Alec Baldwin has said he did not pull the trigger of the gun he was holding that killed a cinematographer on the movie set of “Rust.”
\nIn his first major interview since the tragedy in October, the US actor also said he has “no idea” how a live round had gotten onto the set of the low-budget Western in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

“The trigger wasn’t pulled — I didn’t pull the trigger,” he said in an excerpt of an interview with ABC News released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“No, no, no. I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them. Never.”<\/p>\n

In the interview, set to air in full on ABC on Thursday evening, Baldwin did not elaborate on how the weapon had gone off.<\/p>\n

Baldwin, also a producer on “Rust,” was rehearsing a scene in which his character brandishes a Colt .45 when cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed.<\/p>\n

The weapon was meant to contain dummy — or fake — rounds, and Baldwin was asked in the interview how a real bullet had ended up within the firearm.<\/p>\n

“I have no idea. Someone put a live bullet in a gun — a bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property,” said Baldwin.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors have refused to rule out criminal charges against anyone involved with “Rust,” including Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez-Reed has also said she has “no idea” why live rounds were present.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, investigators said Seth Kenney — an Arizona weapon rental supplier — may have supplied “reloaded ammunition” that matched the cartridge suspected to have contained the live round that killed Hutchins.<\/p>\n

“Reloaded ammunition” refers to rounds that are assembled from component parts, not manufactured as complete live rounds.<\/p>\n

“The Sheriff’s office has taken a huge step forward today to unearth the full truth of who put the live rounds on the ‘Rust’ set,” Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyers said in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The full, one-hour ABC interview with Baldwin airs on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern (0100 GMT Friday).<\/p>\n

“Even now, I find it hard to believe,” says a tearful Baldwin in the preview clip. “It just doesn’t seem real to me.”<\/p>\n

“I think back, and I think of ‘what could I have done?'” he says.<\/p>\n

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