The movie director yelled “action” but got more than he bargained for Tuesday when real Long Island cops nearly gunned down his actors playing robbers.
Police were forced to decipher fact from fiction when they rolled up to a Bellmore store and saw a gunman holding up the manager.
“The officer used great restraint in not firing his weapon,” said Nassau County Police spokesman Vincent Garcia.
He said cops responded to the Cool Stop grocery store at 10:45 a.m. after getting a 911 call of a robbery in progress.
Full story: Long Island cops nearly gun down actors playing roles of robbers at Bellmore store