Sources describe ‘immature’ gun handling on ‘Rust’ set: LIVE UPDATES
Sources close to the set revealed an image of several people on set using alarmingly "green," "immature" and "lackadaisical" gun safety.
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Sources describe ‘immature’ gun handling on ‘Rust’ set
Sources close to the film "Rust" have spoken out about the gun handling on set.
Sources close to the set told Fox News that such gun handling appeared alarmingly "green," "immature" and "lackadaisical."
An image seen by Fox News showed armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed and other women standing in a circle while holding guns including a pair of Old West rifles and a revolver.
One long gun’s barrel is resting against the belly of one of the woman across from Gutierrez Reed as she uses her cellphone. The butt of the other is propped against her hip, barrel in the dirt. A third woman is holding the revolver by the end of the grip, with a tangle of wires in the same hand, barrel pointed down.
"People didn’t know the rules," a source said.
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Rust' movie budget and salaries revealed: What Alec Baldwin, the armorer, and crew were paid
As the investigation into the fatal "Rust" movie shooting continues, the Western's lower budget and salaries for producers, actors, and the armorer have been revealed.
In a new report from The Hollywood Reporter star/producer Alec Baldwin, who shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set, was going to earn $150,000 as the lead and another $100,000 as a producer through his company, El Dorado Productions, according to a preliminary budget dated Sept. 8, 2021.
The independent drama was allegedly going to cost a total of $7,279,305 and just $7,913 was armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's fee plus another $7,469 for "armorer crew."
$17,500 was allocated for weapons rentals and $5,000 was the cost for rounds, per the report. Another $5,000 was slated for squibs (special effects explosives), per the report.
Souza was earning $221,872 for directing and the late Hutchins was set to make $48,945. First assistant director Dave Halls, who handed the gun to Baldwin per Santa Fe sheriff’s affidavits, was earning $52,830.
‘Rust’ armorer’s lawyers dismiss claims of ‘inexperience,’ question live ammo on set
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The legal team for "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed is pushing back against concerns about her level of experience while questioning how – and why – live ammunition made it onto an Alec Baldwin movie set.
"Never in a million years did Hannah think that live rounds could have been in the ‘dummy’ round box," one of her attorneys, Jason Bowles, said in a statement shared with Fox News on Thursday. "Who put those in there and why is the central question."
The remarks come as sources close to the set are raising concerns about Gutierrez Reed’s experience and maturity, and as details in Santa Fe search warrants suggest a break with established firearms safety protocols.
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