Alec Baldwin didn’t want ‘do this for a living’ (Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Gala)
Alec Baldwin told his wife he wanted to to quit life in the public eye after the death of Halyna Hutchins.
Last year the actor, 65, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after he accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his American Western film.
While the charges were recently dropped, the family of mother-of-one Hutchins are said to be pursuing a civil case against him.
Following the tragic incident, Baldwin phoned his wife Hilaria and told her he wanted to quit acting.
Speaking to The Times, he remembered telling her: ‘I don’t want to do this for a living any more. I don’t. I don’t want to be a public person.’
The actor admitted he still struggles with the shooting, and he knows that after a lifetime of accomplishments in his career, he knows the horrific incident is what he will be remembered by.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed during the filming of Rust (Picture: Facebook)
Baldwin – who has recently been cast in a movie about a shooting that occurred on a college campus that left four students dead – credited his wife Hilaria Baldwin with helping him survive the past 18 months as he faced criminal charges, adding that she ‘took control of my life’.
As charges were dropped against Baldwin last month, prosecutors said they were unable to proceed with the case, but the decision to dismiss the charges did not ‘absolve Mr Baldwin of criminal culpability’.
The Hollywood actor had faced two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the shooting on the New Mexico movie set in October 2021, but the family of Ms Hutchins are continuing their civil lawsuit against Baldwin over her death.
Baldwin recently marked the end of filming by sharing this photo with Patrick Scott McDermott (Picture: Alec Baldwin / Instagram )
Throughout the legal proceedings, Baldwin has always said he wasn’t aware the gun contained live rounds, and pleaded not guilty.
Hutchins’ family’s lawyer maintains Baldwin ‘cannot escape responsibility for his role in shooting and killing Halyna’.
He recently completed filming on Rust, recently sharing a cleanshaven photo of himself on social media to mark the end of the project.
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‘God, it felt good to shave off that beard….,’ he wrote.
The same day he shared a photo with young actor Patrick Scott McDermott, captioning it: ‘Last day on the set of RUST with this guy. A very talented actor and lovely young man with a bright future ahead. My love to you, @patrickscottmcdermott.’
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The actor told his wife he didn’t want to ‘do this for a living’.
