'Rust' director Joel Souza told 'The Hollywood Reporter' that while he cannot remember any specific conversation with Alec Baldwin regarding Baldwin's feelings on resuming production and wielding a prop gun again in 2023, he has "zero doubt that it was an unnerving thing for him to do and a large moment for him."
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