A somber Alec Baldwin and smiling wife Hilaria were spotted at a coffee shop near their New York City home on Thursday, just hours before his interview about the deadly Rust film shooting was set to air on ABC.
The pair were seen grabbing coffee at the Madman Espresso in the West Village, a favorite haunt for the couple, as Baldwin kept a sullen look, dressed in all black, while Hilaria wore electric metallic leggings and a golden-colored Moncler vest priced at $1,900.
The Baldwins had also been spotted earlier in the day taking a stroll with their infants in the Manhattan streets.
After the coffee break, Baldwin carried suitcases and packed them into his SUV before driving off.
His bombshell, 90-minute interview with George Stephanopoulos, in which the sobbing star denies ever pulling the trigger on the gun that killed his cinematographer, airs at 8 pm.
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin were spotted grabbing coffee near their New York City apartment just hours before the actors interview with ABC is set to air, where he discusses the deadly Rust film shooting
The pair can often be seen grabbing coffee at the Madman Espresso. They're pictured waiting for their order
Baldwin kept a sullen look after crying over the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in the pre-recorded interview
The actor was dress in all black on Thursday and seen carrying around luggage outside the coffee shop
Hilaria was dressed in electric metallic leggings, high heel boots and a golden-colored vest
The golden vest stuck out on Hilaria given her husbands pitch-black outfit as they headed towards their car
Baldwin packed his suitcases inside his SUV. It is not known if the couple is heading out of town before the interview airs
The dramatic. 90-minute interview air on Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC, and then later on Hulu
In teasers for the upcoming interview, Baldwin could he seen weeping as he described the accidental shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.
'I think back, I think: 'What could I have done?' Baldwin told Stephanopoulos.
He insists that he never pulled the trigger but said it appeared to inexplicably fire on its own.
'The trigger wasn't pulled, I didn't pull the trigger,' he said, often having to pause to collect himself, or wipe away a tear.
'I would never point a gun at anyone or point a trigger at them, never.'
It's not yet known why the weapon was loaded with a real bullet.
'Someone put a live bullet in the gun - a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be on the property,' Baldwin said.
Baldwin made his account on Twitter private, just before the ABC interview airs.
Actor Alec Baldwin cried and denies that he pulled the trigger on the gun that delivered the fatal shot to Rust director of photography Halyna Hutchins during the exclusive interview
Baldwin wiped away tears from his eyes as he talked about Hutchins and meeting with her family
Hutchins died October 21 from after Baldwin claimed he picked up the gun and it went off in his hands
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Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza said 'guns don't just go off. So whatever needs to happen to manipulate the firearm, [Baldwin] did that and it was in his hands'
Bryan W. Carpenter, a weapons armorer who works for Dark Thirty Film Services, said he was skeptical that Baldwin never pulled the trigger.
'In order to make it fire, you have to put your thumb up onto the hammer, cock the hammer all the way back, and then as the hammer is completely cocked back, then you pull the trigger and then the gun fires,' Carpenter told Fox News. 'So that's very important because that gun had to have two step process to fire. It had to be cocked and the trigger pulled to fire.'
Carpenter continued: 'Once you cock the hammer back on one of those old west guns, it doesn't take a lot to set that trigger off.'
His comments come after Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza told the outlet that 'guns don't just go off. So whatever needs to happen to manipulate the firearm, [Baldwin] did that and it was in his hands.'
But Lisa Tarraco, attorney for Assistant Director Dave Halls - who along with Baldwin and set armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed are the focus of Mendoza's investigation - says she was told by her client that Baldwin did not pull the trigger.
'Dave has told me since the very first day I met him that Alec did not pull that trigger,' Torraco told GMA. 'His finger was never in the trigger guard.'
Lisa Tarraco, attorney for Assistant Director Dave Halls says she was told by her client that Baldwin did not pull the trigger
Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (center) died after being shot by Baldwin during a rehearsal on October 21
The gun prepared by the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed (right), discharged in Baldwin's hands as it was aimed at Hutchins (left)
She added that she would be 'shocked' if her client were charged in connection with the incident and that this ordeal has been 'very, very painful and very hard for him.'
Detectives are currently investigating whether Seth Kenney, a 51-year-old Hollywood veteran who was supposed to provide the film with dummy rounds and blanks, may have sent recycled bullets from a previous set, according to an affidavit filed by the Sante Fe County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators there continue to probe Hutchins' death, and have yet to file any criminal charges.
It was revealed that the bullet that killed Hutchins, may have been a homemade bullet that a New Mexico armorer supplied from a previous film where makeshift ammunition was used to train actors at a firing range.
During the interview with ABC set to air, Baldwin also spoke fondly of Hutchins, saying: 'She was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and liked by everyone who worked with - and admired.
'Even now I find it hard to believe, it just doesn't seem real to me.'
When asked if the shooting was the worst thing that ever happened to him, Baldwin replied: 'Yes. Yes, yes.'
His wife, Hilaria, previously shared on Instagram the toll the tragedy has taken on the couple's family. The mother-of-six revealed she's had some 'heart-wrenching' conversations with her children after the accidental shooting.
Stephanopoulos said Baldwin spoke to him in detail about everything that happened on the day of the shooting.
Baldwin's interview with George Stephanopoulos is set to air Thursday at 8 p.m.
'As you can imagine he was devastated, but he was also very candid, was very forthcoming,' Stephanopoulos said of his hour-and-a-half long interview with the actor.
In the weeks following the shooting, several former crew members have spoken out about what they called an unsafe environment on the set.
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