#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.

[oldxenomorph]

in the decade between the exalted council and the events of veilguard, abelas has also changed.

one can only endure so much exposure to radiation. abelas has not had extreme bought of radiation sickness, but even with the protective gear on and his regimen of iodine tablets, he has felt nauseous, gotten extreme headaches (exasperated by regular exposure to indoctrination from zarya'th reaper arm), abdominal and chest pains. his magic and his wards do a good enough job blocking most of the radiation, but it wears him down.

abelas asked zarya'th if the great lord of extinction could impart upon him some of Her grace, some of her glorious technology, as he received an epiphany, a revelation: flesh is weak. how can he serve the herald of extinction if his body cannot withstand being near her? he does not want to wear more protective equipment, as he does not want to lose the ability to hold her hand, or bless her face.

he saw what extinction's machines did for her arm. he wished that for himself.

deep in the innards of her panopticon, is a chamber not unlike that of the inside of a reaper, where zarya'th typically goes to receive maintenance on her arm. (as it is not just replaces her missing limbs, but also regulates the radiation and energy her body generates, operating as a mobile reactor.) the white spire has become a place of power under zarya'th's ownership, connected to the oceanview motel, one of the oldest house's many healthy and violent sisters.

(inspiration for the reaper chamber in zarya'th's panopticon: the siva replication chamber from destiny)

zarya'th suggested that the first of his augmentations should be his neck, to protect his thyroid. she told him that his body would need time to acclimate to the new technology and that it would accelerate his indoctrination. the process would sever him from whatever remaining connection he had to mythal and transfer it to zarya'th, the reapers, and extinction itself. his indoctrination would become complete.

(inspiration for abelas's neck cybernetics: clay render of goro takemura's cyberwar from cyberpunk 2077 by marcin klicki)

with reaper technology firmly embedded within him, and growing inside him, abelas took to replacing most of his body. elves are flesh, and the elves of arlathan could not imagine ascending from flesh into cold, black metal. it is different from the metal and technology created by the sha-brytol, different in its purpose (to devour, to preserve) and in its power. during the decade, reaper technology reinforced his vital organs and he replaced his eyes, his arms, his chest, and his legs. thin red cables changed his vallaslin from green to red, similar to zarya'th's.

his voice changed. it is deeper, colder, flanged; it sounds like it is being split apart.

clan arlanan (the third), the weapons makers and dealers of the seven, made abelas a new set of armor, as his ancient armor now would not fit his augmentations. he kept his cloak, the last remaining thing from his previous life as mythal's sentinel. he shrouds himself when he is outside the panopticon. people are not yet ready to be exposed to such advanced technology. he understands why zarya'th completely veils herself when she goes outside.

(divine victoria/leliana is quite in awe of abelas's transformation, even if he mostly appears the same. and even if he now full of scary and creepy reaper technology, it does not stop her from teasing him about the way he looks at zarya'th.)

(inspiration for abelas's arm cybernetics and chest armor: adam jensen concept art from deus ex: mankind divided by laura gallagher)

the evanuris did not notice the seven within their own houses, as they were so consumed they were by their own wars and machinations. in some sense, abelas views this transformation as a way to atone for not recognizing zarya'th's old blood. he is guilty of being deep in mythal's service, they he was blind to the truth of her presence, her ancestor's presence. (abelas remembers lavellan in mythal's court, old and strange lavellan that made the walls click whenever he walked the corridors.) abelas is a being who has only known a lifetime of service. he is zarya'th's protector and caretaker. not just because within her is what remains of the vir'abelasan, but because she needs him to be a watcher, a warden, a sentinel.

it is the first time in his very long life where he feels of use. no longer watching over the remains of a god, but in service to a living, breathing herald of something more than a god or spirit. she is of a blessed biomechanical construction, the closest thing in all of thedas to extinction and Her daughters. he is meant to become a machine, just like the ones that serve extinction.

with his new body and new technology, abelas is able to stay with zarya'th longer in her personal space. she tells him, in genuine earnest, that he look a lot better now. he tells her that he feels a lot better, moves a lot better. though she is so much larger than him, he likes that they are able to be more intimate. he touches her strange hands, holds them firmly in his; he offers her his hand when she needs to stand or step out. he runs his metal fingers through her hair as he brushes and braids it in the old way, now that it is almost reaches the tip of her tail. (zarya'th likes that he kept his hair.)

it is nice to have someone with whom he can speak the old language with.

(yhoundeh is correct in that the emperor is a sentimental being. none of Her heralds will ever endure the separation She and nyx went through; they will always have a true companion, a love, a partner.)

abelas was worried that if things progressed the way they did, if he had to wear more and more protective gear, zarya'th would become even more isolated. to lose that tense of touch with another person would be even too after a while. the both of them are not of this time or of this world. he needs to take care of her, help her complete her task, and wait until the end comes.

[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.

[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]

[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.

[witchy-writer-lady]

So, it's been a while since I posted anything on here, but it's not the point. Anyway, I've just found out that Jensen won't be in Rust anymore due to "conflict in schedule" and Josh Hopkins will play the role instead. I've nothing against Josh Hopkins (since it's the first time I hear about him if I'm not wrong), but it's still a shame (same with Big Sky, but that's a topic for another time), you know? Nonetheless, I wish both of them best of luck and will wait for the projects that Jensen has for us in the future.