ボールドウィンさん、誤射犠牲者の遺族と和解　撮影再開へ

【ロサンゼルスＡＦＰ＝時事】米俳優アレック・ボールドウィンさんが昨年１０月、主演映画の撮影中に小道具の銃を誤射し、撮影監督のハリーナ・ハッチンスさん（４２）が死亡した事故で、ボールドウィンさんは５日、訴訟を起こしていた遺族と和解に達したと発表した。（写真は米ニューメキシコ州の映画撮影現場で起きた誤射事故の直後、記録のために撮影された俳優アレック・ボールドウィンさんの写真。同州サンタフェ郡保安官事務所が公開）
　事故は、米ニューメキシコ州で行われていた西部劇映画『ラスト（Ｒｕｓｔ、原題）』の撮影現場で発生。リハーサル中、ボールドウィンさんが持っていたコルト製拳銃から実弾が発射され、ハッチンスさんが死亡した。
　ボールドウィンさんはインスタグラムへの投稿で、「きょう、撮影監督ハリーナ・ハッチンスさんの遺族が起こした民事訴訟で和解に達したと発表できることをうれしく思う」と表明。「この困難なプロセスを通じ、誰もがハリーナの息子のために最善を尽くしたいという思いを持ってきた」と説明した。
　『ラスト』の製作陣は合わせて、同作の製作を来年１月に再開すると発表。ハッチンスさんの夫マシューさんが製作総指揮を務めるとした。
　マシューさんは、「非難の応酬や、（製作陣やボールドウィンさんに対する）責任追及に関わる気はない」と述べ、「皆、ハリーナの死は恐ろしい事故だったと考えている」と説明した。事故で負傷したジョエル・ソウザ監督は、同作の製作を通して「ハリーナの遺産を尊重し、彼女の誇りになるように」努めると表明した。
　捜査当局は事故をめぐる刑事訴追に至ってはいないが、ボールドウィンさんを含む関係者に対する訴追の可能性は否定していない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/10/06-13:37）

Actor Alec Baldwin has reached a civil settlement with the family of the woman he shot dead on a film set last year, he said Wednesday, as it was announced production on the movie would restart in January.
The US actor was holding a Colt gun during a rehearsal for Rust, a low-budget Western being filmed in New Mexico last October when it discharged a live round, killing 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins.
We are pleased to announce today the settlement of the civil case filed on behalf of the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Baldwin said in an Instagram post.
Throughout this difficult process, everyone has maintained the specific desire to do what is best for Halyna's son, he said.
Details of the settlement, which also includes Rust Movie Productions, the limited liability company formed to make the movie, were not disclosed.
Baldwin, who was a producer as well as the star of Rust, had been told the gun was safe and has previously said he did not pull the trigger, though an FBI report determined the gun could not have gone off otherwise.
Production on the movie will resume in January, filmmakers said in a statement Wednesday, with Hutchins' husband Matthew Hutchins taking on the role of executive producer.
I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attribution of blame (to the producers or Mr. Baldwin), Matthew Hutchins said in the statement. All of us believe Halyna's death was a terrible accident.
According to Matthew Hutchins, all the original principal players will return to the set.
Rust director Joel Souza, who was also injured in the shooting, said he would devote his work on the film to honoring Halyna's legacy and making her proud.
Though certainly bittersweet, I am pleased that together, we will now complete what Halyna and I started, he said.
The family's lawsuit was one of a series of civil proceedings over the fatal shooting, which sent shockwaves through Hollywood, and led to calls for guns to be permanently banned from sets.
Almost a year on from the tragedy, investigators in New Mexico have filed no criminal charges, but have not ruled them out against anybody, including Baldwin.
In August, Baldwin said he did not believe he would be charged, telling CNN he had hired a private investigator to assess possible culpability.
While there has never been any doubt that the gun was in Baldwin's hands when it went off, the central question that remains unresolved is how it came to be loaded with a live round.
Film sets are supposed to have stringent rules around prop weapons.
That has brought a focus on Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the movie's young armorer and props assistant, and on assistant director Dave Halls, who handed Baldwin the gun, apparently declaring it cold -- industry speak for inert.
Gutierrez-Reed has sued the film's ammunition supplier, accusing him of leaving real bullets among the dummy cartridges.