For the first time in 15 years, Julianne Moore will be using a gun in her role of Madeline in Sharper, which will premiere in select cinemas on February 10 before launching on Apple TV+ the following week.

Moore has avoided using firearms in her films for over a decade, since her role in the thriller Next in 2007, as a part of her activism for gun control in the US. Motivated to take action after the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, she co-founded the pressure group Everytown for Gun Safety.

In an interview with The Times in London, Moore said, “I’ve been very involved in the gun safety movement because I realized I wasn’t keeping my children safe if I didn’t do my part to change the legislation… I thought that if something happened to them, it would be my fault.”

The Times made the point that Hollywood actors are in a difficult position discussing gun control, as films including weapons and violence are so prominent and thriving in the box office. Moore replied: “It’s really important when you talk about gun safety and people blame entertainment to realize that the entire world consumes the same entertainment as the US, but the US has easy access to weapons. So I am not a big fan of violent movies, but I also don’t blame gun violence on entertainment.”

Sharper seems to be the exception to Moore’s boycott of weaponry in her films due to the morality tale within the plot, wherein everything goes wrong because of her firearm use.