Quentin Tarantino Says Alec Baldwin Is “10% Responsible” For ‘Rust’ Shooting Tragedy

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Quentin Tarantino shares his thoughts on the tragedy of the Rust movie set and says Alec Baldwin is partly responsible for the incident.

The filmmaker opened up about the 2021 shooting where Baldwin was holding a gun that had live rounds that injured director Joel Souza and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “It’s a situation I think I am being fair enough to say that the armorer, the guy who hands him the gun, is 90% responsible for everything that happens when it comes to that gun.

But the actor is 10% responsible,” Tarantino told Bill Maher on the Club Random podcast. “The actor is 10% responsible. It’s a gun!

You are a partner in the responsibility to some degree.” Tarantino noted that when actors are going to handle guns firing filming they are supposed to have a walkthrough so they are familiarized with them. “If he went through the steps that he was supposed to go through,” Tarantino said, adding, “Like the barrel is clear, they show you the barrel is clear and that there is nothing … wedged in there.