might not have ended up in the film. he began to cob the gun, let go of the hammer, but insisted he did not pull the trigger. some folks, one specific person, the attorney for the chief lighting technician, is disputing the allegation by alec baldwin that he did not pull the trigger, saying as producer of the film, baldwin is responsible. but baldwin said he wasn t involved in budget discussions. he added his production responsibilities on this specific film were strictly creative. he said the only question that needs to be resolved is how that live round ended up on set. a big question. lucy kavanagh, thanks so much. here with me now, prop master patrick story. he s worked on homeland and the latest scream film. patrick, i want to play some of interview where baldwin describings his account of what happened that day. and i want to get your reaction. have a listen. in the scene i would have cocked the gun.
i said do you want to see that? and she said yes. i take the gun and start to cob the gun. i m not going to pull the trigger. he said tilt it down a little bit like that. i cobbed the gun. can you see that? can you see that? i let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off. i let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off. that was the moment the gun went off. it wasn t in the script for the trigger to be pulled. well, the trigger wasn t pulled. i didn t pull the trigger. you never pulled the trigger? no, no, no. i would never point a gun at someone and pull the trigger. that s the training i had. you don t point a gun at somebody and pull the trigger. patrick, based on what you know about firearms in your experience, can you not pull the trigger, let the hammer go? what do you believe? well, i believe that you can do that if you verify exactly what is in the weapon. in this case, you could
alec baldwin speaking out for the first time in a sit down interview since the deadly shooting on the rust movie set, baldwin claiming he never pulled the trigger. in this scene i m going to cob the gun. i said do you want to see that? she said yes. i take the gun and i start to cock the gun. i m not going to pull the trigger. she said just tilt it down a little bit like that. i go can you see that? can you see that? she says, and i let go of the hammer of the gun abthe gun goes off. i let go of the hammer of the gun, the gun goes off. at the moment? the moment the gun went off, yeah. it wasn t in the script for the trigger to be pulled. well the trigger wasn t pulled. i didn t pull the trigger. joining me now cnn s legal analyst joey jackson and former editor of hollywood reporter matt bellamy.