(Los Angeles) Actor Alec Baldwin tried to revive the filming of the western Rust on which filmmaker Halyna Hutchins was accidentally killed, in order to “honor her memory” and compensate her family, according to arbitration proceedings filed Friday in Los Angeles.
Posted at 2:23 p.m.
At the time of the tragedy, on October 21 on a ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Alec Baldwin was handling a revolver while working on a scene with Mme Hutchins, director of photography for the film. She had been presented with the weapon as harmless, as it was supposed to contain only dummy bullets, but the shot went off, fatally wounding the 42-year-old filmmaker.
Alec Baldwin, who is also one of the producers of Rusthas since been the subject of several civil complaints seeking compensation, including one filed by Matt Hutchins, husband of the victim, and their young son.
As part of an arbitration procedure to seek financial support from the other producers of the film by arguing their contractual obligations, Alec Baldwin’s lawyers reveal that he tried to restart the filming of Rust after the tragedy.
“Baldwin has made strenuous efforts to contact the distribution of Rust hoping to gain their support in order to finish the film. He did so with the intention of honoring Halyna’s memory by completing his last work and compensating (Matt) Hutchins and his son from the profits of the film, “says the document, filed Friday with a firm. specializing in Los Angeles.
According to the text, Alec Baldwin had managed to convince the film crew, including its director Joel Souza, who was also injured on the day of the tragedy, to complete production.
But Matt Hutchins refused the offer of an amicable agreement offered to him by Alec Baldwin and ended up filing a complaint against Alec Baldwin and the production, claiming “substantial” damages from them, citing a long list of breaches.
In his arbitration file, Alec Baldwin asks the production of Rust to bear the costs of proceedings and lawyers related to the accident on the set, which is, according to him, provided for in his contract.
In a television interview, the actor said last year that he felt neither guilty nor even “responsible” for the death of Halyna Hutchins, assuring that it was she who asked him to point his revolver at her and that the shot had gone off without his pulling the trigger.
Alongside numerous civil proceedings initiated by members of the film crew, a criminal investigation is still ongoing.
In particular, the police are looking to find out how live ammunition could have been found on the set, which is in theory strictly prohibited.