#Jensen and Rust

[jensenackles-daily]

Josh Hopkins has replaced Jensen Ackles in Rust due to a scheduling conflict (x)

[rockstarjensenn]

IMMA SCREAM WHY AM I NOW SEEING RUST CONTENT?!?!

[sailorsally]

Fucking hell this is terrifying 😶‍🌫️

[lol-jackles]

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/rust-director-joel-souza-alec-baldwin-no-relationship-halyna-hutchins-1236107561/

Souza talks about finishing the film and no longer having a relationship with Baldwin. He also talks about how the church scene was cut entirely. We know Jensen was supposed to be in that scene. Do you think it was Jensen's choice not to go back, or that in connection with that scene being cut, they rewrote some of the storylines so that his character no longer was needed?

Link. Neither, I think Jensen's manager didn't want him anywhere near Rust not just because of the tragedy and controversy, but also because he didn't want Jensen to add to the controversy ever since CNN picked up his story trolling the inexperienced armorer from the Denver convention. In later conventions Jensen said the media was wrong in calling the Rust set unsafe and a shit show and he really, really wanted to set the record straight. Then in his police interview he lashed out at the crew members for walking off the set over safety issues and implied that it’s expected in a low budget movie. If I was Jensen’s manager, I would want him far away from Rust because I don’t trust Jensen not to say something ….uncomfortable.

Jensen's character got recast, for the 3rd time so the character is still needed. Jensen replaced the original actor playing the sheriff and they had to do reshoots because of that, which included filming on full weekends because the recast/reshoots put them behind schedule. The role of sheriff is now played by Josh Hopkins (x).

They took out the church scene because they didn't want people to overly focus on the scene with macabre association. It's the same reason why Brandon Lee's last scene was cut from the final edit and his character's death was rewritten with a new scenario to try to put a distance to the real life tragedy in the audience's mind.

[justsojensen]

Rust Movie - Jensen no longer attached

As much as an official confirmation as we will get right now, it seems Jensen is officially out of the Rust project as IMDB now shows Josh Hopkins as the character of Wood Helm and its no longer listed on Jensen's IMDB page.

[lightofraye]

Gun Experience

I just had a rando message me privately. The message, essentially, was accusing me of being cold-hearted by calling Danneel a coward. Because how do I know she didn't have a bad experience with a gun and that's why she didn't go to Jensen when the Rust shooting happened?

Well, to that person that I blocked, and to everyone else having the same thought: You're right. I don't.

But that's a poor excuse.

I had a bad experience myself a few years ago. At the time, I was living elsewhere, in an apartment complex. I had just gotten home, not too late in the evening. (About 9pm.) I was heading in from the parking lot when I heard running footsteps behind me.

Two young idiots with guns were trying to rob me. Note the word: trying.

They first threatened to shoot me in the foot first. One of them tried to grab my purse, but due to a few things I had in my hands, it hooked in my elbow and I yanked it back. I was afraid of losing the only key I had to my apartment and my neighbors didn't have a copy for backup. My cellphone was also in that purse. No way to call for help either.

So I... fought back.

One of them grew angry and pressed the gun against my throat. Warned me. His partner tried to stop him, evidently not wanting to have murder charges on top of robbery.

And I still refused.

They gave up and ran off. I immediately ran to my apartment and called 9-1-1. Then the shaking hit.

The cops reprimanded me, of course. "Ma'am, next time, just let them take the purse."

So yeah... I know what it's like to have a traumatic experience with a gun. I also had a childhood friend die in his teens in a shooting.

I've also handled guns, before and after that experience. JROTC rifle training in high school. And then in my adulthood with an old WWII Russian rifle. (The kickback on that hurt like hell too!)

I have mad respect for guns.

And I still... don't... care. I really don't. I don't care if Danneel had bad experiences herself.

That was her husband! The man she supposedly loved. You go. No matter what. You. Fucking. GO.

I don't care if Jensen told her not to come either! YOU GO.

So all of you defending Danneel? I don't care.

Were Jensen my husband, I would've gone. In a heartbeat.

[fanonsupremecy]

I don't care what he's in, I'll ALWAYS be a fan of WHATEVER Jensen Ackles is in. I think he'd be the one that would make me spend all my money on Broadway tickets and anything needed to show up. If he was in a Broadway production it would be the first one I go to. I was so excited about Rust man and then Alec Baldwin had to go and f it up for my man. I swear. The. Audacity. Maybe one day Jensen will get to do a western but until then I'm looking forward to Jensen's debut as Batman.

[ohheyguyss]

[novakspector]

source: vanity fair [x]

I really can't blame Jensen for not wanting to go back and finish that movie. It sucks that he won't be in it, but it's understandable.

