Baldwin plays the grandfather, an outlaw named Harland Rust.
The actor compared the film toClint Eastwood’s Oscar-winning revisionist WesternUnforgiveninan interview withThe Hollywood Reporterlast year.
“That time was filled with some dark realities and some harsh realities.”
The movie set of ‘Rust’.Sam Wasson/Getty
Baldwin is also a producer on the film and helped conceive the idea with writer-director Joel Souza.
“And the answer was a very young kid; I think he was 13 or 14.
But literally a boy.
The Santa Fe set of ‘Rust’ (inset: Alec Baldwin).Sam Wasson/Getty Images; Inset: Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images
The independent film was in production in Santa Fe, N.M., on the historic Bonanza Creek Ranch.
No charges have been filed, and the investigation is ongoing.
“There should have been an investigation into what happened,” a crew member said.
“There were no safety meetings.
There was no assurance that it wouldn’t happen again.
All they wanted to do was rush, rush, rush.”
Baldwin, meanwhile,addressed the fatal misfireFriday on social media.
My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.”
