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The NewsWorthy

Special Edition: Movie Set Safety w/ Halyna Hutchins' Teacher

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

It was an old-timey Western with a modern, real-life tragic ending. A crew member was shot and killed while filming the movie "Rust" in New Mexico. As we've covered here on The Newsworthy, actor Alec Baldwin fired the antique revolver that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.

Authorities say an assistant director told Baldwin the gun was "cold," meaning it didn't have any live rounds in it, before he pulled the trigger. But that wasn't the case. Investigators now say they think the gun did in fact contain live ammunition. But they're still investigating and deciding who, if anyone, should face criminal charges.

To get a better idea of what may have gone wrong, and what should have happened, I'm talking with the president of the American Society of Cinematographers, Stephen Lighthill. He's also sharing his memories of Halyna Hutchins since she used to be his student at the American Film Institute. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Saturday, October 30th.

0:02.4

It was an old-timey western with a modern real-life tragic ending.

0:06.2

A crew member was shot and killed while filming the movie Rust in New Mexico.

0:10.2

As we've covered here on the newsworthy, actor Alec Baldwin fired the antique revolver

0:14.4

that killed cinematographer Helena Hutchins and injured director Joel Susa.

0:18.8

Authorities say an assistant director told Baldwin the gun was cold,

0:22.0

meaning it didn't have any live rounds in it before he pulled the trigger.

0:25.6

But that wasn't the case.

0:27.0

Investigators now say they think the gun did in fact contain live ammunition.

0:31.2

But they're still investigating and deciding who, if anyone, should face criminal charges.

0:35.6

So to get a better idea of what may have gone wrong and what should have happened,

0:39.4

I'm talking with the president of the American Society of Cinematographers, Stephen Lighthill.

0:43.6

He's also sharing his memories of Helena Hutchins since she used to be his student

0:47.5

at the American Film Institute.

0:51.5

Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday.

0:54.3

When we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something

0:58.0

in the news, don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes

1:02.2

where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes.

1:04.8

I'm Air Commandy, it's now time for today's Special Edition Saturday.

1:11.9

Hi Stephen, thank you for coming on the Newsworthy.

1:14.2

Good to be here.

1:15.1

So I first just want to get your initial reaction when you first heard about this tragedy on the Rust set.

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