[jensenacklesangelofmine]

[whatthehelloh]

Jensen Ackles being called as a witness in the trial against Alec Baldwin.

A plethora of cast and crew from the “Rust” production are being summoned as witnesses for Alec Baldwin‘s trial, including its helmer Joel Souza who was present on set during filming.

On February 24th, Baldwin will be making his initial appearance in court electronically after being charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the demise of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Court documents acquired by Fox News Digital name camera assistant Lane Luper and gaffer Serge Svetnoy as witnesses of the incident on the set of “Rust” – both have previously voiced their concerns about its lack of safety.

Luper resigned from his job on the production of “Rust” prior to the fatal shooting incident.

“What I put in my resignation letter was lax COVID policies, the housing situation driving to and from Albuquerque, and specifically, gun safety, a lack of rehearsals, a lack of preparing the crew for what we were doing that day,” Luper previously said during an appearance on “Good Morning America” in Nov. 2021.

Svetnoy also verified the danger that exists on set.

During a press conference months after the shooting, Svetnoy’s attorney told reporters that the movie’s producers “were cutting too many corners to save money” and that negligence on set led to Hutchins’ death.

Rounding out the list are Jensen Ackles, actor; Mamie Mitchell, script supervisor; Seth Kenney, owner of prop store; Gabrielle Pickle, line producer and Sarah Zachry, prop master.

In addition, a group of investigators from Santa Fe County led by Sheriff Adan Mendoza are listed, alongside FBI analysts and experts.

Astoundingly, assistant director David Halls was absent from the witness list. The first assistant director agreed to accept culpability for his actions and plead guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon; now awaiting confirmation by a judge.

Halls allegedly handed Baldwin the gun before the fatal shooting of Hutchins and confirmed it was “cold,” meaning no live ammunition.

On January 31st, according to court documents, the formal charges against Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed were two counts of involuntary manslaughter.

In the same documents, prosecutors provided a comprehensive overview of their probable cause against Baldwin.

“Baldwin’s deviation from known standards, practice and protocol directly caused the fatal death of Hutchins,” the documents state.

“By not receiving the required training on firearms, not checking the firearm with the armorer, letting the armorer leave the firearms in the church without being present, deviating from the practice of only accepting the firearm from the armorer, not dealing with the safety complaints on set and/or making sure safety meetings were held, putting his finger on the trigger of a real firearm when a replica or rubber gun should have been used, pointing the firearms at Hutchins and Souza, and the overall handling of the firearms in a negligent manner, Baldwin acted with willful disregard for the safety of others and in a manner which endangered other people, specifically Hutchins and Souza.”

On October 21, 2021, tragedy struck when a gun held by Baldwin discharged on the set of a church at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico. The incident resulted in the death of Hutchins.

Over the past year, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department has been diligently looking into how live ammunition wound up on set. Gutierrez-Reed and Halls were supposedly two of only a few individuals that managed the firearm.

Before Halls is said to have provided Baldwin with the gun, Gutierrez-Reed spun the cylinder so that Halls could see it contained bullets, her lawyer reported.

In a primetime interview and again in a podcast episode, Baldwin strongly declared that he had not pulled the trigger of the gun. Initially indicating that he had only cocked it back as far as possible then let go, his story remains unaltered ever since.

[sexyvixen7]

It seems Jensen will no longer be a part of "Rust."

[laf-outloud]

Well we have seen Jensen's image issues manifest before, even with silly little things like the picture of him holding a cigarette, and other instances of his fragile ego.

You're right, though, no one can really know why he's quit unless he chooses to make it public, which given the 'scheduling conflict' excuse is doubtful.

I wonder how this will affect his career going forward? We he be seen as unreliable? Or will the traumatic background to this decision give him some leeway?

The cigarette, the defensiveness over canon questions re: the prequel, the attempt to save face with the canceled prequel, etc.

I don't think this move will affect his career at all (either positive or negative). I'm sure there are plenty in Hollywood who completely understand wanting to get away from a troubled production.

(His underhanded move with the prequel and it's subsequent failure is far more hurtful to his career.)

[lightofraye]

So...

Rust was finished filming after all. Travis Fimmel filled in the role that Jensen Ackles had initially been hired to play. Then the tragic shooting happened and everything was delayed, postponed, forcing Jensen to drop out due to scheduling.

There's still arguments, controversy, about Halyna and the movie. Her mother was against the movie being released; Halyna's husband said he wanted it finished to honor her legacy.

We'll see how the movie goes.

[supernaturallywincest]

Watch "Hollywood Movie Star Interrogation - Jensen Ackles Police Interview in New Mexico - RUST MOVIE SET" on YouTube

This is really surprising to me that they released the video of Jensen's interview with the police about the shooting on the set of Rust.