Alec Baldwin 'played Russian roulette' by failing to check gun before firing it on Rust film set, lawyer says

Alec Baldwin is hitting back at George Clooney.

Celebrities showed their support for actor Alec Baldwin after he did his first sit-down interview about what happened during the fatal shooting that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and director Joel Souza injured.

Alec Baldwin‘s primetime interview about the tragedy on the Rust set is set to air tonight on ABC.

Rust‘s assistant director is backing up Alec Baldwin’s shocking new statements on the accidental shooting.

The attorney for Rust assistant director David Halls said that his client insisted that Alec Baldwin did not pull the trigger on the gun that discharged on the set of the movie, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the movie’s director.

Alec Baldwin claimed he did not pull the trigger on the set of "Rust," but gun experts say that a revolver firing without the trigger being pulled is unlikely. In a preview for an upcoming televised tell-all, Baldwin addresses the fact that he was holding a gun that was somehow loaded with a live bullet that should not have been on the set at all, let alone in an actor’s hand.The Oct.

Hilaria Baldwin is showing her support for her husband Alec Baldwin. Hilaria, 37, has continually shown support for Baldwin in the weeks since the "Rust" shooting, which left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead.  She continued the trend with a new Instagram post on Wednesday.

Rust.On October 21 authorities said that Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on set at Bonanza Creed Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hutchins, 42, was airlifted to hospital but later died from her injuries.In a clip from an upcoming interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC titled Alec Baldwin Unscripted, the actor claimed he never pulled the trigger.“The trigger wasn’t pulled,” Baldwin said in the clip.

As if the Rust fallout wasn’t already going to be a high-profile legal battle, now Gloria Allred is involved.

the film Rust, after the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico film set. Ms Mitchell says witnessing the killing of her friend had “taken away the joy in my life”, telling a press conference on Wednesday: “I relive the shooting and the sound of the explosion from the gun over and over again.

Attorney Gloria Allred held a press conference on Wednesday where she announced that the script supervisor on the Alec Baldwin movie "Rust," Mamie Mitchell, is the latest crew member to file a lawsuit against the actor and producers. Baldwin was handed a Colt revolver by assistant director Dave Halls while rehearsing a scene for the indie-western.

Alec Baldwin “intentionally” fired a gun toward cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the “Rust” movie set, disregarding set protocol in the deadly shooting, according to a 30-page lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the film’s script supervisor.Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor on set when Baldwin shot and killed Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on Oct.

Alec Baldwin is facing another lawsuit over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

“Alec has no blame in this at all” said Daniel Baldwin today about his brother Alec Baldwin, who discharged a prop gun on the set of the western film Rust on Oct. 21, killing DP Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.