Ridley Scott reveals that IdrisElba believed he had been shot while filming ‘American Gangster.

• Ridley Scott claimed that Idris Elba believed he was being shot real-time while filming “American Gangster.”
• Scott talked about filming a scene in which Elba’s character is shot in the head.
• Scott claimed that Elba felt the gun’s recoil and fell to the ground thinking he had been hit.

Ridley Scott said The Daily MailIdris Elba was convinced he was shot during filming a scene in 2007’s. “American Gangster.”

Elba and Denzel Washington starred in the Oscar-nominated movie about crime. All in one sceneWashington’s character Frank Lucas shoots Tango Elba in the head because he hasn’t paid his debt on time.

Scott, the director of the movie, said to the Daily Mail Elba fell on the sidewalk while filming this scene thinking that he was being shot.

“What happened was, I said to Idris: ‘Listen, when he puts the gun to your head lean on the gun’ — because by the way, this is a gun with a solid barrel, there is no aperture, I would never risk it — but when you pull the trigger there’s a recoil, there’s no blank, nothing,”Scott stated. “[Washington] pulled the trigger and it goes, ‘Bang.’ Idris thought he’d been shot and dropped to the sidewalk and said: ‘I’ve been shot!'”

Scott’s firearms expert Paul Biddiss told the Mail that a solid gun barrel meant that the gun was sealed so that no bullets could pass through. However, the barrel could still exert the recoil effect.

“[Scott] is very hot on safety,”Biddiss also added: “There’s a lot of inexperienced armorers trying to get their foot in the door in the industry, unfortunately. No armorer should ever sign off a weapon with live bullets inside even if it’s not being aimed directly at someone.”

Alec Baldwin was fatally shot last month “Rust”Hutchins was filming scenes and accidentally shot Joel Souza, the filmmaker, with a Colt revolver. According to authorities, the gun had live ammunition. Insider saw an affidavit stating that David Halls (the assistant director for the movie) did not know that the gun contained live bullets when he gave it back to Baldwin.