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sarisataka

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Tue Feb 7, 2023, 12:13 PM Feb 2023

Julianne Moore on Why She Hasn't Appeared With a Gun Onscreen in a Decade: "I Don't Find It Appealin

Julianne Moore on Why She Hasn’t Appeared With a Gun Onscreen in a Decade: “I Don’t Find It Appealing”

Julianne Moore is talking about her gun safety stances and Hollywood’s depiction of firearms ahead of the release of her upcoming Apple Original Films movie Sharper.

In the film, Moore appears onscreen using a gun — something audiences will see her do for the first time in more than a decade. In an interview with the Times of London published Sunday, she explains that, even if she’s been in movies with guns, not seeing her pick one up was a conscious decision.

“It’s not something I feel drawn to at all. I don’t find it appealing,” she said, with the magazine noting that in Sharper, the gun in her hand isn’t portrayed as “gung-ho” but instead feels like a “moral tale, given how badly everything goes when it is fired.”

While the Oscar-winning actress has little personal interest in guns, she is aware of how much her own industry has portrayed them onscreen. Despite Hollywood repeatedly featurigf the deadly weapon, Moore dismisses the argument that entertainment is responsible for American gun violence and the country’s limited legislation upholding gun safety and responsibility.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/julianne-moore-sharper-guns-onscreen-1235317961/

Her take seems a bit more honest than some other celebs who see no incongruity in taking an anti-gun position while making millions off films featuring the (gun wielding) hero 'taking matters into his own hands'.
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Julianne Moore on Why She Hasn't Appeared With a Gun Onscreen in a Decade: "I Don't Find It Appealin (Original Post) sarisataka Feb 2023 OP
I've met her twice at Moms Demand Action conferences kristndem Feb 2023 #1
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