Alec Baldwin
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The reason we still use real firearms on set is because we have to.
Should they just stop using real guns on sets?
A California state senator intending to introduce legislation in Hutchins' honor that would ban live ammunition for the user of the ABC crime drama The Rookie has announced they will no longer use live weapons on set.
Saying they will ban all live gunfire on set immediately.
There is a movement happening in Hollywood right now in the wake of the Rush tragedy to ban real firearms from set.
Any movie that we have moving forward with seven bucks productions, we won't use real guns at all.
We're gonna switch over to rubber guns.
If we are gonna see any change in Hollywood about the use of guns, it's gonna have to come from big names.
And Dwayne Johnson is the biggest star in the world right now.
And that's a big deal because it's not like The Rock makes a lot of rom-coms.
That could start the process for real change.
Should they just stop using real guns on sets?
Someone else can determine what is the safest, best thing.
What do we come out of this learning?
If you're going to wind up where the guns are going to be plastic or rubber, I've used rubber guns before, you're going to CGI everything eventually.
If I aim the gun and I point the gun and go bang, and it CGI's the explosion, then that's great.