An actor on 'Rust' said he felt the movie's gun scenes were dangerous but was too afraid to say anything

• Ian Hudson told TMZ that filming with guns on the movie's set felt unsafe.
• He said he felt "heavy" blanks hitting his face and body during his own death scene.

An actor in "Rust" has told TMZ that he felt the movie's gun scenes were dangerous but was too afraid to raise his concerns because he didn't want to jeopardize his career.

Ian Hudson, who plays an outlaw who gets shot and killed in the movie, told TMZ in an interview published Tuesday that he felt that his death scene, which was filmed October 8, was "life-threatening."

"When the rounds were released when they shot at me, I actually did feel the blanks hitting my face and my body and I could feel the wind from the shotgun being discharged," he told TMZ. "It was heavy. It was strong."

Watch his interview here:

Hudson's comments came days after his fellow "Rust" actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun last Thursday. Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for the Western movie and was told by the assistant director that the firearm was a "cold gun," meaning there were no live rounds in the prop, an affidavit said.

The only protection against a potential mishap on set were plastic shields around expensive camera equipment, Hudson told TMZ.

He said he decided not to raise his concerns about the set's gun safety because, as a new actor, he didn't want to "cause trouble."

"So I held my tongue for a lot of it, but some of the other actors who had worked on a lot more sets than I have ... They were double and triple checking our weapons after the armorer gave them to us, whether they were cold or hot," Hudson told TMZ.

But some of the "Rust" cast members were so alarmed about the safety conditions that they even talked about the accidental killing of Brandon Lee in between filming, Hudson said.

Lee, who was 28 years old, died on the set of "The Crow" in 1993 after he was struck by a bullet from a prop firearm.