Alec Baldwin didn't do himself any favors with sit-down, experts say: ‘Textbook example of what not to do’

The “30 Rock” actor vehemently denied ever “pulling the trigger” of the revolver that fired a live projectile into cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while also striking director Joel Souza, wounding the filmmaker in the process.

"I let go of the hammer of the gun," Baldwin recounted to ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "And the gun goes off."

Baldwin and Hutchins had been setting up for a shot where the actor was supposed to draw the gun and point it at the camera. While standing next to the camera, the cinematographer was "guiding" Baldwin on where to point the gun, he said. 

"The gun wasn't meant to be fired in that angle," he confirmed.