Halyna Hutchinsand her death on the set ofRustis a point of pain for those who worked with her on the movie.
In a PEOPLE exclusive look at tonight’s ABC News20/20special on theRusttragedy, actor Devon Werkheiser remembers Hutchins as sharing the cast and crew’s excitement over making theAlec Baldwinwestern film in New Mexico.
“Ultimately we found out that something had happened with a gun,” he said, adding those involved in the production “kept being told she was stable.”
“Many of us were waiting for news on how she was. We had people at the hospital. No one got told but somehow it got leaked to the world before those of us who were actually involved found out that she had passed,” Werkheiser said.
“To lose anyone on a movie is hard and shouldn’t happen. To lose her… it doesn’t make sense,” he said. “If you weren’t on this movie, you can’t possibly understand what this feels like. You can’t know what it was like to be on that set before, and what it was to experience that day, and what it was to lose this person.”
Halyna Hutchins.Mat Hayward/Getty
Last week, Baldwin gave his first sit-down interview in the aftermath of the incident to ABC News where he told George Stephanopoulos he said he “didn’t pull the trigger” that killed Hutchins.
“The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger. I would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger on them, never,” he said. Baldwin also said he had “no idea” how a bullet made its way into a gun that was intended to be a prop on the set of the Western film.
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“Someone put a live bullet in a gun,” he said. “A bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property.”
“Even now, I find it hard to believe that [the incident occurred],” he continued. “It doesn’t seem real to me.”
The two-hour20/20special will also feature exclusive interviews with Thell Reed, the father ofRustarmorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza,Rustchief of lighting Serge Svetnoy andRustcostume designer Terese Davis.
The two-hour20/20airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST on ABC, and will be available to stream the next day on Hulu.
source: people.com
