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I never pulled the trigger, the actor told ABC News George Stephanopoulos on Dec. 2.
The live ammunition killed 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured 48-year-old director Joel Souza.
I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never, he said.
Below are some of the highlights from the ABC special, which is nowavailable to stream on Hulu.
But immediately, theIts Complicatedstar could tell that the cinematographer was overwhelmingly adored.
She had that intensity, he said.
She knew that the clock was the enemy and we had to move forward.
When asked if he witnessed any red flags while working with Hannah, Baldwin said that everything seemed safe.
To be clear there are NO safety meetings these days.
When he asked if she wanted him to cock the gun, she said yes and he obliged.
I let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off, he said.
The trigger wasnt pulled.
I never pulled the trigger.
But at that point, no one knew what happened.
The gun was supposed to be empty, Baldwin said.
I was told it was an empty gun.
Thats why as soon as Hutchins went down, he wondered if she had fainted.
Did she have a heart attack?
He said that Hutchins was in shock but conscious, and Souza was screaming really loudly.
It was like seeing aliens, he said.
It was unacceptable, the idea that it was a live round.
Every single take you hand it back to the armorer when youre done, and you do it again.
Instead, Baldwin chose to trust the armorer on set, which is something he said hes always done.
But theMidnight Skyactor wasnt the only one who gave his two cents.
He said that I did it deliberately.
TheBeetlejuicestar said that the criticism has been very hard to handle.
But ultimately, his responsibility was to listen to the armorer.
Do I believe that the set was sabotaged?
When he made those claims, I thought, Thats a big swing.
Thats an enormous charge to make.
I couldnt give a sh*t about my career anymore, he confessed.
Do I want to work much more after this?
Is it worth it?
I might have killed myself if I thought I was responsible, and I dont say that lightly.
