Alec Baldwin says he’s just been “fired” from an acting job because of the controversy surrounding his role in the accidental shooting on the set of “Rust”, saying that the whole experience has “taken years off” his life.

In an interview with CNN that aired on Friday, Aug. 19, Baldwin addressed the fallout to his career after a prop gun he held, not knowing it had been loaded with live ammunition instead of blanks, fired and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins; her widower is suing the production company behind “Rust”, with Baldwin named as one of the respondents in the suit.

“I got fired from another job yesterday,” Baldwin told CNN, revealing he’s lost five acting jobs.

“There I was all set to go to a movie, jump on a plane,” he added. “I’ve been talking with these guys for months and they told me yesterday we don’t...