Alec Baldwin says he ‘would do anything to undo what happened’

Alec Baldwin, 63, gave an emotional interview to George Stephanopoulos, 60, of ABC News, which aired Thursday night, about the fatal accident on the set of ‘Rust’. On October 21, director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, died after being shot from a gun handled by Baldwin, who was rehearsing a scene.

Baldwin began the interview by saying he had been speaking out because he “felt like there were a lot of misunderstandings, most from sources I really wouldn’t care about” since the day Hutchins died on set. ” “I wanted to talk to you to say that I would do anything to undo what happened,” said the actor.

“I want to make sure I don’t appear to be the victim because we have two victims here. Everything that happened that day before that event was precipitated into an idea, and that idea is that Halyna and I had something profound in common,” he added. he,” that we both assumed the gun was empty, save for those fake bullets.

The actor explained that Halyna was giving him instructions on how to use the weapon in a “marking test”. He also said that when he saw the fallen director of photography, he thought she had passed out. “I don’t know how this bullet got into that gun, I don’t know,” said the actor, who learned of Halyna’s death at the end of a conversation with the police.

On Wednesday (1st), Stephanopoulos, 60, told Good Morning America that the interview with Baldwin was the “most intense” he’s ever had in his career. “It’s so raw. I mean, as you can imagine, he’s devastated. But he was also very frank, he was very open, he answered every question.”

Stephanopoulos said the actor talked about Halyna and meeting her family as well. “He went over in detail what happened on set that day. I must say I was surprised in a lot of places over that hour and 20 minutes we sat yesterday.”