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Armorer on Alec Baldwin's 'Rust' set once admitted to being 'nervous' about abilities
The armorer on set of the movie "Rust," which has made headlines after a prop gun used by Alec Baldwin killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, once expressed doubt in her capabilities working on Hollywood movie sets.
Hannah Gutierrez was named in records filed on Friday in Santa Fe, New Mexico related to the fatal shooting. According to the records, the gun that took Hutchins' life and injured director Joel Souza was one of three that Gutierrez had set on a cart outside the building where a scene from the movie was being acted.
The armorer, who also goes by Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, appeared on the "Voices of the West" podcast last month where she admitted she was initially reluctant about her abilities.
"I just finished up working on ‘The Old Way’ with Nicolas Cage, his very first Western. It was also my first time being head armorer as well. 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, it went really smoothly," she said.
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Gutierrez is the daughter of well known Hollywood armorer Thell Reed. "Dad's been teaching me a little bit every now and then about guns since I was 16. But I think we really got more into the stuff more just really in the last couple of years," she said.
"Originally I had planned on working with cameras or I really liked lighting too. I wanted to do DP work but I kind of just tried it with dad one time and I noticed I had a natural knack for it growing up around guns my whole life," she added when asked about her aspirations in the film industry.
Moments before the fatal shooting, Assistant Director Dave Halls grabbed a prop gun off the cart and brought it inside to Baldwin, unaware that it was loaded with live rounds, a detective wrote in the application.
"Cold gun," Halls yelled.
Video: Alec Baldwin releases statement after tragedy on "Rust" set: "My heart is broken" (Yahoo Entertainment US)
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