Halyna Hutchins , director of photography, has died at the age of 42 in a fatal accident during the filming of the western ' Rust '. Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing her and injuring the film's director. She uploaded a video just a few hours before to her social networks enjoying the filming on horseback.
"One of the advantages of filming a western is that you can ride a horse on your day off," he wrote on Instagram to accompany the last video to be recorded. Now this post is being used by his friends, colleagues and fans to say goodbye and express their condolences to the family.
The young Halyna Hutchins was originally from Ukraine and defined herself in her social networks as a restless dreamer and addicted to adrenaline. It was not the first time that she participated in a major production, as she was also featured in Darlin '(2019), Archenemy (2020) and Blindfire (2020), among others.
Hutchins was considered one of the most promising cinematographers on film and television in Hollywood.
