Julianne Moore: Gun control fight is my responsibility as a mum

Julianne Moore has spoken passionately about her drive to tackle gun violence amid rising concern over mass shootings in the US.

The Oscar winner said she would feel like an “irresponsible” mother if she did not fight for stronger gun controls, in an interview with PORTER magazine.

Moore has two children, son Caleb, 20, and Liv, 16, from her marriage to US film director and producer Bart Freundlich.

Talking about her daughter, the Still Alice star said: “I’m not keeping her safe by trying to keep the news away … I’m being irresponsible. If I don’t try to keep her safe by trying to change things in this country … then I’m being irresponsible. That’s when I started speaking out about gun violence and the need for change.”

Moore, 57, leads Everytown Creative Council, a safety advocacy group which includes other Hollywood stars such as Amy Schumer and Steve Carell. She was pushed into action after talking to her then 10-year-old daughter about the Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012, in which 20 children and six adults died.

The issue has been raised again by last week’s shooting in Maryland, where a woman killed three and injured three.

Moore added: “We aren’t free if we don’t have the liberty to feel safe at school, at church, at the mall, at the movies, that’s unconstitutional, too.”

She also talked about the impact of the #MeToo movement: “An older gentleman said to me, ‘I’m really worried people aren’t going to hire women any more’, and I went berserk. I said, ‘You know what? We’ll hire each other!’”

For the full interview, buy the latest issue of PORTER, on sale globally on Friday. Also available as a digital edition