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Actor: ‘I Didn’t Pull the Trigger¹’ in Deadly Movie Incident

Actor Alec Baldwin says he did not pull the trigger of a gun when it fired, killing² a worker during the filming of a movie.

"I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them," Baldwin said.

Baldwin spoke³ with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on a program that was broadcast Thursday.

The discussion marked the first time Baldwin has spoken to a reporter about the shooting incident. It took place on October 21 at a movie set in the state of New Mexico. Baldwin was filming the movie Rust⁴ at the time.

ABC released part of the program on Wednesday. It shows Baldwin crying while describing Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was shot and killed in the incident. Director Joel Souza was also wounded.

Baldwin told Stephanopoulos that he had "no idea" how a live bullet got on the movie set. He said it was not supposed to be on the property. Officials have said Baldwin was told the gun was safe to use.

Police in the city of Santa Fe are investigating the incident. They want to know how a real bullet ended up in the gun and how other live bullets got onto the set. Guns used in movies, called prop⁵ guns, use blanks, which look and sound like real gunshots when fired. But they do not fire bullets.

Police described "some complacency" in how weapons were dealt with on the Rust set. But they have said it is too soon to determine whether arrests will be made.

Court documents on Wednesday showed that police found live bullets from a local supplier of movie props⁶ and weapons.

Two workers on the film have brought legal action against Baldwin, the producers and others involved in the film. They are accused of having poor safety requirements on the set.

Lisa Torraco is the lawyer for Rust assistant director Dave Halls. She said in a television interviews that Halls agrees with Baldwin's account of the story.

"Dave has told me since the very first day I met him that Alec did not pull that trigger," Torraco said. "His finger was never in the trigger guard."

Torraco did not say what Halls may have told her about what he had seen in the seconds before the gun was fired.

Baldwin is best known for playing a TV executive⁷ on the comedy "30 Rock." He was the star and a producer of Rust.

Words in This Story

trigger — n. a lever⁸ on a gun that you pull to fire the gun

cinematographer — n. a person whose job it is to film movies

end up –v. (phrasal) to reach or come to a place, condition, or situation that was not planned or expected

complacency — n. a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

1 trigger   

n.触发器，板机，制滑机；v.触发（事件）

参考例句：

• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again.他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。
• He pulled the trigger but the gun didn't go off.他打了一枪，没有发火。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 rust   

n.锈；v.生锈；(脑子)衰退

参考例句：

• She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
• The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。

5 prop   

vt.支撑；n.支柱，支撑物；支持者，靠山

参考例句：

• A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
• The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。

6 props   

小道具； 支柱( prop的名词复数 )； 支持者； 道具； （橄榄球中的）支柱前锋

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The government props up the prices of farm products to support farmers' incomes. 政府保持农产品价格不变以保障农民们的收入。

7 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

8 lever   

n.杠（杆），途径，工具，手段；vt.撬动（起）

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• Pity is a lever for quickening love.怜悯是加速爱情的手段。