Alec Baldwin asks 'what's it like to live in Alton?'
The actor is filming at nearby Lasham and has posted a video on his instagram while wandering through the centre of Alton
Last updated 8th Feb 2022
US film actor Alec Baldwin has posted a video from Alton High Street in mid-Hampshire after arriving in the UK to start work on his first film since the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The 63-year-old Hollywood actor and comedian is thought to be filming air disaster thriller 97 Minutes at film studios at Lasham airfield near to Alton.
Directed by Timo Vuorensola, the film follows a hijacked aircraft set to fall from the sky in 97 minutes when its fuel runs out.
In a video recorded as he walked down Alton High Street, Baldwin muses about the “little town”.
"I look at little places like this and wonder 'what's it like to grow up here? To be a kid if this is your home?'
“I grew up in a pretty suburban town – a pretty big town but it was very suburban – on Long Island."
"I'm walking down this little street in this little town and see little kids and teenage boys - this is their home their lives trying to have fun stay out of trouble get into trouble some between the two and I'm always touched, because it's the same everywhere it just seems different here because it's unfamiliar to me...."
The video starts outside the Crown hotel on the High Street and continues into Normandy Street as he muses about his younger self and the young people of Alton. As he reaches the junction of Victoria Street he looks around saying "people trying to live their lives and be happy, it's the same everywhere"
Baldwin continues to fight two lawsuits brought against him following the shooting of Ms Hutchins on the set of western Rust in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Ms Hutchins was fatally wounded when Baldwin’s prop revolver discharged a live round during a rehearsal, authorities said.
Lawyers acting on behalf of the actor recently appealed to have allegations, brought by script supervisor Mamie Mitchell, thrown out.
Along with nearly two dozen other defendants associated with the film, Baldwin is also facing another lawsuit brought by the head of lighting on the film, Serge Svetnoy, over the incident.