Dwayne Johnson Vows to Stop Using Real Guns in His Movie and TV Productions

“We’re going to switch over to rubber guns, and we’re going to take care of it in post,” The Rock tells Variety

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Dwayne Johnson has joined a growing faction of movie business professionals who are vowing to stop using real guns on film and TV sets in the wake of the “Rust” tragedy that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Speaking to Variety on a red carpet for his Netflix action movie “Red Notice,” The Rock said that his new rule for any film made through his production company Seven Bucks, no matter which studio, will be to use non-functional rubber and plastic guns.

“Any movie we do, Seven Bucks does, with any studio, the rule is we’re not going to use real guns.

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