Who knows at this point, but I bet it was a scene where the cinematographer was behind the camera and the director was behind her. He might have just been following a scene and pointed at the camera like the script called for and fired. I wonder if it was multiple rounds or one that penetrated both.
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That’s what I posted in 31. A camera angle where he faces directly at the lens, or nearly so, and pulls the trigger. Maybe even fanning the gun. I suspect it wasn’t that, however.
Another likely scenario is that he was goofing around with the gun and fired it at them. Or, knowing Alec and his short fuse, he was holding the gun, they said something that pissed him off and he angrily fired it at them, trying to scare them.
In either case, I believe that it was an accident and seriously doubt that he knew about the live rounds. But he certainly doesn’t deserve all of the sympathy and support that he has been receiving until all of the facts come out regarding what led up to the shooting.
Should be some good video of the incident.
Exclusive Eyewitness Recounts Shooting on Alec Baldwin Movie Set: One bullet ripped through both victims"An eyewitness on set tells this column that the bullet went straight through the body of DP Halyna Hutchins and into the clavicle of the film’s director Joel Souza."