{"id":21393,"date":"2024-08-16T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.celebinsights.com\/rust-director-joel-souza-admits-he-has-no-relationship-with-alec-baldwin-after-fatal-shooting\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T05:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T05:00:06","slug":"rust-director-joel-souza-admits-he-has-no-relationship-with-alec-baldwin-after-fatal-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.celebinsights.com\/rust-director-joel-souza-admits-he-has-no-relationship-with-alec-baldwin-after-fatal-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Rust’ Director Joel Souza Admits He Has ‘No Relationship’ With Alec Baldwin After Fatal Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Rust<\/span>” director Joel Souza<\/strong><\/span> is setting the record straight on his relationship with Alec Baldwin<\/strong><\/span>, who was the star of his Western film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On October 21, 2021, a gun that the “30 Rock” actor was holding on set went off, striking and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins<\/strong><\/span>. Souza, who was standing directly behind Hutchins, was also shot and hospitalized as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Still, he was able to go on to finish filming “Rust” in the spring of 2023 after moving operations from New Mexico to Montana. However, the fatal shooting seems to have changed his relationship with Alec Baldwin, as he now insists that the two have “no relationship.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Joel Souza Recalls What It Felt Like To Be Shot On The ‘Rust’ Set<\/h2>\n
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While rehearsing a scene at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico, a gun that Alec Baldwin was holding went off. The bullet struck and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and led to Joel Souza’s hospitalization. When speaking about the shooting to Vanity Fair<\/em><\/span>, Souza said “It’s bizarre to have been shot,” adding, \u201cAnd then, who was holding the gun? That\u2019s<\/em> bizarre. I had this weird thought, like, \u2018God, I remember watching ‘The Hunt for Red October\u2019 in the movie theater when I was a kid. It\u2019s like your older self whispers to your younger self, \u2018Hey, that guy\u2026someday\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He also went on to describe how the gunshot \u201cfelt like a horse kicked me in the shoulder or someone hit me with a bat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe whole right side of my body went numb, completely numb, but it also hurt excruciatingly at the same time, if that makes sense,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s just like everything went tingly and numb but hurt like hell all at once. And I staggered back and was either on my knees or on my ass \u2014 and just\u2026yelling. I don\u2019t even know what the hell I was yelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Rust’ Director Says He Did Not Feel Grateful To Be Alive Following Fatal Shooting<\/h2>\n
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Even though he survived the shooting, Joel Souza revealed that the bullet \u201cmissed my lung by this<\/em> much. It stopped about that far away from my spine, fortunately. It was bulging out into the skin, so it created a big bump.\u201d However, when interviewer Anthony Breznican said that he must be grateful to be alive, Souza responded, \u201cNo, I wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI remember specifically going to sleep that night and hoping I didn\u2019t wake up the next morning,\u201d he explained. \u201cI hoped I would just bleed out overnight because I didn\u2019t want to be around anymore. It was a very difficult moment. I remember just thinking, ‘Maybe I\u2019ll just sort of bleed to death \u2014 that would suit me just fine.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The shooting led to first assistant director Dave Halls pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon, which resulted in his probation. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed<\/strong><\/span> was convicted of involuntary manslaughter 18 months behind bars in March. In July, Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial was dismissed after Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled that the prosecution had worked with law enforcement officials to conceal evidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Joel Souza Does Not Think Justice Was Served<\/h2>\n
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When asked if he thought “justice was served” for Halyna Hutchins, Souza replied, \u201cI don\u2019t know, and I don\u2019t know what that even is anymore \u2014 I\u2019ll be very honest with you about that,\u201d adding, \u201cNo one feels good about someone going to jail. If you feel good about that, take a hard look in the mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The director also made it clear that he does not have an opinion as to whether or not the prosecution was right to press charges against Alec Baldwin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDoes it matter if I think it\u2019s fair or not? There is an argument that says, if he checks it and starts fiddling around with it, he\u2019s creating a safety issue. And then there is another thing that says, it\u2019s common sense, Jesus Christ. Be careful with this godd-mn thing,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t know anymore, to be honest with you. The charges got filed. That\u2019s what they decided to do. Was he overcharged? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Joel Souza Decided To Finish The Film For Halyna Hutchins’ Family<\/h2>\n
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Even though he did return to complete the film, Souza admitted that \u201cthere was a very long period of time where I thought I was just done ever doing this for a living.\u201d However, he made the decision to return to benefit Halyna Hutchins’ family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI knew that the movie being finished would financially benefit Halyna\u2019s family, which is very important to me,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd I know this can sound trite for people who aren\u2019t creative, but her last work matters. People seeing her last work matters. That was the tipping point for me in the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cinematographer Bianca Cline<\/strong><\/span> took over for the late Hutchins and the scene inside the church where she died was cut from the film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cEverything needed to be entirely reconceived there,\u201d Souza said. \u201cThere were a few things that came before that now wouldn\u2019t make story sense. So we just sort of eliminated it and came up with something entirely different.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I don\u2019t want anyone who ever does see this to be waiting for that,” he added. “No one ever pushed to keep anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Rust’ Director Talks Relationship With Alec Baldwin Now: ‘We’re Not Friends. We’re Not Enemies’<\/h2>\n
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After the fatal shooting in New Mexico, production moved to Montana in the spring of 2023. When asked about his relationship with Alec Baldwin in Montana, Souza confessed, \u201cGetting through it was tough. We got through it. I got the performance I wanted. We\u2019re not friends. We\u2019re not enemies. There\u2019s no relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Although the movie has been finished, Souza admits that it has yet to be shopped to distributors contrary to some reports. But when the movie does get released, he hopes that audiences will remember the talent she provided instead of the tragedy that took her life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs a cinematographer, Halyna should have been out of my reach if this business made any sense, but it doesn\u2019t,\u201d Souza said. \u201cShe should have been doing big studio movies. She should have outgrown a movie the size of ours. She should have been doing $100 million movies, not $7.5 million movies. Anybody who worked with her knew what she had and what she was.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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