Alec Baldwin, a somber man and Hilaria, a smiling woman were seen at a nearby coffee shop on Thursday. This was just hours before the ABC interview on Rust’s film shooting.
They were seen together at Madman Espresso, West Village. The couple was a regular at this coffee shop. Baldwin looked sluggish in black while Hilaria donned electric metallic leggings with a Moncler vest in a gold-colored Moncler vest.
The Baldwins were seen walking with their children in Manhattan earlier in the morning.
Baldwin packed his bags into an SUV after the coffee break.
The bombshell interview, which lasted 90 minutes, with George Stephanopoulos and in which the star sobs, denies ever having pulled the trigger on that gun that killed him cinematographer, airs tonight at 8 PM.

Alec and Hilaria were seen having coffee at their New York City apartments just hours prior to the actor’s ABC interview. This is where he will discuss the Rust movie shooting.

They can be often seen at Madman Espresso grabbing a cup of coffee. Here they are waiting for their order.

Baldwin kept an empathetic expression after she had to cry over Halyna’s death.

On Thursday, the actor was dressed in black and carried his luggage to the coffee shop.

Hilaria was dressed up in metallic leggings with high heels and a gold-colored vest

Hilaria’s golden vest stood out against her husband’s black outfit, as she headed toward their car.

Baldwin packed all his bags in his SUV. The couple may be leaving town shortly before the interview.

Dramatic. The dramatic interview will air at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC and later on Hulu.
In teasers for the upcoming interview, Baldwin could he seen weeping as he described the accidental shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.
“I look back and think, ‘What could have I done?’ Baldwin spoke to Stephanopoulos.
While he claims he didn’t pull the trigger on this firearm, he said it did seem to spontaneously fire.
He said that he didn’t pull any triggers, and he often had to stop to take stock or to wipe away tears.
“I would not point a gun or trigger a weapon at any person, ever.
The reason the gun was loaded with a bullet is not known.
Baldwin stated that someone put a live round in the gun. This bullet was not supposed to have been on the property.
Baldwin took his Twitter account private just minutes before the ABC interview.

Alec Baldwin, actor, wept and denied that he had pulled the trigger of the gun that fired the fatal shot at Rust director Halyna Utchins in the interview

Baldwin wept as he spoke about Hutchins, and the meeting with her family.

Hutchins was killed in a car accident on October 21, after Baldwin said he had picked up the gun.
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Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Medoza explained that firearms do not just fire. It is necessary to make the firearm work. [Baldwin]He did it and the result was in his possession’
Bryan W. Carpenter is a weapon armorer for Dark Thirty Film Services. He said that he doubts Baldwin ever pulled the trigger.
Carpenter explained to Fox News that to set the gun ablaze, one must first place your thumb on the hammer and then cock it all the way back. Once the hammer has cocked completely back, the trigger is pulled and the gun lights. It was important to note that the gun needed to be able to fire in two steps. To fire, it must be turned on and held down.
Carpenter said, “Once you have cocked the hammer back on an old west gun, it doesn’t take much to get that trigger off.”
He made these comments after Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Medoza stated to the outlet that guns don’t simply go off. It doesn’t matter what happens to the firearm. [Baldwin]He did it and the result was in his possession.
Lisa Tarraco (Assistant Director Dave Halls’ attorney) says her client told her that Baldwin didn’t pull the trigger.
Torraco said that Dave had told him from the first time he met Alec that Alec never pulled that trigger. “His finger wasn’t in the trigger guard.”

Lisa Tarraco (Assistant Director Dave Halls’ attorney) claims she was informed by her client Baldwin had not pulled the trigger

Halyna HUTCHINS, Rust cinematographer, died on October 21, after Baldwin shot her during rehearsals.

Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film’s armourer prepared the gun (right), which Baldwin fired as it was directed at Hutchins.
She said that her client would face charges in relation to the incident, and she was shocked by this.
According to an affidavit by the Sante Fe County Sheriff’s Office, detectives are investigating whether Seth Kenney (a Hollywood veteran of 51 years) may have used recycled bullets from a prior set to supply the film with blanks and dummy rounds.
There are still investigators investigating Hutchins’ death and they have not filed any criminal charges.
Hutchins was killed by a bullet made from homemade ammunition that an armorer in New Mexico had obtained from a film. This was to help actors train at firing ranges with makeshift ammunition.
Baldwin spoke lovingly about Hutchins during an interview that ABC aired. He said: “She was somebody who was loved and liked by all who worked with her – and who everyone admired.
It’s difficult to believe that it could be true, but it seems so real.
Baldwin responded “Yes.” when asked about the most terrible thing that had ever happened to his life. Yes, yes.’
Hilaria, his wife shared previously on Instagram how the tragedy had affected their family. After the accident shooting, Hilaria, a mother of six children, admitted that she had had some heart-wrenching conversations with her kids.
Stephanopoulos stated that Baldwin talked to him about the entire shooting day.

