Julianne Moore sparks backlash for rejecting movies with guns, explosions

Julianne Moore ruffled some feathers online after saying she doesn’t like movies with “explosions and guns.”

During a recent interview Diversity At the Kering Women in Motion Talk at the Cannes Film Festival, the 65-year-old actress said that she was interested in acting at this point in her career and that she was “less and less interested in tragedy” and sparked reactions with the projects she shared.

“Especially at a time when things are really difficult globally, it’s very difficult for me to invest in a story that I feel is fanciful, where I feel like the depth, the scale of the emotion, doesn’t measure up to what’s going on in the world. And I don’t think I want to be involved in that,” he said.

He detailed that he would read scripts or watch other films and realize “something was being risked,” adding, “I don’t like easy risks.”

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“I don’t like someone getting killed. I don’t like explosions and guns. I don’t like tension. I don’t like things that raise the stakes without any real feeling underneath,” he said. “So it really bothers me because it sounds like noise. I don’t know how to play it. I don’t want to watch it.”

After a clip from the interview was released Shared on XMany fans took issue with Moore’s statement in the comments section, with many pointing out that she has appeared in many movies that feature guns and violence.

“I’ve lost count of how many movies he’s done with guns,” one fan wrote. Another added: “Funny how artists forget about their own catalogs until the comeback signal comes.”

Another fan shared: “This is amazing! Now play back all the decadent, violent fun Julianne has happily participated in throughout her career.”

Many at X disputed Moore’s comments, noting that he has appeared in many violent films, including “Hannibal.”

“In Hannibal, a man’s skull was removed and his brain was eaten,” a fourth fan wrote, referring to the “Silence of the Lambs” sequel that tells the story of serial killer Hannibal Lecter.

While many took issue with her comments, others came to her defense, with one writing: “Julianne Moore choosing emotion over chaos is exactly why she is respected around the world.”

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“I actually agree! There’s enough violence in the world already! We need good family values ​​in movies!! Good family entertainment!! And movie theaters will be packed again! We want to go to the movies but there aren’t enough quality movies coming out! That’s why The Devil Wears Prada was great,” said another.

This isn’t the first time Moore has faced backlash; Vili Fualaau, who gained national attention in the late 1990s for his illicit affair and marriage to his sixth-grade teacher, objected to his film “May December,” which told a similar story, calling the project the “robbery” of his life.

Moore previously received backlash for her role in the 2023 film “May December.” (Joe Maher/Getty Images)

Despite the backlash, Moore told Entertainment Tonight in January 2024 that throughout the filming of the film, director Todd Haynes “was always very clear while working on this movie that this was an original story, it was a story about these characters.”

“So that’s how we looked at it,” Moore said. “This was our document. We created these characters off the page and together.”

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Moore won an Academy Award in 2015 for her leading role in “Still Alice,” in which she played a woman dealing with a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s. He was previously nominated for his roles in “Boogie Nights,” “The End of the Affair,” “The Hours” and “Far From Heaven.”

The actress was at the Cannes Film Festival as the winner of Kering’s Women in Motion Award, given to an actress who has helped advance the role of women in society and cinema.

Moore is receiving the Kering Women in Action Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

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