The death of Halyna Hutchins "will never be behind us," said Alec Baldwin in a Christmas video message posted on his Instagram account.
The star and producer of the film "Rust", on the set of which he fatally injured the director of photography at the end of October, films himself in a country garden, that of his house where he spends the end of year holidays with his family.
With very dark circles in his eyes, he claims to have received "hundreds of emails" from friends, family members, colleagues and "people I hadn't heard from for a while" - all sending kind words, prayers and “good wishes” of strength and hope that he will recover from “this difficult situation”.
"All I care about is my wife and kids, and moving on with my life and trying to get through a tough time - a really tough time," he said, adding that he wanted to "say thank you to everyone who sent me their best wishes and support ”.
On October 21, while rehearsing a scene in the wooden chapel at the ranch in Bonanza Creek, New Mexico, the actor, he said, pulled the hammer of the gun, not the trigger, firing the bullet. real life that fatally injured Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joël de Souza.
Since then, several civil complaints have been filed by members of the film crew and a search warrant has been issued to search his phone.
Baldwin, main actor and co-producer of the low-budget western, has spoken on several occasions, expressing his emotion but saying he does not feel guilty for the death of the young woman.
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"I can't wait for some aspects of this to be behind me," he continues in his video.
“Of course, for everyone involved, it will never be behind us because someone has passed away so tragically,” he recalls.
Adding: "Not a day goes by that I don't think about it".