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Alec Baldwin breaks the silence: his fatal shot had "a chance in a trillion" to occur, according to him

2021-10-30T22:44:33.501Z


After the death of Halyna Hutchins, which occurred on October 21 on the set of "Rust", the Hollywood actor appeared in front of the press and


“She was my family.

A little over a week after the drama on the set of the film "Rust" which claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was accidentally killed by a bullet fired by Alec Baldwin, the actor appeared for the first time in public to express pain.

His speech was filmed by the people channel TMZ.

We see Baldwin, accompanied by his wife Hilaria, in Manchester in Vermont (North-East).

While journalists speak to the actor, his wife tries at first to cut short the exchange, before Baldwin asks her to let him answer.

Alec Baldwin on meeting with Halyna Hutchins' husband and son:



“I wouldn't know how to characterize it.

They're mortified ... There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this.

This is a one-in-a-trillion episode. ”

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- The Recount (@therecount) October 30, 2021

Visibly affected, the actor first evokes the memory of Halyna Hutchins.

“She was my friend… We were a very, very close-knit team making a movie together and this horrible event happened.

About the husband and the son, whom he met, he explains that they are obviously “mortified”.

“Sometimes accidents happen on film sets, but nothing like that.

There was a one in a trillion chance that this would happen, ”he also explains.

Alec Baldwin had previously expressed on Twitter his pain after the tragedy and indicated that he was cooperating with the investigating police.

No arrests have taken place at this point and investigations are continuing into the circumstances of the tragedy at the Bonanza Creek ranch.

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He was handling a revolver that had been presented to him as unloaded and harmless when the shot went off killing Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza in the shoulder.

Since the accident, calls for better gun control on Hollywood sets have multiplied, a change in which Alec Baldwin has professed "his keen interest".

He said he was unable to say when he could work again on a set with weapons, and indicated that the shooting of "Rust", of which he is a producer, would not resume.

Source: leparis

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