The awesome Bren tipped us off to this story about an accidental shooting on the set of a Spider-Man fan film in the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Sam Vestey, 23, is expected to be okay after suffering a shotgun wound to the right leg on Sunday night. Vestey was dressed as Spider-Man filming a scene in a basement of a Clintonville home with Casey May and Michael Galusick, who are reportedly “two friends who frequently make amateur superhero movies, authorities said.” I hope someday authorities are saying that about us.
May was holding the shotgun when it accidentally discharged, hitting Spider-Vesty in the leg. Wearing a Spider-Man costume doesn’t give you Spidey senses, it turns out. All three men believed the shotgun to be unloaded and were using it as a prop, which is why you never use a real firearm as a prop and you never point a real firearm at a living thing you aren’t intending to murder (even if you think it’s not loaded). Just consider that a helpful tip from your friendly neighborhood GammaSquad.
UPDATE: WSYX is reporting it was a Deadpool web series, not Spider-Man, and we recommend reading the comments below for more information.
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You could also, you know, look and see if it’s loaded.
I wonder where these guys were when I was in film school. We had to make due with spraypainted waterguns because liberal art school lame no guns et cetera et cetera
Firstly, that’s Deadpool, not Spiderman. Galusic has never used a real gun as a prop in any of his movies. Vesty was to play a thug and brought his own shotgun. Vesty dropped it and shot himself.
So, I was the one shot in the leg, and I have a lot to clear up, since the news did a terrible job getting the actual story.
First off, no one was dressed as Spiderman. The reason we were there that day was to film a Deadpool web series, but despite what the article says we were not yet filming.
We were not using the shotgun as a prop, nor did we plan to.
The shotgun was not mine, it was on loan to the person in the Deadpool costume, as it was used in an appearance in a horror movie (seen, but not wielded) the week prior. The gun was checked multiple times prior to shooting that it was unloaded, and the person responsible for the gun owned no ammunition for it, and none was kept in the house. Someone (we still don’t know who) loaded a blank into the weapon while we were in West Virginia shooting the horror film, and did not inform anyone.
The person who was handling the weapon when it went off did not have it pointed at anyone, and he was treating it as if it were loaded. While we were all talking, it slipped from his grip, and in an effort to keep it from hitting the ground and possibly discharging, he grabbed for it an it fired the blank at point blank range into the side of my calf and thigh.
The incident was a true freak accident, and everyone there that day acted to the best of their ability, and was never treating the weapon as anything less than a deadly weapon.
Had anyone been truly acting out of stupidity or using the gun as a prop, then someone would have been hurt a lot more, or possibly dead.
People like you, Sam, should be looked down upon. Using copyrighted characters for your own use. Did you get permission to make a film with these characters from Marvel? I think not. Go try your hand at another profession, perhaps being a bus driver or a landing a job at McDonalds.
Jack Frost, I’m surprised you can still type with your head that far up your ass. Just because you failed at your chilhood aspirations (unless those included becoming the hugest ass-hat on the internet) doesn’t mean people should give up on theirs.
Sam, get better, and keep having FUN making movies.
It’s not enough that the gun was checked the week prior. A gun should be checked every time it is picked up…in order to avoid accidents just like this one.
Guys chill out. Deadpool has a healing factor. No big deal.