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Alec Baldwin reportedly gets his first acting job on Broadway after the fatal Rust shooting

August 31, 2022 by Rafia Jawed

Alec Baldwin has reportedly gotten his first job since the shooting that killed cinematographer
He plans to go back to acting on Broadway.
A report says that the actor from Mission: Impossible will play the lead role in the new movie version of the 1994 play Art.

Alec Baldwin has reportedly gotten his first job since the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust. He plans to go back to acting on Broadway.

A report says that the actor from Mission: Impossible will play the lead role in the new movie version of the 1994 play Art.

The troubled star will be in the play with Tony Shalhoub and John Leguizamo. Tony winner Matthew Warchus will be in charge of directing the show.

This will be Baldwin’s first acting job since the 2021 Rust shooting in New Mexico, where a prop gun went off with real bullets while the actor was holding it. This killed the cinematographer.

The actor later said that he hadn’t pulled the trigger, and New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator found that the shooting was an accident.

But an FBI report said that Baldwin must have pulled the trigger, which is something that Baldwin denies.

In an interview with CNN, Baldwin said that he is facing difficulty in finding work, adding, “I got fired from another job yesterday.”

“There I was all set to go to a movie, jump on a plane … I’ve been talking with these guys for months and they told me yesterday we don’t want to do the film with you because of this.”

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‘Rust’ shooting may have been sabotage, say armorer’s lawyers

November 4, 2021 by Raba Noor

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LOS ANGELES: Lawyers representing the woman who loaded Alec Baldwin’s gun said an act of “sabotage” by disgruntled crew members may have caused the tragic shooting on the set of “Rust.”

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was the armorer in charge of weapons on the Western movie set in New Mexico, where Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer last month after being told his firearm was safe.

Her lawyers told the “Today” program, on the US network NBC, that Gutierrez-Reed had loaded the gun with ammunition from a box of dummy, or inert, rounds and had “no idea” where the live round that killed Halyna Hutchins came from.

“We’re assuming somebody put the live round in that box — which if you think about that, the person who put the live round in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging this set,” said Jason Bowles.

“There’s no other reason you would do that. That you would mix that live round in with the dummy rounds.”

Prosecutors have refused to rule out criminal charges over Hutchins’ death.

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza has said it appeared “there was some complacency on this set.”

There have been multiple reports that “Rust” camera crew resigned the day before the shooting, in part due to significant safety concerns surrounding firearms and explosives on set.

Both Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed are cooperating with the ongoing investigation.

Pressed on why somebody would deliberately sabotage the production by disguising a lethal round as safe ammunition, Bowles pointed to “unhappy” crew members who had walked out hours before the shooting.

“We have people who had left the set, who had walked out because they were disgruntled,” said Bowles, pointing to on-set complaints over long working hours and hotel accommodation for crew.

“We have a timeframe between 11:00 and 1:00 approximately that day in which the firearms at times were unattended. So there was opportunity to tamper with a scene.”

Asked why Gutierrez-Reed had left the firearms unattended, Bowles said she had been asked by producers to shoulder additional duties as a “key props assistant,” and was attending to those at the time of the shooting.

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Guns can safely be used on film sets, says Matthew McConaughey

October 29, 2021 by Raba Noor

LOS ANGELES, Real guns can safely be used on movie sets so long as protocols are followed, US actor Matthew McConaughey has told AFP in an interview, as calls mount to ban firearms from filmmaking in the wake of the deadly “Rust” shooting.

Nearly 80,000 people have signed a petition to permanently remove firearms from sets after Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of the low-budget Western last week.

Baldwin fired the Colt .45 during a rehearsal after being told it was safe, with the man who handed him the gun later admitting to police he had not fully checked it for live rounds.

“There’s a safety protocol, and if it’s followed, it can be safe on set,” McConaughey said Thursday in the interview, conducted via Zoom.

The Oscar-winning “Dallas Buyers Club” actor described the incident as a “horrible accident that could easily have not happened.”

“I’ve been on many sets where I’m dealing with firearms. There is an understood protocol.

“When any firearm is handed from one person to another, when it gets on set, there’s a means of communication.

“One of the beautiful things about how film sets work — the organization is incredible. And they missed protocol. Somewhere. I don’t know if they were in a rush.”

The “Rust” armorer responsible for weapons on the film set said Friday she has “no idea” why there were live rounds present.

Prosecutors have refused to rule out criminal charges including against Baldwin, who was a producer on “Rust” as well as the lead actor.

Baldwin had been told by assistant director Dave Halls that it was a “cold gun” — industry lingo for an inert firearm.

While not criticizing Baldwin, McConaughey said he “personally would try to always take even more steps” as an actor using a gun, including checking the weapon himself.

“You hear ‘cold’ — now I want a visual,” said the Texan star.

“If you and I are in a scene together, I need to give you visual. If it’s a six shooter, do you see light through all six holes?

“Let me look you in the eye, you confirm, and you yell it out, ‘cold.'”

He added: “You can’t over-confirm it.”

Advocates of a ban of real firearms on Hollywood sets say that gunshot effects such as the loud bang and muzzle flash can easily be added to fake rubber guns in post-production with modern technology.

“What do I think about that? I think you should follow protocol. And it should be non-negotiable,” said McConaughey.

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