Alec Baldwin is ready to put ‘Rust’ on the backburner… admitting he still won’t see the final cut of the film in the 3 years since tragedy struck the Western drama.
The actor admitted it was true when he attended the Turin Film Festival, where the actor appeared again to be honored. the murder case was dismissed this summer.
At the festival, Alec sat down Variety and shut down notions that he had benefited from Rast.
As Alec said, he went against medical advice to return to Montana to finish the film, saying he did so after speaking with the director of Rust. Joel Souza. Alec said he also gave up his royalties and other money-making opportunities to complete the film … claiming he “gave it all” to the late cinematographer. Halina Hutchins“to her husband.
In fact, Alec claimed he had yet to see the final cut of the film, but saw a rough cut before “things got a little stickier.”
He added… “Hopefully the film will come out. That it will make its money back for its investors. You would never want these people who believed in your project to be left high and dry. And I hope so.” , that the film is sold and that (Halina’s husband) gets his money.”
AB has made it clear that he doesn’t intend to see the final cut, either, calling it “the hardest thing he’s ever dealt with.” However, Alec told his wife, Hilaria Baldwinwas also greatly affected by the tragedy.
He noted… “My wife is very, very traumatized by this. When you’re married to someone and things are going well, and we’ve had seven kids, it’s a lot.” scary and very disturbing.”
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Alec reiterated that he wanted to move on from Rust, choosing instead to focus on other projects and his children.
The star and his family set to appear in TLC’s new reality series called The Baldwins, which is slated to air in 2025.
