American actor, Dwayne Johnson has promised to stop using real guns on the sets of his movie productions. This is following last month’s fatal shooting on the ‘Rust’ movie set.
The former wrestler, who co-founded the production company Seven Bucks stated that he plans to only use rubber guns on set now. He also stated that he will aim to apply the same practice to any other studio he works with in the future. He said,
“I can’t speak for anyone else, but I can tell you, without an absence of clarity here, that any movie that we have moving forward with Seven Bucks Productions — any movie, any television show, or anything we do or produce — we won’t use real guns at all,” Johnson told the outlet at the Red Notice premiere in Los Angeles. We’re going to switch over to rubber guns, and we’re going to take care of it in post. We’re not going to worry about the dollars; we won’t worry about what it costs.”
The 49 year old had to work with firearms while filming Red Notice. According to him, although he always takes safety protocols seriously but “accidents do happen” with firearms on set. He said,
“There are safety protocols and measures that we have always taken in the movie business and we take very seriously, and these sets are safe sets, and we’re proud of that. But accidents do happen. And when something like this happens of this magnitude, [that is] this heartbreaking, I think the most prudent thing and the smartest thing to do is just pause for a second and really re-examine how you’re going to move forward and how we’re going to work together,” he continued. “Any movie we do that Seven Bucks does with any studio, the rule is we’re not going to use real guns. That’s it.”
Eelive earlier reported the accidental shooting that occurred on October 21 on the set of the movie, Rust. American actor, Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while rehearsing for a scene in his western film.
The 63 year old actor had been told by assistant director Dave Halls that the gun he was using was contained no live rounds. However, a real bullet was loaded in the chamber. This resulted in the death of the movie’s cinematographer Hayla Hutchins, 42, and wounded the director Joel Souza.
Reacting to this, Johnson stated that he was “heartbroken” over the Rust shooting. He said,
“We lost a life. My heart goes out to her family and everybody on set. I’ve known Alec, too, for a very long time.”