Before Alec Baldwin’s tragic accident, Nicolas Cage had a serious problem with Rust’s chief of arms

“The Old Way” crew members reported that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was unwise during filming and “put the cast and crew in various unnecessary and dangerous situations.”

“Rust” chief at arms Hannah Gutierrez-Reed infuriated actor Nicolas Cage to the point that he left the set after she opened fire twice without warning.

Reed, one of the most complicated in the case, was in charge of the weapons used on set when Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Thursday, October 22.

Before the fatal accident in “Rust,” Reed allegedly broke some protocols while working with Cage during the filming of the movie “The Old Way,” directed by Brett Donowho and which follows the story of a retired gunman named Colton Briggs who seeks revenge for the murder of a woman in the company of her 12-year-old daughter.

According to team member Stu Brumbaugh, speaking to Radar Online , Cage yelled at him after firing a gun without warning for the second time in three days.

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“Make an announcement, you just blew my fucking eardrums! ”He allegedly yelled before storming off the set. After the incident, Brumbaugh recalled: “After the second round, I was angry. We were moving too fast. She is a rookie ”.

Later, Brumbaugh learned that the film was Reed’s first job as chief gunsmith . However, she was also allegedly careless in the performance of her duties, prompting other members of the production to complain.

A crew member said Reed entered the set with live rounds without announcing it to the cast and crew. It should be remembered that Hutchins was shot in the chest by a live bullet loaded in the revolver that Baldwin was handling.

Additionally, another person who worked on “The Old Way” claimed that Reed also walked with guns under his armpits so that they were pointed at people on set. Another staff member who preferred to remain anonymous alleged that she “put the cast and crew in various unnecessary and dangerous situations.”

Last month, Reed, whose father is a Hollywood stuntman and famous gunsmith Thell Reed, admitted during a podcast interview that she 👉was “nervous” about taking on the role in the film and doubted her abilities.

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Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop pistol while rehearsing on the set of “Rust.” The deputy director who handed him the gun was unaware that it contained “live ammunition.” As a result, he accidentally shot Hutchins and film director Joel Souza.

The gunsmith or stunt coordinator choreographs the action sequences of the shots, works with the cinematographer to determine which camera angles will minimize the risk of injury, and ensures that no cast or crew members are in the line of sight. shot, or in the path of the weapon, when fired, Michael Lubke, a fight director and stunt coordinator for theater and film, explained to the Los Angeles Times.

Anyone at close range is often required to wear protective gear, such as shields or safety glasses, when the cameras are rolling. “No one should ever be on the firing line ,” Lubke said.

Reed denied being the culprit of Hutchins’ death through a strong statement in which she claimed to have been “slandered” by the media , although she acknowledged that she could not focus on her work with weapons because she was assigned two roles in the set .

“Safety is Hannah’s number one priority on set. You have no idea where the real bullets came from. Hannah and the props master were in control of the weapons and she never witnessed anyone firing live bullets with these weapons and she would not allow it either, “continues the text stating that the chief of arms” has never had an accidental discharge. ” .

The attorneys said Gutiérrez-Reed was hired in two positions in this film, so “it made it very difficult to focus on her job as an assembler . “

“The entire production set became unsafe due to various factors, including the lack of safety meetings. It’s not Hannah’s fault, ”they assured.

In statements to authorities, Gutiérrez-Reed had claimed that ” live ammunition was never kept on the set, ” but Santa Fe County Sheriff Adán Mendoza said that was not true . In fact, the 500 rounds of ammunition seized on the set are, according to the sheriff himself, ” a mixture of blank rounds, dummy cartridges and real cartridges.”

The recent statement echoes statements from other crew members who said the filming set was unsafe . Most of them blamed the assistant director, Dave Halls , who, according to their information, has been accused of directing unsafe shoots in the past .

Halls told law enforcement that he asked Gutierrez-Reed to show him the gun before turning it over to Baldwin last Thursday.

During an interview with detectives, Halls stated: “I checked the barrel for obstructions, most of the time there is no real fire, she (Hannah) opened the hatch and spun the drum, and I say ‘cold gun in the set'”.

“Cold pistol” is a term used on film sets to alert cast and crew that a firearm does not have loaded cartridges.

In an affidavit, Halls said that when Chief of Arms Hannah Gutierrez-Reed showed her the gun before continuing with rehearsal after a lunch break , she only remembered seeing three rounds. He said he should have checked all of them, but he didn’t, and he didn’t remember if Hannah spun the drum.

After the gun was fired, Halls took it from a bench on set and brought it to Gutierrez-Reed so he could open it so they could see what was inside .

Halls said there were five bullets in the gun, at least four of which had ” fake ” casings , as indicated by a hole in the side. One of them had no hole. He reported that that cartridge was just the casing and that the incident was not a deliberate act , according to the affidavit.

The words of Alec Baldwin

Baldwin addressed a swarm of photographers and reporters Saturday who were waiting for him in Manchester, a popular Vermont resort where he and his family have been sheltering since the incident. The actor faced the cameras of various media accompanied by his wife, Hilaria.

“It was my friend, my friend,” he said visibly moved. “The day we started filming I took her to dinner with the director, she was my friend,” she repeated several times with the intention that they would not ask her more about the case.

In the middle of the statement, his wife intervened in the interview. Very angry, she rebuked the journalists but Baldwin quickly asked her to calm down that he was going to answer.

The actor called the episode “horrible” and characterized the team as “well oiled”, noting that the accident is obviously shocking and devastating for him.

The actor, who several times said that he could not talk about the episode because the investigation is ongoing, did elaborate on the importance of improving protocols and security measures.

“There are accidents, from time to time, on sets but nothing like this. This is one episode in a billion, one in a billion, “he said. “How many bullets were fired in TV and movie shows in the last 5-7 years, this is the US… How many. And almost all without incident. So what should happen now is that when something does go wrong, as in this horrible and catastrophic episode, action must be taken … Prop weapons, plastic … “, he analyzed.

As the talk progressed, the actor left the reticent posture of the beginning and tried to have a talk on good terms.

“We stopped by courtesy but please go home,” he asked. “My children are crying in the car, they know they are following us,” he implored.

Until now, Baldwin had only spoken of the tragedy through his social networks. This statement is the first he makes in person.

Investigations into the dramatic episode in which the actor accidentally killed Hutchins and shot director Joel Souza have so far focused on finding a key explanation: why there was live ammunition on the film’s set.

At this stage of the investigation, the Santa Fe authorities do not dare to draw conclusions and consider all possible scenarios, including the imputation of one of those involved in the filming. No one has been charged in the shooting, yet Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said last Wednesday that “no one has been ruled out at this time … All options are on the table.”