announce American actor Alec BaldwinOn Wednesday, he had reached an agreement with the family of the director of filming for his movie “Rust”, Helena Hutchins, who was killed in October 2021 by a bullet from a pistol he was carrying that accidentally hit her during filming, in an accident that shook Hollywood.
In an Instagram post, the actor wrote that he was “grateful to everyone who contributed to the resolution of this tragic and painful issue.”
The film will be re-produced in January 2023, according to a separate statement received by AFP.
It is noteworthy that the incident occurred in October of 2021, when Baldwin was performing a scene in the movie “Rust” on a filming site in Santa, New Mexico, USA.
During filming, Baldwin, 64, fired from a firearm that was supposed to have been filled with bullets, but the weapon was filled with real bullets, injuring the director of photography in the film, Haliana Hutchins, and director Joel Souza, and they were taken to a nearby hospital, and soon doctors announced the death of Hutchins.
Several lawsuits were filed before the civil court once morest Baldwin, who also participated in the production of “Rust”, seeking compensation from the victims, one of them from the family of the late Helena Hutchins, but he always said that he was informed by officials on the set that the gun he used did not contain live ammunition, and that the victim, Helena Hutchins, asked him to aim at her, and that he did not pull the trigger when the fatal shot was fired.
