The 'Boulder Film Festival' roped in Alec Baldwin as a first-ever special guest programmer
The Boulder Film Festival is being called by fans on Twitter to include Alec Baldwin as the first special guest programmer on the show.
The 63-year-old actor, who accidentally shot to death cinematographer Halina Hutchins during the shooting of Rust in October 2021, opened up on his return to the event.
"I'm very excited to return to the Boulder International Film Festival, which I last attended in 2010."
"I think Boulder is a great city and I know they have an amazing festival," Baldwin said in a statement.
However, netizens seemed unhappy with the actor's upcoming appearance at the festival.
One user wrote, 'Absolutely! Alec Baldwin shot and killed crew member Halina, who had a promising career ahead of him, and shot and wounded Joel Souza. And BIFF is proud to announce this?
Alec Baldwin's guest appearance at the Boulder Film Festival left fans outraged
Another furious user expressed, "You don't support filmmaking. You have become a star. The actual crew members—who are not household names—have been shot by this man and one has lost his life. Is the BIFF really that harsh? I am really shocked. He should withdraw, or you should cancel the invitation. this is unfair.
Alec Baldwin's guest appearance at the Boulder Film Festival left fans outraged
Festival director Cathy Beek also expressed her happiness over Baldwin joining the board.
As The Hollywood Reporter reports, "We're honored to have Alec take on this pivotal role this year and share some of his favorite movies with the BIFF."