Alec Baldwin gave the first interview after the on-set incident in which director of photography Alyna Hutchins was killed, and said her career may be over.
“Honestly, if I felt responsible, I could have committed suicide,” Baldwin said in the first interview after the on-set incident in which director of photography Alyna Hutchins died.
“I didn’t pull the trigger. I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger. Never.” He said it was Hutchins herself a ask him to point the gun just outside the camera and in his direction before the shot went off.
“I cocked the hammer with the gun, then I let it go and ‘bang’, the gun goes off, “he said. The host pointed out that you shouldn’t never point a gun directly at someone on a set, he replied, “unless the person is the cinematographer who was on me indicating where to aim the gun for its angle of view. “e
When the shot went off, Baldwin assumed that Hutchins had been injured by a blank shot at close range or had a heart attack. “The idea that someone put a real bullet in the gun was not even conceivable.”
Alec Baldwin also said he gave the interview to counter public misconceptions about the shooting and to clarify that “I would do anything to cancel what happened.” “I want to make sure I don’t give the impression that I’m the only victim because here we have two victims “. Investigators described “a certain ease” in the way the weapons were handled on the set of Rust.
Baldwin, who was also a producer on the film, said it never seemed to him that i crew members were not happy with the safety on set, although some have resigned for it. “I’ve never heard a word about it, none,” Baldwin said, who said the complaints about the film’s cost reduction were misleading.
“Everyone who makes films has a responsibility not to be reckless and negligent with the money they are given,” he said. Asked by the tenant if cost reduction compromised safety, Baldwin replied, “I don’t think so.” “I personally haven’t observed any security issues in the time I was there, “he said.
The actor said he doesn’t believe it will be criminally accused for the shooting. “I’ve talked to the sheriff’s department several times,” he said. I have nothing to hide. “The accident left me emotionally devastated. I have nightmares about this constantly”. Asked if his career is over, Baldwin replied, “It could be.”