The woman who handled weapons on the set for Alec Baldwin's film "Rust," had just taken up a job as a head armourer and admitted that she was unsure about the job.
Hannah Reed, the daughter of Hollywood armorer Thell Reed, appeared last month on the "Voices of the West” podcast to discuss her experiences in the business. Reed shared with the hosts that she just wrapped "The Old Way", a western film starring Nic Cage, and that it was her first experience as head armorer for a movie.
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Reed confesses to the Cage job in a disturbing confession: "I was nervous at the beginning, and almost didn't accept the job because it was too risky for me. But, I did it, and it was great.
Reed also spoke about the guidance her father has given her as an armorer. He previously worked on "Django: Unchained", "3:10 To Yuma" and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".
Reed spoke out about her training and said that loading blanks into prop guns was the scariest thing she had ever done. She didn't know how it worked, but her father had taught her.
There are many questions about the incident on set, including whether Baldwin fired a live bullet or if it was a blank. Indiewire received an email from the propmasters union claiming that the gun Alec Baldwin fired was a "live single shot" and had struck two crew members.
According to a source, the film had several problems with blanks being shot when they were not supposed to be. It's not clear who the head armorer was at the time.
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