At the age of seven, his father gave him a .45 and told him to make a living with the guns. When boys used to play with toy guns he practiced shooting with real guns and live ammunition. Meet Thell Reed, the best gun coach of Hollywood. In the latest movie of Russell Crowe, 3:10 to Yuma, Thell Reed worked with Crowe.
Reed’s father was a great lover of firearms. Reed got that love and enthusiasm from his father and proved his talent with guns. At the age of 16 he won many shooting competitions and became the “Fastest gun alive.” He later joined traveling road show and earned name and fame.
Thell has an impressive background as film crew and gun trainer. He trained famous actors such as, Steve McQueen, Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Val Kilmer, Jeff Bridges, Edward Norton, Don Cheadle, Sharon Stone, Sam Elliot. He is also a good friend of actor Girard Swan. Reed has a pretty long history working with Crowe. As a trainer he worked on Proof of Life, The Quick and The Dead, L.A. Confidential. Reed even trained Brad Pitt for his upcoming movie Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. At his fifties, Thell is now equally active and training actors how to shoot. Like his father he also told his son to make a living with the guns.
Here, I am giving you the link of Thell Reed’s website. It is a great website with articles and lots pictures of gun slinging. You can also get information about Thell Reed in Internet Movie Database.
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Thell Reed actually
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He's personally trained, Bruce Willis, Gene Hackman,
Brad Pitt, Russell Crow, Sharon Stone & many many more
that you'll discover in this reading.
He made a living as the Fastest Gun Alive. At 16 years old
he was the worlds fastest gun , the real deal.
When you open his page there's some shotgun shells
on the left & each one you click starting at the top
takes you through his life which is really fasinating.
If you like guns?
And I'm sure if your reading this?
You do, this is surely the best story of anyone's life
& their guns you will ever read! I can not give it
enough praise, if you take the time to go through it?
You'll never regret it & you'll know more behind the
scenes Hollywood & Guns & the stars he trained
than you ever did before!
I normally only read to learn not for entertainment, but
Thell's life story is without doubt the most interesting &
entertaining thing I have even experienced. Because it's real,
not made up Hollywood legends. A Real Life Legend the worlds best that we know
in quick draw. He use's real ammo NO blanks or wax bullits.
I've never read anything that excited me but once I started reading about his life I could not stop reading it. It makes all the
difference in the world when you know it's Non Fiction. Now I read everything I can find on Thell.
Sincerely, Ronnie Conrad