Michael Douglas is one actor who has been sharing a lot of personal views and opinions in his interviews lately. The actor says that he hopes his role in his new film, Beyond The Reach, reinforces his gun control stance to the public.

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According to the New York Daily News, Douglas says that he hopes movie goers will figure out the message behind his latest movie. He plays a business tycoon who accidentally shoots a man while on a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.

"If there was going to be any redeeming value to this movie other than [that it's an] exciting thriller," Douglas said, "it would be pointing out the idealism of the young man...versus the corruption of somebody who's basically bribing everybody left and right just to get the biggest (hunting trophy) that he can."

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He added, "I'm a strong advocate of gun control and I'm always conscious of how it's going to be perceived. My thing has always been, you've got to make the drama of the movie work first."

Douglas also says this isn't the first time he's tried to get his message across in his work.

The actor explained, "In (the 1979 thriller) 'The China Syndrome,' I just got involved with a monster movie - the monster being this nuclear power plant that's out of control. But unless you make the thrill part work, then your subliminal messages don't come across. You can't hit anyone over the head; they're not going to like it."

Beyond The Reach is out in theaters nationwide now.