The director of Rust has said he would gladly go back in time to prevent the movie from ever being made if he knew it could save cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ life.
Speaking with The Guardian, writer/director Joel Souza said that he ultimately decided to complete the film to honor Halyna Hutchins.
“[Hutchins’ family] wanted it completed,” Souza said. “I’d been repelled by the thought of going back, but [then] it started to appeal. And I couldn’t live with the idea of someone else doing it.”
If he had it his way, however, he would have stopped the movie from ever being made.
“Talk about the butterfly effect — I wish I never wrote the damn movie,” he said. “You think about the chain of events that started that morning [of the shooting]. Bad decision after bad decision was made.”
Souza told The Guardian that he has no relationship with Alec Baldwin, though he had some unkind words to say about his reality show The Baldwins on Max.
“We’re not friends,” Souza said of Baldwin. “We’re not enemies. There’s no relationship.”
Souza said that he has not and will not watch Baldwin’s reality show.
“I think I was busy hitting myself in the face with a frying pan that night [it aired],” Souza said.
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