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Hollywood has officially entered its annual “guns are terrible… unless the paycheck clears” phase.
This time, the target is Julianne Moore, who recently announced at the Cannes Film Festival that she no longer wants to appear in movies featuring guns, explosions, or violence.
Which is a little like a guy leaving Taco Bell after 30 years and announcing he’s morally opposed to burritos.
According to an NSSF commentary by Matt Manda, Moore’s sudden discomfort with cinematic violence comes after decades of starring in films packed with murder, shootings, and general Hollywood chaos.
Moore told reporters: “I don’t like someone being murdered. I don’t like explosions and guns.”
That triggered immediate mockery online, including from commentator Michael Loftus, who joked: “She does realize it’s all pretend, right?”
Honestly, that was probably the cleanest shot fired all week.
Loftus kept rolling, joking that Moore had no issue with action movies “when she was making all kinds of money being in them.” And that’s really the core criticism here.
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The NSSF piece argues Hollywood elites routinely profit from violent entertainment while simultaneously supporting aggressive gun control policies for everyone else.
In other words: security for me, lectures for thee.
The article also takes direct aim at Moore’s past support for gun control groups tied to Michael Bloomberg and Everytown for Gun Safety, particularly efforts targeting AR-15-style rifles.
Meanwhile, the firearms industry keeps pointing to rising gun ownership, expanding concealed carry rights after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, and falling violent crime rates as evidence the gun control apocalypse predictions never materialized.
The funniest part?
Hollywood always seems shocked that regular Americans don’t take firearm advice from people who live behind gates, travel with security, and think “hardship” means the oat milk ran out in the green room.
Still, if Moore truly wants out of gun movies, that’s her call. But as Loftus joked, nobody was exactly lining up for Die Hard 17 starring Julianne Moore anyway.
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