Actor Alec Baldwin has granted his first TV interview since the fatal incident on the film set Rust, when he accidentally shot director of photography Halyna Hutchins.
Alec Bladwin answered questions from ABC host George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday in an interview that lasted over an hour.
“I’ve done thousands of interviews in the past 20 years for ABC. This was the most intense I have experienced, ”said George Stephanopoulos, on the airwaves of the morning show. Good morning america, report Variety.
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Alec Baldwin in interview with George Stephanopoulos
“As you can imagine he’s devastated […]. He answered every question. He spoke about Halyna Hutchins and the meeting with her family, ”continued the host.
Alec Baldwin also went into detail on this tragic day, he added.
This is the first time the actor has spoken of the event on October 21 on camera, except in a short video released at the end of October by TMZ.
The interview airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC.
The gunsmith admits to having been negligent
On Tuesday, we learned that the young woman who was responsible for the guns on the set of the western, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, had told investigators that she had been negligent in checking the revolver actuated by the actor just before the drama.
On set, the Santa Fe, New Mexico Sheriff’s Department seized over 500 ammunition on set, presented as a mix of blank cartridges, dummy cartridges, and some ammunition. suspected to be very real.
The police investigation is continuing and, if no arrests have taken place, criminal prosecution is not excluded if responsibility is established.
With Agence France-Presse