‘Rust’ actor speaks out after fatal Alec Baldwin shooting on set
nypost.comhanded a prop gun loaded with live rounds but was told it was safe minutes before he fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the movie’s director, Joel Souza.Ashton believed a lot of his fellow cast and crew will probably be speaking with counselors after the on-set tragedy.The 74-year old actor, who previously had a small part in “Breaking Bad,” was slated to play a frontier “postmaster at a desolate outpost” in the western and was driving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, from his home in Denver when he got the news the shoot had been canceled. “I was driving here from Denver for a [costume] fitting and the customer called and said we have to cancel because there’s been an accident on the set,” Ashton said.The actor said that.
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