Clooney unloads on the 'Rust' production at large.
directly -- whom he says he doesn't know well -- he does make a stark comparison in how he's dealt with guns on set, and how AB apparently did.
George explains that anytime he's used a gun on camera, he's always checked it himself -- and does so extensively too ... saying he opens it, examines the chamber, shows it to whoever he's pointing it too and even fires six times at the ground as a final safeguard. According to Santa Fe authorities, Alec didn't do any of that -- and ended up pointing the gun at Halyna and directorThere's more George touches on -- including the producers of this film allegedly cutting crucial corners that allowed for an unsafe environment to fester, which is unfathomable to him considering the tragedy that killedHis entire convo is worth a listen ... but the bottom line is, GC thinks this was amateur hour.
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