He is not leaving her.
In July, a New Mexico judge dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alex Baldwin for the fatal shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Helena Hutchins.
But, Quentin Tarantino doesn’t move on so quickly.
In an episode of Bill Maher's “Club Random” podcast released Sunday, the “Kill Bill” director discussed the matter with Maher.
“That's a situation that I think — I'm fair in saying that the person who frames the weapon, the person who handles the gun, the person who frames the weapon is 90% responsible for everything that happens to that gun,” Tarantino said.
“But, but, but, but, but, but, the actor is 10% responsible. The actor is 10% responsible. It's a gun. You share some of the responsibility,” the “Inglourious Basterds” director said.
Baldwin — who is currently filming a TLC reality TV show with his wife Hilaria and their seven young children — had faced a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison for the death of Hutchins, the cinematographer for “Rust.”
Baldwin was accused of accidentally firing a live round loaded from a real gun on the set of the western “Rust” in October 2021, killing Hutchins, 42, and wounding director Joel Souza. The judge dismissed the case in July, criticizing prosecutors for withholding key evidence from the defense.
Meanwhile, the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 26, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter in April.
The “Pulp Fiction” filmmaker said actors like Baldwin should know how to shoot a gun on set.
“They show it to you. If there are certain steps to go through, you go through them, and it's done with due diligence, and you find out that it's really true,” Tarantino said.
He added, “If an actor knows he has three hot rounds in his gun, and he knows that, 'Okay, I'm going to do a scene, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah,' and he knows he has three hot rounds while he's doing the scene, and then at this point, bam bam bam. And then he's going to continue and say some more things.”
The Oscar-winning director added, “Well, if not a single bullet gets fired while doing 'Bum Bum Bum,' they should cut the scene and say, 'Guys, not a single bullet got fired, I think I still have a hot gun in my hand.'”
Maher suggested that there shouldn't be “anything” in the gun on set, and that the effects could be added in post-production.
“Yeah, I guess I could add digital erections to porn movies, but who would want to watch that?” Tarantino said.
“It's exciting to shoot blank bullets and see real orange fire, not add orange fire.”
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Tarantino said, “I think in all the movies we've ever done that used guns, there's only been two movies where people have gotten shot in gun accidents on the set. That's a pretty impressive record.”
He was referencing Hutchins' death, as well as Brandon Lee's tragic death in the original 1993 film “The Crow.”
Tarantino said the “Rust” tragedy “is a mess that undermines the whole industry. You don't need people who are nervous. You want people to be looking forward to it. That's the last thing you want, people who are nervous. You want, 'No, we're all in this together, and we're going to do this great thing, and we're going to capture this exciting thing on film.'”
Maher and Tarantino also discussed how Baldwin broke down and cried in court.
“Of course,” Tarantino said, “he shot somebody — that's not something most of us human beings have to go through.”