In reading about the star-studded guest list at Jack Quaid’s Australia wedding over the weekend, one might assume that Alec Baldwin is back on Hollywood’s A-list.

Quaid, the actor son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan, reportedly married his “The Boys” co-star Claudia Doumit during a quiet ceremony at a farm in New South Wales, which was witnessed by his parents and their famous friends, including Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner and Henry Golding.

Baldwin also was there, perhaps because he’s close to the groom or his parents. Or maybe it’s because the embattled veteran film and TV star has been in Australia making a new crime thriller called “Kockroach,” with a little-known director and cast, except for “Thor” star Chris Hemsworth. As a new report said, Baldwin continues to work, though the “A-list version” of Baldwin is “over” because major studios view him as “toxic.”

“The offers just aren’t there,” a source told gossip writer Rob Shuter for his Naughty but Nice Substack. “Studios don’t want the baggage.”

In an interview last week with the Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, the 68-year-old Oscar nominee and Emmy winner said, “I don’t want to work anymore. I don’t. I really don’t. I want to retire and stay home with my kids.”

Baldwin’s retirement talk follows his role in one of Hollywood’s most tragic and controversial on-set accidents. In 2021, Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for his low-budget Western film “Rust,” and aiming what was thought to be a prop gun in the direction of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, when the gun fired, killing Hutchins and injuring the film’s director. Baldwin was eventually charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting, but three days into his 2024 trial, all charges against him were dismissed with prejudice after the judge found that authorities had deliberately withheld evidence from his attorneys. More recently, a judge has ruled that Baldwin must face a civil trial over the shooting, stemming from a lawsuit filed by a crew member who said he suffered emotional distress by being present during the shooting.

But even before the “Rust” tragedy, Baldwin had become a polarizing figure in American pop culture, despite enjoying an acclaimed four-decade career that has seen him anchor massive blockbusters, star in cool independent films and a best-picture Oscar winner (“The Departed”), win an Emmy for a hit TV comedy (“30 Rock”) and host “Saturday Night Live” a record 17 times. He’s also worked with some of America’s most acclaimed directors, including Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Tim Burton and the late Mike Nichols and Jonathan Demme.

But Baldwin also has been outspoken about politics and defending other polarizing figures like Andrew Cuomo and Woody Allen. And, he became a favorite target of the tabloids because of his temper, notoriously lashing out at photographers or at his own 11-year-old daughter, via voicemail.

Meanwhile, his second wife, influencer Hilaria Baldwin, has literally taken the long-revered actor into questionable reality TV territory. The Boston-born former yoga teacher long tried to pass herself off as a glamorous half-Spanish immigrant by employing an exaggerated Spanish accent in public — all with Baldwin’s possible assent. She also gave birth to seven young children in quick succession, only to turn around and try to monetize their family life on social media and in a 2025 TLC reality TV show.

In the Hollywood Reporter interview and elsewhere, Baldwin has said he adores being a father of so many young children, even at his age. He’s also said that he might have retired years ago if not for the fact that he has all these children to support. But having the children is what helped him get through the “tragedy” of Hutchins’ death, he said on the podcast.

“We had this incident, this tragedy, in New Mexico, where Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of the film, and that was unspeakably difficult to deal with,” Baldwin told the Hollywood Reporter. “Because of the situation in New Mexico, which was very painful, I wound up staying home a lot. I was home with my kids for three-and-a-half years — I hardly worked at all — and that’s just changing now. I’m going to go off and do a bunch of things. But I was home and I got used to it, and I don’t want to leave my house anymore.”

The “bunch of things” that presumably will take Baldwin away from home include working in Australia on “Kockroach” and five other films that appear to be low-budget and straight-to-streaming, according to IMDB. Only a film titled “National Lampoon’s Hollywood Hustle” will co-star some recognizable names, though these actors, Mickey Rourke and Tara Reid, have arguable seen better days.

Shuter reported that some studios don’t want to be associated with Baldwin, because of his reputation. But it’s not just Baldwin’s public image that’s hurting his career opportunities. It’s “the business” of making movies.

“Insurance is the dealbreaker,” a source told Shuter. “He’s high-risk now. That makes every project more expensive and more complicated.” And there is everything else that surrounds Baldwin, Shuter was told. “It’s the whole package — the shooting, lawsuits, outbursts, constant drama,” another source said. “No one wants to inherit that.”

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