Angelina Jolie
Now she comments on Alec Baldwin’s fatal shot
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The Hollywood dream factory has been shaken since the deadly drama on the set of Alec Baldwin’s new film “Rust”. Angelina Jolie is someone who has held a gun in her hand in many productions. The “Lara Croft” star has very clear ideas about the safety regulations during a shoot.
Angelina Jolie, 46, is shocked by the tragedy that is currently shocking the entire American film industry. The actress now commented for the first time on the tragic case of her colleague Alec Baldwin, 63, who accidentally shot the camerawoman Halyna Hutchins, † 42, while shooting for his film “Rust” and seriously injured the director Joel Souza.
Angelina Jolie: “I was always very careful”
“I can’t imagine what these families are going through. At this point, the sadness and tragedy of this accident are pretty overwhelming,” Jolie said in the November 4, 2021 issue of The Times. She herself is always on the lookout on set when it comes to pistols. “I was always very cautious because I had to work a lot with guns,” reports the US star, who prefers to play the lead role in action-packed productions, but now also pulls the strings behind the scenes. “The way I worked or checked when directing, certain procedures were followed. You have to take that very seriously.”
Alec Baldwin mourns a friend
For Alec Baldwin, who was not only the main actor on the set of the film, but also a producer, the alleged security hole has turned out to be a real nightmare. “A woman died. She was my friend, she was my friend,” Baldwin told reporters how a video on the US portal “TMZ” shows. “We were a very, very well-rehearsed crew who were making a film together when this terrible incident happened.”
Source used: thetimes.co.uk, tmz.com