Alec Baldwin temporarily retires after accidentally killing woman on set of 'Rust'
It was conceived as a western, but what happened last week has turned the filming of 'Rust' into one worthy of a scary movie. Alec Baldwin has decided to temporarily retire and paralyze all of his projects after accidentally killing the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and wounding the film's director, Joel Souza, by unknowingly firing a loaded gun.
Alec Baldwin, 63, is "totally devastated" after what happened, a source close to the actor has revealed to 'People'. This is how he [Alec Baldwin] handles tough situations. When something bad happens, in the short term, he withdraws from the public eye ", admits in the magazine said source, which stresses that" everyone knows it was an accident. "
Apparently Alec Baldwin needed psychological help after the tragedy that happened on the set of 'Rust'. After realizing the gravity of the situation, the actor was "hysterical" and "heartbroken."
Meanwhile, Halyna Hutchins' husband has spoken for the first time in public. Through social networks he has shared a publication with his family in which he said goodbye to his wife: "We miss you, Halyna."
In a statement to 'The New York Post', Matthew Hutchins acknowledged having felt supported at all times by Alec Baldwin.
As the world recovers from the fatal accident, Hollywood has already found the scapegoat to blame for the chaos that became the filming of 'Rust', in which Alec Baldwin accidentally killed Halyna Hutchins: it is David Halls, assistant direction of the film. United States media point to him as responsible for the accident. The outrage and disbelief over the cinematographer's death has many in the Hollywood community talking about the work of a man many of them know well from his career in the industry over the past two decades.
According to a search warrant signed by a Santa Fe judge and obtained by the Associated Press, Halls collected one of the three guns from a mobile cart that had been prepared by the production's gunsmith, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 24. She did it without checking for any projectiles in the barrel of the old Colt she chose, and she yelled, "Cold gun!" -that is, without ammunition-, before handing it over to Baldwin. In a recording of the emergency call made by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell, she is heard saying of Halls: “The fucking assistant director who yelled at me at lunch, asking about reviews. He's supposed to check the weapons. He is responsible for what happens on set.
