This story could have been the script for a bad movie. Alas, this is indeed the reality. While filming in the western titled Rust, in the state of New Mexico, Alec Baldwin accidentally fired a gun he thought was loaded blank. He was sitting on a bench in a church setting and he was practicing drawing his gun pointing it in the direction of the camera. The impact instantly killed director of photography Halyna Hutchins (42) and sent the director of the feature film, Joel Souza, to intensive care. If the latter seems out of the woods, to the point of finding the strength to speak up, the investigation is still ongoing.
It is difficult to understand how such a tragedy could have happened, especially since years ago Brandon Lee had died in very similar circumstances. While Alec Baldwin has decided to put his career on hold, new elements have been disclosed, here and there, to several American media. This is how we learn, according to a source present on the set of the filming of Rust, that the police allegedly found live ammunition in the dummy weapon used by the actor. At the origin of the shooting, the actor was questioned then released, the thesis of the accident being for the moment the most plausible.
“I am in contact with her husband, offering my support to him and his familyAlec Baldwin tweeted hours after the crash. I’m heartbroken for her husband, their son, and everyone who knew and loved HalynaRather than suspect the film’s headliner, investigators will look into the case of two other members of the team: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, daughter of a famous Hollywood gunsmith, who confessed a few weeks ago in a podcast that she was not ready and that she “didn’t know anything about it“when loading blank bales.
He did not take care to secure the working environment
Dave Halls, assistant director, is also in the hot seat. In a statement to NBC News, Maggie Goll, an accessory designer who worked with him on the series Into the Dark, explained that he was at the origin of many problems … and that he would have committed several negligence. “He did not take care to secure the working environment, she explained. There were no established fire routes, exits were blocked … security meetings nonexistent.“It is therefore a safe bet that these two names will soon be at the heart of the investigation …