Baldwin will interview George Stephanopoulos on Thursday, August 8 at 8 pm.
Stephanopoulos remarked that the actor was distraught, but was honest and open about his interview lasting an hour and a half.
Several former crew members spoke out in the weeks that followed the shooting about the unsafe working environment.
Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor, announced two weeks ago that she would sue Baldwin. She accused Baldwin of “Russian Roulette” when he shot a gun at him without first checking that it wasn’t loaded. Further, Mitchell claimed that the shooting scene was unnecessary.
22 defendants were named as part of the lawsuit, including Baldwin and Rust Producers. Six production companies – El Dorado Pictures. Thomasville Pictures. Brittany House Pictures. Brittany House Pictures. Short Porch Pictures. Brittany House Pictures. 3rd Shift Media. Streamline Global armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed. First Assistant Director David Halls.
Mitchell was a veteran of the industry for 40 years and stood close to Hutchins at the time that Baldwin shot a bullet. It then killed Mitchell and injured Joel Souza.

Gloria Allred and Mamie Mitchell, the attorney, presented their lawsuit about the shooting. It includes allegations of assault, deliberate infliction and distress and intentional infliction and harm.
It claims that the suit includes assault, deliberate infliction and emotional distress as well as infliction or harm. The suit also claims that the shooting scene did not need a gun.
“I ran to 911, and I said: “Bring everyone, send everybody Mitchell,” during a press conference. “This woman was gone in the early stages of her career. Her extraordinary and rare qualities made her a very special woman.
Serge Svetnoy was the electrician in charge of Hutchins’ death. He also sued Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed, and David Halls, their assistant director, for’severe emotion distress’ following the shooting.
FULL INTERVIEW: Former “Rust” first camera assistant Lane Luper speaks out about safety concern claims on the movie set. https://t.co/0czCkzo5Wu
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Svetnoy brought the lawsuit against three of the crew members, as well as other unnamed individuals. He claimed their negligence caused the shooting and that it left him feeling emotional distress.
According to TMZ, Svetnoy claimed that the bullet nearly struck Joel Souza (48), and then killed Hutchins.
He said that Halyna was his first patient to care for her when she was bleeding and tried to maintain her consciousness.
He said to TMZ that he is suing Baldwin because he owed a duty the Plaintiff, other crew members, and actors on the Rust set, to manage the Colt Revolver supplied to him from Defendant Hills with reasonable care for safety of the Rust cast and crew.

Serge Svetnoy, the Rust movie sets’ head electrician (left), held the dying Hutchins in his arms and sued Baldwin, Gutierrez-Reed, the rookie armorer Gutierrez–Reed, and Halls for’severe emotion distress’ following the shooting.

Luper Lane has criticized the film’s production as one that created the perfect storm for the tragic shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
Lane Luper was the A-camera’s first assistant. He said that he left the job one day prior to the shooting due to overwork, poor gun safety, and COVID-safety not being properly enforced.
Rust believes that it was the perfect storm, according to him, of Rust the armorer, Rust the assistant director and the culture present on the set. The rushing was also a factor. Good Morning America interviewed him on the subject of the tragic shooting.
“It was not just one person. It took everything to come together for the one-in-a trillion thing to occur.
Luper stated in his resignation that there were two accidental weapons discharges and an accidental sound effects explosion around the crew.
“There were no explanations about what we should expect from these shots. Luper stated in the letter, “There have been NO explanations as to what we should expect for these shots.”
He said that crew members became exhausted from long commutes to and from their accommodations, some of which were more than two hour away.
Luper explained that in her 10 years of experience as a camera assistant she’s never been on any show where the crew’s safety was so important.
Sky News received a statement from a spokesperson for producers, saying that Luper’s claims about budget and safety were false. Luper’s accusations about budget and safety were patently false. It is no surprise considering that Luper was a camera operator and had nothing to do or know anything about budgets or safety protocol.
“As long as we cooperate in all investigations, it is limited what we can tell you,” the spokesperson stated. Safety remains our top priority.
Baldwin’s claims that he didn’t trigger the gun were questioned by some users of social media.
The trigger mechanism must be pulled on newer weapons or it will stop firing. I.E. One user tweeted, “I.E. dropped, banged heavy.” “Do you really believe that people can believe what your stupidity?
Another tweeted: “Good grief, his ‘acting’ is horrendous.” The shooter must either first cock the handgun in Western style or they don’t. The trigger was pulled on this weapon. But it wasn’t dropped.
“@AlecBaldwin held it in his hand and killed Halyna. He also wounded another. Man up, already.’