Alec Baldwin Reacts To George Clooney's Comment On Rust Shooting: ‘It Really Didn't Help The Situation'
Alec Baldwin recently opened up about the fatal shooting on the sets of Rust. He also shot back at George Clooney for his comment on gun safety on sets.
Alec
Baldwin
recently
opened
up
about
the
fatal
shooting
on
the
sets
of
Rust.
He
also
shot
back
at
George
Clooney
for
his
comment
on
gun
safety
on
sets.
Notably,
actor-producer
Alec
Baldwin
during
the
interaction
denied
pulling
the
trigger
of
a
gun
that
resulted
in
the
death
of
cinematographer
Halyna
Hutchins
and
wounded
the
director
Joel
Souza.
In
an
earlier
interview,
George
Clooney
during
an
appearance
on
the
podcast
WTF
with
Marc
Maron
said
that
he
always
checks
the
gun
on
movie
sets
when
he
is
handed
one.
"I
show
it
to
the
person
I'm
pointing
it
to,
we
show
it
to
the
crew.
Every
single
take
you
do,
hand
it
back
to
the
armourer
when
you're
done,
and
you
do
it
again."
Reacting
to
Clooney's
comments,
Baldwin
told
ABC,
"Well,
there
were
a
lot
of
people
who
felt
it
necessary
to
contribute
some
comment
to
the
situation,
which
really
didn't
help
the
situation.
At
all.
If
your
protocol
is
you
check
the
gun
every
time,
well,
good
for
you.
I've
probably
handled
weapons
as
much
as
any
other
actor
in
films
with
an
average
career.
Again,
shooting
or
being
shot
by
someone.
And
in
that
time,
I
had
a
protocol,
and
it
never
let
me
down."
Apart
from
Clooney,
many
Hollywood
stars
opened
up
about
gun
safety
on
sets.
Dwayne
Johnson
told
Variety
magazine
that
the
tragedy
prompted
him
to
reconsider
the
usage
of
firearms
during
the
making
of
the
films.
He
said,
"I
can't
speak
for
anyone
else,
but
I
can
tell
you,
without
an
absence
of
clarity
here,
that
any
movie
that
we
have
moving
forward
with
Seven
Bucks
Productions
-
any
movie,
any
television
show,
or
anything
we
do
or
produce
-
we
won't
use
real
guns
at
all."
Meanwhile,
the
investigation
is
still
ongoing
and
the
police
are
yet
to
file
any
charges.
Baldwin,
along
with
other
producers
are
currently
facing
two
lawsuits
filed
by
crew
members
of
the
movie.
Script
supervisor
Mamie
Mitchell,
said
that
there
was
nothing
in
the
film's
script
for
the
scheduled
shoot
that
required
a
gun
being
fired
by
Baldwin
or
any
other
person.