In the first official interview since the tragedy on the set of his new film Rust, the actor Alec Baldwin Interviewed by ABC, in a recorded interview that aired for the first time tonight (Friday). “The gun was not supposed to be loaded,” he said.
The actor shot to death the film’s photographer, Halina Hatchins, and wounded the director in addition, was interviewed by journalist George Stephanopoulos and flattened his version of the story, with most of his efforts focused on claiming he was not guilty. “Someone loaded the gun with live ammunition, it wasn’t supposed to be that way. Someone is responsible for what happened, I do not know who, but it’s not me, “He declared.
Baldwin claimed he had no reason to suspect the gun was loaded with live ammunition: “I do not know what happened on the set, I do not know how the bullet got to the gun, but I am willing to do anything to prevent the next incident.”
According to the actor, the Rust film crew worked all day. The budget was about $ 7 million for 21 days of filming in New Mexico. The film’s producers were excited to receive the 41-year-old talented photographer, he claimed. “I loved working with this woman,” Baldwin said, “she was a great happiness, everyone loved her and admired her talent,” he noted.
The fault of the assistant director?
During rehearsals, Baldwin said he received the weapon from the film’s first assistant director, Dave Hols, who told him that “the weapon is cold,” in the professional jargon of the film industry, referring to a weapon fired from bullets. “What happened there and the reason he stated it is not clear to me,” Baldwin said.
The lawyer, on behalf of the assistant director, said on his behalf that testing the weapon was not his responsibility and that “expecting an assistant director to check if the weapon is hot is like asking the assistant director to check the camera angle, or ask him to check the lighting or sound.” In addition, the lawyer did not confirm the claim that Holes was the one who handed the gun to the actor.
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While the gun was in his hands, Baldwin said he received instructions from the photographer on each action. “I got instructions from the hatchins, ‘Take the gun down,’ ‘Move right,’ she adjusted the angle of possession of the weapon, until it was aimed as far as her armpit area,” he said.
“Everyone was shocked. She fell to the ground and I thought to myself ‘Did she faint?'”
In order to film the shooting scene, the actor said that he had to move the gun, but not shoot it: “The trigger was pressed, I did not press the trigger, I would never aim a gun at anyone and I would pull the trigger.”
Of the moments of horror after the shooting, he recounted: “Everyone was shocked, stunned. Hatchins fell to the ground, I thought to myself ‘did she faint?’, It took me about 45 minutes to figure out what happened.” He recounted similar incidents that preceded it, including one that occurred a few days before, and explained why he did not immediately understand the magnitude of the disaster. According to him, the fact that the assistant director who handed him the gun and added that “he is cold” created confusion. For he said the gun was supposed to be empty.
“I stood next to the hatchins for about a minute, in shock,” he said. He then stressed that he immediately contacted the sheriff’s offices, where he was updated on the photographer’s death. When asked if he felt guilty, he replied: “No. If I felt that way, I would commit suicide myself. I dream about it non-stop, I manage to get through a day and then a course at the end, I’m emotionally shattered“.
“Has your career ended for you?” The interviewer Stephanopoulos asked him at the end of the interview. It replied on his part: “My career is not of interest to me at the moment, so it could be.”
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