- Alec Baldwin movie rust premiered at Poland’s Camerimage festival on November 19, more than three years after its cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on October 21, 2021, after a prop gun Baldwin was holding went off during a rehearsal for a scene.
- The film’s director Joel Souza, who was also injured in the incident, said in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he believes Baldwin’s return to the production in 2023 “was an upsetting thing for him.”
- Souza said that while he understands why people may not want to work with rusthe hopes people view the finished product as a means of paying tribute to Hutchins’ work.
rust director Joel Souza reflects on the journey his production took after the accidental death of cinematographer Halyne Hutchins on set.
At the Camerimage festival in Poland in 2024 — where rust had its world premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 20 — said Souza, 51, who was shot in the shoulder during the Oct. 21, 2021 incident that killed Hutchins, 42 The Hollywood Reporter about how the film’s cast and crew, including star/producer Alec Baldwin, felt when production resumed on the film in April 2023.
“I’m sure we talked about it. I can’t remember the gist of it,” he said when asked if he and Baldwin, 66, had discussed what it would be like for Baldwin to continue playing the gun-wielding character. “But I have no doubt at all that it was upsetting for him and it was a big moment for him.”
Hutchins died after a propeller that rust cast member Alec Baldwin kept his cool while rehearsing the scene. The actor said he did not pull the trigger of the gun or know why it contained live ammunition; A grand jury indicted him for involuntary manslaughter in January, but New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ultimately dismissed the actor’s criminal case on July 12 after Baldwin’s defense team argued that prosecutors buried relevant evidence that came to light mid-trial. .
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Alec Baldwin on the set of the movie ‘Rust’.
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When asked if he noticed any change in Baldwin’s approach to his performance in the film when filming resumed, Souza added, “It was difficult for him, you know. I think he was going through all his stuff the whole time. I can just imagine what it was like.” tough, but we got through it.”
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rustThe film’s premiere in Poland was accompanied by a certain amount of controversy — Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, released a statement through her lawyer, Gloria Allred, on November 19, saying that she would not attend the film’s premiere and that Baldwin had never reached out to her family in Ukraine “to take responsibility for her death”. Baldwin did not attend the premiere of the film in Poland.
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Halyna Hutchins January 19, 2018
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“If people don’t want to see this movie, for whatever reason, they certainly don’t need to and there’s no anger from me,” Souza told THR elsewhere in the interview, adding that he hopes those watching the film will pay attention to the cinematic work Hutchins has begun.
“Because it’s a very unique opportunity to look through Halyna’s eyes and see how she saw the world,” he added. “How much she is missed is shown by the fact that so many people came back to finish this film for her. They came back and entered a very difficult and burdensome situation because they were touched by her and it was important to them to finish this for her. A big part of our work he only learned Halyn’s name because of what happened to her—and I think that’s a shame.” rust no US release date yet
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