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Oscar Winning Director Guillermo Del Toro Won’t Use Real Guns in His Movies


WARNER TODD HUSTON 24 Jan 2022

In the wake of the Alec Baldwin Rust shooting, Hollywood director and producer, Guillermo del Toro, says that he stopped using real guns in his movies several years ago.

“I haven’t shot a real gun on a movie set since 2007 or 2008,” the Oscar-winner told the Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t think it’s necessary anymore. I really don’t.”

Del Toro added that special effects can be used for gun fire, so it is no longer necessary to actually fire guns on a movie set.

“It started with The Devil’s Backbone(Del Toro’s 2001 horror film), because we were forbidden to shoot in Segovia [Spain]. We were forbidden to shoot in a forest because the ignition could start a forest fire. After that, I thought, that is the safest thing you can do, and you can do it almost with a phone app,” the Pan’s Labyrinth director said.

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