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LOS ANGELES: Veteran actor Alec Baldwin says he would “go to any lengths to undo” the demise of Halyna Hutchins, who died after being shot on the set of ‘Rust’ throughout an incident involving Alec.
The cinematographer was fatally shot on the set of the film ‘Rust’ on October 21 in an incident which concerned a gun that was being dealt with by the 63-year-old actor, experiences femalefirst.co.uk.
And in an emotional interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos which aired on Thursday, Baldwin mentioned he would give something to return and cease the incident — which additionally injured director Joel Souza — from occurring.
In first clips of the interview taken by People journal, he mentioned: “I wished to come back to speak to you to say I’d go to any lengths to undo what occurred.
“I want to make sure that I don’t come across like I’m the victim, because we have two victims here. All of what happened that day leading up to this event was precipitated on one idea, and that idea is that Halyna and I had something profound in common.”
“That is, we both assumed the gun was empty, other than those dummy rounds.”
The actor additionally shared “there were a number of misconceptions” in regards to the incident that had surfaced since October 21 and mentioned “most of it” was from sources he “really wouldn’t concern (him)self about”.
In a beforehand launched clip from the interview, Baldwin mentioned he didn’t pull the set off of the gun that killed Halyna.
He mentioned: “The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger. I would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger on them, never.”
However, the preview for the actor’s interview didn’t embody an evidence of how the shot was fired.
He additionally revealed that he could not clarify how a bullet ended up within the gun, which was truly meant to be a prop for the Western film.
Baldwin mentioned: “Someone put a live bullet in a gun. A bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property.”
And the actor mentioned he is nonetheless struggling to come back to phrases with the tragedy.
He shared: “Even now, I find it hard to believe that (the incident occurred). It doesn’t seem real to me.”
