 But Alec Spiro, Baldwin's lawyer, said even if the actor had pulled the trigger, it wasn't an offence. This was an unspeakable tragedy, but Alec Baldwin committed no crime. He was an actor acting, playing the role of Harlan Rust. An actor playing a character can act in ways that are lethal, that just aren't lethal on a movie set. These cardinal rules, they're not cardinal rules on a movie set.