So, still a fan of diehard anti actors/singers/athletes...?

[H.M.]

Don't forget Marky Mark. That douche has publicly said that individuals shouldn't be allowed to own guns, and directly insulted Charlton Heston for his NRA support when they worked together on the Planet of the Apes remake.

It still makes me gag whenever anyone compliments any aspect of "Shooter." Stephen Hunter should have punched the producers in the mouth when they cast Wahlberg in the lead.

Don't forget that Marky Mark is a racist as well and was convicted of gouging a Vietnamese man's eye out. Apparently he's pro violence but anti gun violence.

[AVS]

The OP's question stems from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in.

You're literally asking, "If one specific employee in a company of hundreds is anti-gun then would you want nothing to do with that company?"

Many of you are rooting for Bruce Willis. You'd definitely go to one of his movies! Well-- what if that movie was written, directed, and produced by a group of anti-gun nuts? Apparently that's okay. But if it's the other way around? Whoa! Stop the car!

I work in the movie biz. I'm a screenwriter. As the writer, everything you see on screen was derived from a story thought up by someone like me. That said, writers have zero say over who stars in the movies they wrote.

What if I wrote a movie with pro-2nd amendment undertones, but it starred an anti-gun actor? (It could easily happen.) Would you refuse to see it in spite of your fellow cal-gunner? Of course you would. Outside of Hollywood, no one cares about the Producer, the Director, or the Writer. And that attitude is exactly why actors get paid so much.

Want to know why anti-gun actors are so often found on screen making guns look cool? Because they're *acting*. That's what they're paid to do. If the guns look cool it's because a guy like me wrote it up that way and everyone else is successfully getting it up on the screen.

Sit through the end credits sometime and take a look at the sheer number of people who work on a single movie. To disregard hundreds, because of one guy... it's just silly.

Sure, we all have actors we can't stand. Me included. But to avoid a movie you'd otherwise enjoy, just because one guy has his wires crosses? That's just sad.

[Sajedene]

The OP's question stems from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in.

You're literally asking, "If one specific employee in a company of hundreds is anti-gun then would you want nothing to do with that company?"

Many of you are rooting for Bruce Willis. You'd definitely go to one of his movies! Well-- what if that movie was written, directed, and produced by a group of anti-gun nuts? Apparently that's okay. But if it's the other way around? Whoa! Stop the car!

I work in the movie biz. I'm a screenwriter. As the writer, everything you see on screen was derived from a story thought up by someone like me. That said, writers have zero say over who stars in the movies they wrote.

What if I wrote a movie with pro-2nd amendment undertones, but it starred an anti-gun actor? (It could easily happen.) Would you refuse to see it in spite of your fellow cal-gunner? Of course you would. Outside of Hollywood, no one cares about the Producer, the Director, or the Writer. And that attitude is exactly why actors get paid so much.

Want to know why anti-gun actors are so often found on screen making guns look cool? Because they're *acting*. That's what they're paid to do. If the guns look cool it's because a guy like me wrote it up that way and everyone else is successfully getting it up on the screen.

Sit through the end credits sometime and take a look at the sheer number of people who work on a single movie. To disregard hundreds, because of one guy... it's just silly.

Sure, we all have actors we can't stand. Me included. But to avoid a movie you'd otherwise enjoy, just because one guy has his wires crosses? That's just sad.

You definitely said it better than I did. That's why you're the writer and not me

And man, at least you get credited for your work, haha. I'll be on IMDB soon enough though.

[Firemark]

Don't forget Marky Mark. That douche has publicly said that individuals shouldn't be allowed to own guns, and directly insulted Charlton Heston for his NRA support when they worked together on the Planet of the Apes remake.

It still makes me gag whenever anyone compliments any aspect of "Shooter." Stephen Hunter should have punched the producers in the mouth when they cast Wahlberg in the lead.

Dont forget people, Mark Wahlburg has a Felony conviction for assault AND Sly Stallone has Felony conviction for drug possession.

BOTH of them have CCW permits granted by the Sheriff. Maybe I should go out and get a Felony conviction so I can get my CCW.

[Paladin]

This is why Tom Selleck is my favorite actor!

For the newbies, years ago Tom did some ads for the NRA ("I'm the NRA!"). He's the 2nd one from the left.



Later, he was on the Rosie O'Donnell show to promote a movie he was in, and she bushwhacked him, attacking him, calling him a NRA spokesman (which he wasn't, he was just in a print ad saying he was a gun owner). Fortunately, this happened when Tom was still very popular w/the public after Magnum, P.I., so Rosie's own viewers got ticked off at her and she had to apologize!

Here's the video of Rosie blindsiding Tom:


Here's Jon Stewart's take on the Rosie affair. Stewart is very anti.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-30-1999/headlines---magnumb-skull

Tom has been on the NRA's Board of Directors since 2008.

Plus he was pretty cool as Magnum.



Come to think of it, more of us guys should mention to the ladies in our lives that, esp if they were enamored w/Tom back in the '80s, that he's a big time NRA supporter and member of their Board. Heck, if it gets them to be more pro-RKBA and join the NRA, why not?

[thomasanelson]

Don't forget Marky Mark. That douche has publicly said that individuals shouldn't be allowed to own guns, and directly insulted Charlton Heston for his NRA support when they worked together on the Planet of the Apes remake.

It still makes me gag whenever anyone compliments any aspect of "Shooter." Stephen Hunter should have punched the producers in the mouth when they cast Wahlberg in the lead.

Marky Mark is a convicted felon who cannot even touch real guns. He claims to have done so for the filming of "Shooter" which should have sent him back to prison. Obviously he is anti-gun...."if I can't have them, no one should".