Alec Baldwin Shows 'Lousy Acting' in 'Rust' Interview—Body Language Expert

An online body language expert has slammed Alec Baldwin's "lousy acting" in an interview discussing the deadly prop gun incident on the set of Rust.

YouTuber Jesús Enrique Rosas, also known as the Body Language Guy, decided to assess Baldwin's behavior during his interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. During a livestream on YouTube, Rosas criticized a number of actions and comments from Baldwin during the interview.

In October 2021, a prop gun Baldwin, 64, was holding discharged, which resulted in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42. Recently, an FBI investigation concluded that Baldwin pulled the gun's trigger.

In a two-hour livestream on his channel, Rosas dissected Baldwin's interview with Stephanopoulos, which aired in December 2021.

At one point during the interview, Baldwin appears to break down in tears and covers his face and eyes with his hand. Rosas took particular issue with this.

"OK, this reaction of him crying, it was way too forced. And that's when we enter the realm of 'Can actors do this on purpose?' I don't know if he wanted to cry as an actor or act like crying, but if this was acting like crying, it was very lousy acting, I have to say that," Rosas said.

"I find it in bad taste. Let's say that he's feeling actual grief. Real grief at that moment, and he's really sad," Rosas continued, referring to the moment Baldwin puts his head in his hand as his head shakes. "Why would you make a documentary of his sadness? You see two camera angles for that. That is, like, too cheesy. Even for Alec Baldwin. This is bad taste."

Rosas went on to criticize the ABC News producers, or whoever's idea it was, to film Baldwin's "sadness" with multiple camera angles, a close-up and "dramatic background music."

The Body Language Guy went on to watch the entire interview and paused at multiple moments to comment on Baldwin's words or actions. When discussing the backlash the actor received after the Rust incident, Rosas noted how Baldwin is "blaming everybody else" for what happened.

The movie's director Joel Souza, 49, was also struck by the gunfire and was injured. Baldwin, who has said he didn't believe the gun was loaded, told Stephanopoulos he didn't pull the trigger.

Baldwin also spoke to Chris Cuomo on August 16 during his podcast, The Chris Cuomo Project. During that conversation, Baldwin admitted that for months he "entertained" the idea that the Rust shooting was a "setup."

"I began to entertain [the idea] because of the insistence of the people involved. And again, I don't want to get into this detail now, but of the insistence of certain people that something else was afoot here," Baldwin said on the podcast. "I was open-minded to that for a couple of months. And was willing to explore those possibilities for a couple of months."

Criminal lawyer and licensed firearms instructor Bradford Cohen said that Baldwin's lack of admission about pulling the gun's trigger "screams consciousness of guilt."

He told Newsweek, "Actors don't suddenly become less responsible because they are actors. If this was a rap video, charges would have already been filed."

Baldwin's lawyer, Luke Nikas, said in a statement sent to Newsweek that the FBI report has been "misconstrued."

Newsweek has reached out to Baldwin's representatives for further comment.