Following the fatal shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin's Rust, many in Hollywood have come out and called for a higher level of gun security on movie sets.
Baldwin accidentally shot director of photography Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun and since her death, questions have been asked about the need for such guns.
And now, the director of Netflix's Red Notice has discussed the usage of working guns on movie sets.
Rawson Marshall Thurber told Insider: "I do think there is value using blanks on set.
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"Both from a performance and photographic standpoint.
"I think actors perform differently when there's sound and light coming from the weapon."
Thurber, who has previously directed Skyscraper and Central Intelligence, says that the usage of guns has been a regular occurrence on his movie sets.
He added: "We used replicas and put in the muzzle flash and the sound later [in post production].
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"We used air-soft replicas that are not real firearms but they cycle and move like a real one, and sometimes we would use quarter-load or half-load blanks.
Whilst referencing the fatal Rust incident, he went on to say: "I just have never had anything close to that kind of experience.
"The armourers that I work with are so, so careful and the first [assistant directors] are so careful it just has never been an issue."
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"No one should be at risk and I think we need to take a hard look at our procedures and our precautions.
"And maybe there's a way to make the baseline be replica weapons, and if you need or want live firearms onset that there's a special waiver or special approvals that have to be handled."
In a video recently obtained from TMZ, Baldwin was seen speaking publicly for the first time since the accident.
The outlet stated he had been surrounded by journalists and photographers on Saturday (30 October) on a roadside in Manchester, Vermont.
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With his wife, Hilaria, by his side, the 68-year-old star explained that he'd been ordered by the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department not to make any comments about the ongoing investigation.
However, he did repeat, "She was my friend," before saying: "The day I arrived in Santa Fe to start shooting I took her to dinner with Joel, the director."
Although Hilaria - who was filming the interaction on her phone - attempted to intervene, the grief-stricken actor continued: "We were a very, very well oiled crew shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened.
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"I've been told multiple times, 'Don't make any comments about the ongoing investigation,' and I can't."
He later added: "There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this."
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