Alec Baldwin face-planted in a Friday attempt to commemorate the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The actor shared a photo of Hutchins behind the camera to his Instagram account with the caption: “One year ago today.” While it garnered over 60,000 likes among Baldwin’s over 2.5 million followers, it elicited over 3,000 comments ranging in reactions.
“This feels really inappropriate since you’re the one who shot and killed her,” one user commented. Baldwin denies having pulled the trigger on the set of Rust, which temporarily suspended filming following the incident.
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“Is this not incredibly tone-deaf to anyone else? Especially because he denies doing it?” another user wrote.
“Hope you go to jail along with the producers,” one user commented in reference to the possibility that the First Judicial District Attorney of New Mexico will press charges against the actor. DA Mary Carmack-Altwies clarified that even after Baldwin settled with Hutchins’s family, the investigation would remain in progress.
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“On the anniversary of the tragedy on the Rust film set in Santa Fe County, I remain committed to pursuing justice for the victims, and getting answers for the community,” Carmack-Altwies wrote in a Facebook post Friday. “As soon as my office receives the full report from the Santa Fe County Sheriff, I and my team of professional attorneys and investigators will thoroughly review all the evidence and make a thoughtful decision about whether to bring charges against those involved. No one is above the law and every victim deserves justice.”
The film Rust will resume filming next January after relocating to an unknown location from its original set in New Mexico.
