Alec Baldwin got into a feud on Twitter with producer Dana Brunetti on Wednesday, April 5.
Baldwin claims in his recently released memoir Nevertheless, that he never knew the age of his female co-star and love interest Nikki Reed in the 2006 indie film Mini's First Time. In the film Baldwin plays Martin Tennan who has an affair with his stepdaughter, Minerva "Mini" Drogues, played by Reed.
“I was forty-seven, and it never occurred to me to ask how old Nikki Reed was. When I found out, just as we finished, that she was seventeen, I flipped out on the producers, who had told me something different,”the actor wrote in the book.
Brunetti, who produced the film, said that the actor was aware of Reed's age.
"It's a lie," the Fifty Shades producer told the Hollywood Reporter. "I read it and was like, 'What the f**k. Of course he totally knew how old she was. That’s why there’s no nudity in the movie. He knew before we even cast the movie. I think he’s been method acting Trump too much and he doesn’t know the difference between fake news anymore."
The two went after each other on Twitter with Brunetti saying that Baldwin knew how old Reed was, that Reed was one of four actresses that Baldwin had approved and that he got messages from the crew and other producers that Baldwin knew how old Reed was during filming.
Baldwin responded by saying that he learned of Reed's age from a hairdresser. He then called Brunetti a "Hollywood zombie" and said that he unlike Brunetti has work to do.
(1) My first indie film was Mini's starring @AlecBaldwin who knew @NikkiReed_I_Am was 16 (not 17) and he didn't mind https://t.co/aZ3KyeIiyC
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(2) in fact @NikkiReed_I_Am was 1 of 4 actresses @AlecBaldwin had approved and her being the only 1 of those 4 repped by HIS own agency CAA.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(3) the only time @AlecBaldwin ever yelled at me was on the phone and it was about one of the producers who worked with the financier.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(4) The films director @NickGuthe said "We liked the idea that b/c it meant we couldn't be pressured into shooting scenes w/nudity"
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(5) continued... "which was a real issue with the subject matter and the rather unusual cast of character we were dealing with."
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(6) but to @AlecBaldwin's benefit, he has been impersonating Trump a lot, so maybe there was a bit of method acting when writing his book?
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(7) And I have just received 3 other message from crew and other producer stating that he knew how old @NikkiReed_I_Am was during filming.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(8) if @AlecBaldwin had simply said in his book he didn't know @NikkiReed_I_Am's age, I would let it go.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(9) however to say that when he found out after filming he yelled at the producers (I being 1 on the film) makes it out to seem we did wrong
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(10) So to summarize, @AlecBaldwin knew NikkiReed_I_Am was 16, didn't find out AFTER filming, and did not yell at us.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
(11) UNLESS @AlecBaldwin saw @KevinSpacey some event after and yelled at him?? Though that would be wrong too, because again, Alec knew.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
@ABFalecbaldwin @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am If required, I'm sure there is one. But really, are you going to continue to deny that you didn't know she was 16?? I'll bury you.
— Dana Brunetti (@DanaBrunetti) April 5, 2017
@DanaBrunetti @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am I was told she was 16 by her hairdresser. At the end of the shoot.
You're already buried.— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 5, 2017
@DanaBrunetti @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am Dana, produce the releases, you Hollywood zombie, and you're all good
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 5, 2017
@DanaBrunetti @TatianaSiegel27 @NickGuthe @NikkiReed_I_Am I'm doing @matchgameabc so I don't have to work w guys like u...
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 5, 2017
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