Rust shooting: Alec Baldwin had no reason to fire gun, new lawsuit says
- The actor discharged the firearm when there was ‘nothing in the script’ calling for this, according to the second lawsuit stemming from the fatal incident
- The scene required only three tight shots of Baldwin: one on his eyes, one on a bloodstain on his shoulder, and one as he pulled the gun from a holster
A lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it was not called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set of the film Rust.
“There was nothing in the script about the gun being discharged by DEFENDANT BALDWIN or by any other person,” the lawsuit from script supervisor Mamie Mitchell says.
The lawsuit is the second to stem from the shooting, with many more expected.
Like last week’s from head of lighting Serge Svetnoy, it was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and names many defendants including Baldwin, who was both star and a producer; David Halls, the assistant director who handed Baldwin the gun; and Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the set.
Mitchell’s suit focuses mainly on Baldwin’s actions. It said she was standing next to Hutchins and within four feet (1.22 metres) of the actor, and was stunned when he fired the gun inside the tiny church on Bonanza Creek Ranch on October 21.