Alec Baldwin is making headlines again, but this time it’s not for his alcohol or drug abuse or his behavior towards women, but for an even more sordid story: the death of a employee of his new film. He shot him during a shoot. He was seen, collapsed, shortly after the tragedy.
The 63-year-old actor was shooting for the film Rust, in the state of New Mexico in the United States and, while handling a pistol for use in a scene, the worst happened. Alec Baldwin shot Halyna Hutchins (42), director of photography, and director Joel Souza (48). They “were shot and wounded when Alec Baldwin unloaded a gun used for filmingthe Santa Fe Sheriff said in a statement. Hollywood Reporter, quoting a production spokesperson, it is a “accident“involving an accessory to be blank loaded. Unfortunately, Halyna Hutchins succumbed to her injuries after being evacuated by helicopter to a nearby hospital. As for Joel Souza, he’s in intensive care.
As is often the case in the United States, the shooting of the film was photographed from afar to resell the pictures to the media and Alec Baldwin was immortalized a few minutes after the accident. We can see him folded in half in the parking lot of the filming, collapsed by what happened, then on the phone looking agitated and looking defeated. Jim Weber signed images for the local newspaper The New Mexican. The actor, star of the series 30 Rock but also seen on the big screen in Impossible mission, was he in line with the emergency services? His agent? His wife Hilaria?