Quentin Tarantino , the director who recently ruffled George Clooney's feathers, has sparked controversy with his comments on the Rust movie set shooting suggesting that actor Alec Baldwin shares some of the blame.
In the past year, Baldwin has been entangled in a manslaughter case after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the set of the film Rust when a live round was discharged from a prop gun Baldwin was using. While appearing on Bill Maher's Club Random podcast, Tarantino pointed the finger at armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed for 90% of the responsibility, but also insisted that actors should inspect their own weapons.
“It’s a situation, I think I’m being fair enough to say, that the armorer — the guy who handles the gun — the armorer is 90% responsible for everything that happens when it comes to that gun,” Tarantino declared. “But the actor is 10% responsible. It’s a gun. You are a partner to responsibility to some degree."
This contradicts the position of SAG-AFTRA, the actors' union, which has previously stated that weapon checks are not an actor's responsibility. In July, a judge dismissed the manslaughter charge against Baldwin after prosecutors mishandled evidence. Baldwin has since filed lawsuits against Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey and Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza.
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During the podcast, Tarantino went on to add: “If an actor knows he has three hot rounds in his gun and he knows that, 'Okay I’m going to do a scene' … If one of the rounds doesn’t go off while he does his bam bam bam then he should like cut the scene. And say, ‘Guys one of the rounds didn’t go off I think I’m holding a hot gun here.'"
In the same episode, Tarantino went on to discuss other aspects of the industry and expressed his admiration for the original Toy Story trilogy while discussing the challenges of concluding film series. The iconic director revealed his admiration for the Toy Story films, likening them to classic westerns: "I don't watch all the animated movies and stuff, but I'm a big fan of the Toy Story trilogy."
Tarantino, famous for his own cult classics such as Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction, drew parallels between Pixar's beloved series and the revered Dollars Trilogy by Sergio Leone, lauding them for maintaining exceptional quality across the board.
The Reservoir Dogs filmmaker paid the ultimate compliment to Leone's work, praising its perfection: "I think there's only one trilogy that completely and utterly works to the Nth degree and that's A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," he mused.
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