(Cover) - EN Showbiz - John Malkovich treats guns in the same way as he would treat a horse.

The veteran Hollywood star plays a gun-wielding action hero in movie Red alongside Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Dame Helen Mirren.

John admits he was happy working with dangerous weapons, joking that because hes American he has no problems with possessing arms.

The actor does accept they can be very hazardous and doesnt own a gun personally, although he thinks a lot of fun can be had with one.

I dont particularly own guns and I dont have any intention of buying one, at least in the foreseeable future. I treat them they way I treat a horse, kind of fun but also dangerous. With the emphasis on dangerous, he told Empire magazine. Im an American so Im happy as anybody to squeeze off a few rounds!

John plays a man who the CIA experimented on with drug LSD in the film, which is based on a graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.

The movie tells the story of a retired government killer, played by Bruce, who is wanted by his former agency because he knows too much about past assignments. (C) Cover Media