‘Rust’ Crew Member Gives Tearful Testimony: ‘I’m Hoping for Justice’
27.02.2024 - 02:25
/ variety.com
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SANTA FE, N.M. — A crew member on “Rust” gave jurors a tearful account Monday of the fatal shooting on set, and laid much of the blame on Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film’s armorer. Ross Addiego, the dolly grip, became choked up and cried at several points as he recalled the events surrounding the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
He also faulted Gutierrez Reed for leaving guns and ammunition unsecured, saying she was nothing like the “uptight,” “anal retentive” armorers he had encountered over his 30-year career. “She wasn’t necessarily as serious or professional as I am accustomed to with the other armorers that I’m familiar with,” Addiego testified. “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen an armorer pull loose ammo out of a fanny pack.” Gutierrez Reed is on trial for involuntary manslaughter.
She mistakenly loaded a live round into Alec Baldwin‘s gun, which went off during preparation for a scene at the Bonanza Creek Ranch, a Western feature filming outside Santa Fe. Baldwin is set to face a trial in July on the same charge for allegedly pulling the trigger, which he has denied. Addiego was helping the camera operator set up the shot when the gun fired.
“A firearm went off in a small wooden church,” he testified. “The concussion, ears ringing, that moment of panic in everybody. I think the first person I made eye contact with was Halyna, who was clearly injured by whatever that gunshot was… She was starting to go flush and holding her right side.” Addiego tended to Joel Souza, the director, who was struck in the shoulder by the bullet after it passed through Hutchins.
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