wordpress local development using images/uploads from production

.htaccess

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# custom rules for loading server images or any other uploaded media files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^localhost$
RewriteRule ^.*/uploads/(.*)$ https://example.com/wp-content/uploads/$1 [L,R=301,NC]

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress