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‘Rust’ Director Joel Souza On Why Alec Baldwin Shooting “Ruined” Him & Why Finishing Film In Halyna Hutchins’ Honor Was Important


Joel Souza, the Rust director who Alec Baldwin shot during a rehearsal of a scene, is breaking his silence on the fatal day that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Joel Souza, the Rust director who Alec Baldwin shot during a rehearsal of a scene, is breaking his silence on the fatal day that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Souza says he has “quick flashes” of the incident, adding, “There’s panic, and I’m sitting there going, ‘What…?’ My initial thought was that I was very angry. Souza continues his grief over the death of Hutchins, saying, “I felt like, ‘Wow, this is somebody that I feel a really instant bond with.’ I had hoped it was a bad dream.

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