Alec Baldwin Doesn’t Want to See ‘Rust’ Final Cut, but Hopes the Movie Gets Released: ‘This Is Obviously the Most Difficult Thing I’ve Ever Dealt With’

variety.com:

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent More than three years after the accidental death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his Western “Rust,” Alec Baldwin is hoping to finally put it behind him. “This is obviously the most difficult thing I’ve ever dealt with in my life,” Baldwin tells Variety at the Torino Film Festival, looking weary yet ready to be back on the festival circuit. “Beyond the victims themselves, the thing that most pains me is what it did to my wife … We are trying to get the wind in our sails, to get away from this stuff.

Because the film doesn’t stand by itself. It’s always going to be overshadowed by this.” Baldwin’s visit to the Torino event, in the northern Italian city of Turin, marks his first appearance at a festival since the tragedy and ensuing involuntary manslaughter case (Baldwin was handling the prop gun at the time of the accident), which was dismissed in July on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to turn over evidence.

The Oscar-nominated actor is receiving a career honor at the fest just days after “Rust” premiered to politely positive response elsewhere in Europe at the EnergaCamerimage festival in Toruń, Poland (Baldwin was not invited to attend the premiere, according to organizers).

And though he’s been keeping a low profile over the past few years, Baldwin has popped up on “Saturday Night Live” several times this season, as both Bret Baier and RFK Jr.