ANALYSIS In the months after Alec Baldwin ’s Colt .45 discharged in his hands, killing a cinematographer in the set of a wooden church in the deserts of New Mexico, police focused on whether the Hollywood star had properly inspected the weapon beforehand. His claims that he was told that the gun was “cold” – meaning it did not contain any live rounds – appeared to be crucial to the first criminal prosecution for an on-set shooting death in US history.
But during a set-piece television interview after the dust had settled, the Oscar-nominated actor made a claim that would change everything: he never pulled the trigger..
