responsible for the gun is either the prop or the armorer, period." He further said, "Now every single time I'm handed a gun on the set, every time they hand me a gun I look at it, I open it. I show it to the person I'm pointing it to, I show it to the crew. Every single take you had to back to the armorer when you're done," he explained.