DailyMail.com has secured exclusive photos of actor Alec Baldwin documenting his return to the set of his western drama Rust. Photos show the actor talking to a camera crew before heading to work.
It was revealed earlier this week that Baldwin, 65, had hired Rory Kennedy, 54, the youngest child of RFK and his wife Ethel, to make a documentary about his return to making the film after his involuntary manslaughter allegations were dropped. withdrawn.
Despite this, prosecutors say the investigation into the shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza is still ongoing. The resurrected production will be directed by Souza and produced by Hutchins’ husband Matthew.
Kennedy is a celebrated documentary filmmaker and was nominated for an Oscar for her 2014 war epic Last Days in Vietnam, which is said to tell “the untold stories of the Americans and Vietnamese on the ground.”
DailyMail.com published photos this week showing Kennedy currently in Montana, pictured at the Bozeman airport as Baldwin boards a United flight from Denver.
On Saturday morning, Alec Baldwin was photographed leaving the $285,000 Montana apartment he had rented for the duration of the shoot before being driven to the set
Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy, who repeatedly visited the apartment on Thursday, was nowhere to be seen
It was revealed earlier this week that Baldwin, 65, had hired Rory Kennedy, 54, the youngest child of RFK and his wife Ethel, to make a documentary about his return to making the film after the involuntary manslaughter charges against were withdrawn.
Director Joel Souza, pictured here, will oversee the resurrected production
The 30 Rock star will be in Big Sky County until May 22 to continue production on Rust. Filming stopped in October 2021 after the shooting
Rory Kennedy is an old associate of the Baldwin family. Kennedy is pictured with Alec and Hilaria in October 2022
Halyna Hutchins pictured on her Instagram page, the Ukrainian was 42 years old when she was shot dead on the set of Rust
Baldwin was first seen being filmed by Kennedy’s crew outside his home in New York City hugging his wife and children as he left for Montana.
The 30 Rock star will be in Big Sky County until May 22 to continue production on Rust. Filming stopped in October 2021 after the shooting.
Armorer Hannah Gutteriez-Reed, who was charged with Baldwin, will no longer play a role in Rust and will still face manslaughter charges for her role in the death of someone’s mother
Production has moved to Montana and will take place on the same set where the hit show Yellowstone is filmed. The ranch has a purpose built western style back yard and views of Paradise Valley and the Crazy and Abzaroka mountain ranges.
Filming resumed this week amid snowstorms in the area.
On Saturday morning, the actor was photographed leaving the $285,000 apartment he had rented for the duration of the shoot before being driven to the set. The weather seems to be calming down a bit.
Kennedy, who repeatedly visited the apartment on Thursday, was nowhere to be seen.
However, the blonde director was in when news broke that two involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin in connection with Hutchins’ death had been dropped.
Also on Saturday, Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria, was seen in Manhattan pushing a baby stroller. The couple shares seven children together.
Hilaria, 39, wore a baggy open flannel shirt over a green tank top with a black bra exposed underneath, along with blue jeans and furry slippers.
The Massachusetts native was seen chatting with another parent on her morning walk, occasionally removing her sunglasses and using them as a makeshift hairband.
On the same morning her husband was in Montana, his wife, Hilaria, was seen in Manhattan pushing a baby stroller. The couple shares seven children together
Hilaria, 39, wore a baggy open flannel shirt over a green tank top with a black bra exposed underneath, along with blue jeans and furry slippers
The Massachusetts resident was seen on her morning walk chatting with another parent, occasionally removing her sunglasses and using them as a makeshift hair band
To celebrate her husband’s acquittal on manslaughter charges, Hilaria posted a photo of her being cradled by the Hunt for Red October star
Baldwin, who was set to face a preliminary hearing in the case next month, celebrated by posting a photo of himself with wife Hilaria on Instagram.
In response, she posted a second photo showing her cradling in his arms while sitting on his lap.
Meanwhile, Rory Kennedy is a longtime associate of the Baldwin family and has had an illustrious career producing documentaries on a range of topics including AIDS, rural poverty and border issues.
Like the famous leftist Baldwin, she has been outspoken in her support for Democratic politics – she supported Barack Obama for president in 2008 and Hillary Clinton in 2016.
However, she has not commented on her older brother Robert, a conspiracy theorist,’s bid for the 2024 Democratic nomination, which he formally announced earlier this week with little fanfare.
The pair are not known to be extremely close and live on opposite sides of the country. Kennedy lives in Malibu with her film writer Mark Bailey, their daughters Georgia and Bridget, and son Zachary.
It is known that the couple’s wedding had to be rescheduled in July 1999 after a plane piloted by her cousin John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy crashed into the sea on their way to the wedding in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, killing both of them and Carolyn’s. sister Lauren Bessette.
Rory and Mark eventually got married two weeks later at a mansion owned by billionaire Greek tycoon Vardis Vardinogiannis in the picturesque town of Ekali, just outside Athens.