Brandon Lee Eliza "Lisa" Hutton at director Renny Harlin's office, located at the headquarters of 20th Century Fox. Hutton was working as a personal assistant to Harlin, and later became a story editor for Stillwater Productions, in 1991. Lee and Hutton moved in together in early 1991 and became engaged in October 1992. Brandon and Eliza planned to start a family immediately after they were married, but they had yet to conceive when he died. They were due to be married in Ensenada, Mexico, on April 17, 1993, a week after Lee was to complete filming on "The Crow". At the time
Brandon Lee fired out of the barrel with virtually the same force as if the gun had been loaded with a live round, and it struck Lee in the abdomen, mortally wounding him. He was rushed to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he underwent six hours of surgery. Attempts to save him were unsuccessful, and Lee was pronounced dead on March 31, 1993, at 1:03 p.m. EST. He was 28 years old. The shooting was ruled an accident. The incomplete scenes which were to form the beginning of the film had to be rewritten. The scenes