Alec Baldwin reposts Rust crew member's message denying safety concerns on the set

Alec Baldwin has reposted a lengthy comment from a costume designer who was on the set of Rust who has defended what went on during filming in New Mexico

Alec Baldwin has reposted a social media post by a Rust crew member with refutes any claims of safety concerns on the film set.

The Hollywood actor, 63, fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film in New Mexico after being handed what he thought was a prop “cold gun”.

The incident also left the film’s director Joel Souza injured and a police investigation is under way into the shooting.

Authorities in Santa Fe are looking into how a suspected live round came to be in the firearm after documents stated that it had been declared safe by an assistant director.

Reports quickly emerged following the shooting raising concerns into the safety measures in place on the set with the Santa Fe county sheriff claiming there had been “some complacency” in how weapons were handled.

However, costume designer Terese Magpale Davis, who said she worked on the film, has taken to social media to refute those claims.

She said “the story being spun of us being overworked and surrounded by unsafe, chaotic conditions is bulls**t”.

The lengthy post was then re-shared by Alec on his personal Instagram account along with the caption “read this”.

In it, Terese defended the conditions on set following complaints from crew members. It read: “These producers who supposedly don’t care about their crew have worked tirelessly alongside us.

The Hollywood star was also a producer on the film as well as acting in it.

Terese went on to defend the film’s weapons expert, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who handed the gun to assistant director David Halls before he gave it to Alec.

She continued: “The armorer had apprenticed to a well known armorer and had been in the same position on the same type of movie a few months before.”

She also said that the incident were “accidental discharges, which are more common than you think” and said the crew sometimes had multiple safety meetings per day.

While she defended the assistant director, she also called for greater awareness of guns on set.

“This is about gun safety,” she wrote. “Something we could all stand to learn a little more about so that we know if we’re seeing something a bit off.

“I know that’s not as much fun to jump on as vilifying producers. Personal responsibility is the last thing anyone wants to focus on in a tragedy.”

Alec spoke publicly about the incident for the first time over the weekend. He paid tribute to rising star cinematographer Halyna, 42, calling her “my friend”.

“We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened.”

He went on to call the shooting a “one-in-a-trillion event”.

Production on Rust has been halted indefinitely while authorities investigate the shooting.

Prosecutors said it is too early to tell if criminal charges will be brought in the case.