Only a few days have passed since the tragedy that took place on the set of the film Rust, dove Alec Baldwin trying a gun he was supposed to use on stage, he accidentally killed director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, and wounded director Joel Souza, 48. The American star, 63, immediately expressed his grief on social media (“The my heart is broken for her husband, their son and all those who loved Halyna ») as well as the willingness to help the police in the investigation to understand how such a terrible accident could have happened. Now his wife too Hilaria he found the strength to speak. “My heart is with Halyna. His husband. His son. Their family and loved ones. And my Alec. It is said: “There are no words” because it is impossible to express the shock and pain of such a tragic accident. Heartbreak. Lost. Support”.
Alec has already met Halyna’s husband Matthew Hutchins and their 9-year-old son Andros. On Saturday morning he had lunch with them in Sante Fe, New Mexico. “I spoke to Alec Baldwin and he was very supportiveMatthew told al Daily Mail, adding: “There are no words to describe the drama we are experiencing.”
Meanwhile, new details about the tragedy emerge. Baldwin he was practicing a to extract his pistol, pointed towards the camera, when he fired a fatal blow against the director of photography Halyna Hutchins. Director Joel Souza, injured in the shoulder in the shooting and now in convalescence, said he heard what sounded like ‘the sound of a whip and a big “pan” »as he stood behind the victim. This was revealed by the first documents on the investigations released by the American media.
After the shot, Hutchins «it is grabbed the abdomenAnd said he no longer feel his legs, reported Souza, adding that “he started to stumble backwards“And it was”helped to get up». Assistant director Dave Halls stated that the gun was’ cold», In the sense that it had to be empty and therefore harmless in cinematic jargon. Joel Souza, however, pointed out “Not be sure” that the weapon had been subjected to another security control after the lunch break of the troupe.
An insider, in fact, revealed to the site The Wrap that the gun had been used a few hours earlier with real ammunition: some members of the film crew would have used it to make “plinking», that is, to pass the time shooting shoot at beer cans and other targets.
Furthermore, as CNN reported, Dave Halls, the assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the prop pistol before the fatal shot, had been fired from a previous production after a firearm accident did not seriously injure a crew member. To know the exact dynamics of the tragedy that shocked Hollywood, however, we will have to wait for the end of the investigation.
Director of photography Halyna Hutchins at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018
Mat Hayward.
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