Hannah Gutierrez-Reed: 5 things to know about the armorer of the movie «Rust»
16 april 2024 в 19:02
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed turned out to be one of the most shocking tragedies in the history of the film industry. After working as an armorer on Alec Baldwin’s western «Rust», Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the accidental killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Learn more about the former armorer in the film industry below.
Gutierrez-Reed is related to the famous armorer Thell Reed, who worked on several productions including «Once Upon a Time in Hollywood», «Miami Vice», and «Mr. & Mrs. Smith». In 1995, Thell spoke to Entertainment Weekly about teaching actors how to shoot in the film «The Quick and the Dead».
«I teach smoothness and style, and speed comes naturally», - he told the publication. «It's every filmmaker’s dream».
According to The Wrap, key grip Stu Brumbaugh stated that people on the set of the film «The Old Way» complained about Gutierrez-Reed's inexperience with weapon safety. According to a former crew member, actor Nicolas Cage yelled at Gutierrez-Reed for firing a weapon near actors and crew members more than once.
«Make an announcement, you just blew out my damn eardrums!» Cage allegedly shouted, according to the key grip. «I told the assistant director she needed to be fired», - Brumbaugh explained, adding, «After the second incident, I was irritated. We were moving too fast. She’s a rookie».
During an appearance on the «Voices of the West» podcast, Gutierrez-Reed opened up about working on «The Old Way», calling it a «cool way to start» her career as an armorer.
«It was a really cool way to start a long and cool career», - she explained. «It was also my first time as a head armorer. I almost didn’t take the job because I wasn’t sure if I was ready. But doing it, like, everything went really smoothly».
As for the «scariest» part of the job for her, Gutierrez-Reed admitted that «loading rounds» was difficult at first because «I thought, 'Oh, I don’t know anything about this'».
In October 2021, Hutchins, the cinematographer of the film «Rust», was accidentally shot and killed with a prop gun fired by Baldwin during filming. Although charges of involuntary manslaughter were dropped against the actor, they were reportedly refiled in January 2024 after a grand jury issued an indictment against him.
As for Gutierrez-Reed, she was charged with involuntary manslaughter in 2023. At the time, attorney Jason Bowles noted that their legal team «expected the charges, but they are absolutely wrong about Hannah — we expect her to be acquitted by the jury, and she did not commit murder».
Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter. According to The New York Post, District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer told her, «I haven’t heard you take responsibility», - during a sentencing hearing in April 2024.
«You said you regret it, but didn’t say what exactly», - the judge said, according to the publication. «It was your lawyer who was supposed to tell the court that you regret it. The word repentance, deep regret, arising from a sense of guilt for past mistakes, is not about you. … I believe something you did is a serious violent crime. It was committed in a physically violent manner … I sentence you to 18 months in a women’s correctional facility in New Mexico»
Gutierrez-Reed is related to the famous armorer Thell Reed, who worked on several productions including «Once Upon a Time in Hollywood», «Miami Vice», and «Mr. & Mrs. Smith». In 1995, Thell spoke to Entertainment Weekly about teaching actors how to shoot in the film «The Quick and the Dead».
«I teach smoothness and style, and speed comes naturally», - he told the publication. «It's every filmmaker’s dream».
According to The Wrap, key grip Stu Brumbaugh stated that people on the set of the film «The Old Way» complained about Gutierrez-Reed's inexperience with weapon safety. According to a former crew member, actor Nicolas Cage yelled at Gutierrez-Reed for firing a weapon near actors and crew members more than once.
«Make an announcement, you just blew out my damn eardrums!» Cage allegedly shouted, according to the key grip. «I told the assistant director she needed to be fired», - Brumbaugh explained, adding, «After the second incident, I was irritated. We were moving too fast. She’s a rookie».
During an appearance on the «Voices of the West» podcast, Gutierrez-Reed opened up about working on «The Old Way», calling it a «cool way to start» her career as an armorer.
«It was a really cool way to start a long and cool career», - she explained. «It was also my first time as a head armorer. I almost didn’t take the job because I wasn’t sure if I was ready. But doing it, like, everything went really smoothly».
As for the «scariest» part of the job for her, Gutierrez-Reed admitted that «loading rounds» was difficult at first because «I thought, 'Oh, I don’t know anything about this'».
In October 2021, Hutchins, the cinematographer of the film «Rust», was accidentally shot and killed with a prop gun fired by Baldwin during filming. Although charges of involuntary manslaughter were dropped against the actor, they were reportedly refiled in January 2024 after a grand jury issued an indictment against him.
As for Gutierrez-Reed, she was charged with involuntary manslaughter in 2023. At the time, attorney Jason Bowles noted that their legal team «expected the charges, but they are absolutely wrong about Hannah — we expect her to be acquitted by the jury, and she did not commit murder».
Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter. According to The New York Post, District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer told her, «I haven’t heard you take responsibility», - during a sentencing hearing in April 2024.
«You said you regret it, but didn’t say what exactly», - the judge said, according to the publication. «It was your lawyer who was supposed to tell the court that you regret it. The word repentance, deep regret, arising from a sense of guilt for past mistakes, is not about you. … I believe something you did is a serious violent crime. It was committed in a physically violent manner … I sentence you to 18 months in a women’s correctional facility in New Mexico»
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