Alec Baldwin “played make believe with a real gun and violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety” on the day of the fatal shooting on the set of his Western film Rust, a court has heard.

Special prosecutor Erlinda Johnson made the statement as she opened the case against the Hollywood star in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday.

But the defence team presented a different picture, saying cinematographer Halyna Hutchins‘ death was “an unspeakable tragedy” – but Baldwin “was an…