Alec Baldwin 'Rust' Head Gun Handler Had Doubts About Experience Level: New On The Job

TMZ ^ | 10/23/2021 | Staff

[marcusmaximus]

The woman responsible for handling weapons on the set of Alec Baldwin's "Rust" had only recently taken on a gig as a head armorer, and shared she had real doubts about doing the job.

Hannah Reed -- daughter of Hollywood armorer Thell Reed -- appeared on the "Voices of the West" podcast last month to talk about her new experiences in the biz. Reed told the hosts she had just wrapped a western movie with Nic Cage called "The Old Way" ... and it was her first time as head armorer on a movie.

In a now-eerie confession, Reed says of the Cage job, "You know, I was really nervous about it at first, and I almost didn't take the job because I wasn't sure if I was ready ... but, doing it, like, it went really smoothly."

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In talking about her training, Reed told the podcast hosts loading blanks in prop guns was "the scariest" thing to her, because she didn't know how to do it ... but it was something her dad had helped her work through.

[Safrguns]

>>> If I remember correctly, the Lee incident

yeah.. I don’t have details... just heard that it was a blank, and that “something” got lodged in the barrel. real bullet? I don’t know... that wouldnt’ make sense either.

[BiglyCommentary]

Bet the answer is that to kill the boredom, someone was plinking off set with the gun and left live rounds in it.

[daniel1212]

Thanks.

[2harddrive]

Perhaps INSTEAD of condemning guns and gun owners, Alec Baldwin should have learned BASIC gun safety! The REALITY is that he pointed a loaded gun at a person and PULLED THE TRIGGER! That is NO “misfire”, the firearm WORKED AS DESIGNED. HE failed to CHECK to ENSURE that it was unloaded. I’ll bet he did not even know HOW to CLEAR it.