In a series of new videos, Alec Baldwin is seen telling an unknown person, “I don’t want to shoot you,” while filming Rust, just days before Halyna Hutchins was shot dead on set.
In the never-before-seen 2021 footage, Baldwin is seen energetically speaking to cast and crew members about safety, firing weapons and acting his part.
In two of the five videos obtained exclusively by NBC, Baldwin can be heard reorganizing his crew members after becoming concerned for their safety.
Baldwin was filming a scene in a church days later when he pulled the trigger on his Colt .45 and fatally shot cameraman Hutchins on October 21, 2021.
The new videos, which run seven minutes long, were turned over by producers to prosecutors, who are considering re-indicting Baldwin.
In the never-before-seen footage from 2021, Alec Baldwin is seen talking heatedly to cast and crew about safety, firing guns and acting out his role
Special prosecutors in New Mexico were scheduled to meet Thursday to reconsider involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin.
However, the judge rescheduled the date during a conference call Wednesday, a source familiar with the case told NBC.
In the first video, Baldwin is seen lying on the ground with a prop gun and is heard saying “Halyna, get her out” before his voice trails off
He then asks someone off camera to move to the “other side of the camera” because “I don’t want to shoot you.”
In the second video, Baldwin asks to place a blanket next to him, off-camera, so he can toss the gun to the side and use it as a landing pad.
The third video shows Baldwin in character repeatedly firing a prop gun before running out of dummy cartridges.
“One more, one more, one more.” Now, now, let’s reload,” he says, trying to get the scene moving.
The clip ends with Baldwin saying, “We should have had two guns and reloaded both.”
In the fourth and fifth videos, Baldwin pauses filming to check the safety of a crew member who is walking backwards to film the scene.
In one case, he expresses concern about the steepness of a trail and asks the crew member to use a safer part of the trail.
In the other, a cameraman falls and Baldwin can be heard repeatedly asking, “Are you OK?” before filming resumes.
The videos are among dozens that special prosecutors requested from Rust Movie Productions LLC and received as recently as October, a source claimed to the station.
On October 17, prosecutors announced their intention to re-charge the 30-year-old rock star with involuntary manslaughter.
It remains unclear how much footage prosecutors reviewed or whether they reviewed any of the five videos.
The five videos could be presented to the grand jury.
The involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin was dismissed in April, but a grand jury in New Mexico is expected to decide soon whether the charges should be refiled, CNN reported.
The videos show Baldwin talking about safety in the new footage, which was taken days before Hutchins (pictured) died after being shot at with live ammunition from a prop gun during filming
Part of the Santa Fe County police investigation is focused on how a live round of ammunition may have made its way onto the film set.
Baldwin’s lawyers and special counsel did not comment to NBC. Chron.com has reached out to us for comment.
The actor denied pulling the trigger on the gun and his lawyers had previously said they would litigate the case in court.
“It is unfortunate that a terrible tragedy led to this misguided prosecution,” Baldwin’s attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro said in a statement to NBC in October.
“We will answer all charges in court.”