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Nicholas Cage says movie stars 'need to know how to use a gun'

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Actors are weighing in on gun safety in the wake of the fatal shooting on the set of the Alec Baldwin western, Rust, in October.Nicolas Cage, 57, put in his two cents about guns in film while discussing his craft with fellow actors Andrew Garfield, Simon Rex, Jonathan Majors and Peter Dinklage for The Hollywood Reporter'sroundtable.The Face/Off star feels that it's incumbent on 'movie stars' to know the proper procedures for handling real weapons while filming. 'Those are part of the job profiles,' he said.

Weighing in:Nicolas Cage, 57, put in his two cents about guns in film while discussing his craft with fellow actors Andrew Garfield, Simon Rex, Jonathan Majors and Peter Dinklage for The Hollywood Reporter's roundtable following the shooting death on the set of Rust'I don't want to cast blame anywhere,' Cage began when the roundtable discussion turned to safety on set.'But I do think, and I'm not talking about anybody, but people don't like the word movie star.

We want to be humble actors,' he continued. 'But a movie star is a bit of a different kind of presentation because you need to know how to ride a horse.

You need to know how to fight. You're going to do fight scenes. You need to know how to ride a motorcycle. 'You need to know how to use a stick shift and drive sports cars, and you do need to know how to use a gun.

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