Alec Baldwin wants to 'retire and stay home' with his family in the aftermath of the Rust shooting
30 Rock star Alec Baldwin has admitted although he's starting to "go off and do a bunch of things", the aftermath of the Rust tragedy has made him "want to retire".
Alec Baldwin wants to "retire and stay home" with his family in the aftermath of the Rust shooting.
The 68-year-old actor was holding a prop gun on the set of the Western in October 2021 when it discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza, and Baldwin was wrapped up in a lengthy legal case as he faced manslaughter charges in connection with the tragedy.
The charges against the star were dismissed twice and the case is over, but he is still struggling with the fallout from the tragedy.
He told The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast: “We had this incident, this tragedy, in New Mexico, where Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of the film, and that was unspeakably difficult to deal with…
"Because of the situation in New Mexico, which was very painful, I wound up staying home a lot.
"I was home with my kids for three-and-a-half years — I hardly worked at all — and that’s just changing now. I’m going to go off and do a bunch of things.
"But I was home and I got used to it, and I don’t want to leave my house anymore. I don’t. I don’t want to work anymore. I don’t. I really don’t. I want to retire and stay home with my kids."
Baldwin has seven children under 13 with his wife Hilaria Baldwin, as well as 30-year-old daughter Ireland with ex-wife Kim Basinger.
