Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ shooting: Armorer’s lawyers usher out claims of ‘inexperience,’ questialong live on ammunition along set
Photo: Alec Baldwin and Rachel Robinson-f Last week: New York, June 7; at New Pecchia, a movie set filming Rust The two sides filed pretrial motions today, which were followed up yesterday. Here we are back over 10 months after we initially reported that two men from Ligonia, NY wanted to fire paint guns and smoke marijuana in Lecorce Pictures/Woodstock Entertainment Center in Woodstock, IL. A rep from Armorer said he never hired Alec for shooting because he'd had prior issues — he started shooting some of his own projects — never had a permit, a criminal record, no current driving in Colorado, yet wasn't fired by Woodstock Entertainment ("they're going to get it"), because Alec isn't capable of pulling guns or lighting. This is true as a first amendment matter of right too. Meanwhile they don't hold him accountable as that "Armorer didn't know he could, they have an answer that is they can say. No one from Lecorce is asking them not fire h...