# Director Rory Kennedy on ‘The Trial of Alec Baldwin’: “If This Was Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts, I Don’t Think This Would Have Gone to Trial”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/director-rory-kennedy-on-the-trial-of-alec-baldwin-if-this-was-tom-hanks-or-julia-roberts-i-dont-think-this-would-have-gone-to-trial/
- Published: 2026-10-23T20:45:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:23:24+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alec-baldwin-rory-kennedy-rust-1236738791/

## Key points

- Rory Kennedy’s documentary revisits the Rust shooting and Alec Baldwin’s trial.
- The film explores public image and perceptions of legal fairness.
- Baldwin had no editorial control and received no payment.

## Summary

Rory Kennedy’s documentary The Trial of Alec Baldwin revisits the fatal 2021 shooting on the set of Rust and Baldwin’s prosecution. Kennedy says the film examines how Baldwin’s public image and online judgement may have affected perceptions of the case and the fairness of legal proceedings.

Kennedy says Baldwin initially resisted taking part, then agreed on condition that she retained full editorial control and that he received no payment. The film states that he had no editorial control and was not compensated, which Kennedy says was important given the sensitivity of Hutchins’s death and the risk that the documentary could be seen as an effort to rehabilitate Baldwin. His 2024 trial was dismissed with prejudice after the judge found that prosecutors had improperly withheld evidence from the defence.

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