Alec Baldwin Will Star in Movie About Kent State Shooting After ‘Rust’ Catastrophe
usmagazine.comHis next project. Alec Baldwin will star in a movie about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University after he finishes work on Rust.The Emmy winner, 65, will play the school’s former president Robert I.
White in the new film Kent State, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie will explore the events of May 4, 1970, when four students at the Ohio university were killed by National Guard members during a protest against the Vietnam War.One day after news of the movie appeared online, Entertainment Tonight reported that no actual guns will be used on the production’s set.
Kent State, which will be written and directed by Karen Spade, is also set to star Dermot Mulroney, Clancy Brown, Christopher Backus, Christopher Ammanuel, Andrew Ortenberg and Jacqueline Emerson.News of Baldwin’s involvement in the project comes days after the 30 Rock alum wrapped production on Rust.
The New York native was filming the troubled western drama in October 2021 when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun that mistakenly had live rounds in it.
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