Up And Left

Chloe Grace Moretz chatted with The Hollywood Reporter about her new movie, Carrie. In the interview Chloe talks landing the role, her past acting roles, and more.

On landing the role of Carrie: “I went in with a meeting with MGM — it feels like so long ago now — and they mentioned a couple projects to me, and they mentioned Carrie. At that point, they were already thinking of older girls, 20 to 25, that could play young. I was like, ‘There’s no way I’m going to be doing this because I thought it was going to be a hack — cheesy and bloody and gory. It’s going to ruin Stephen King’s novel.’

And then I read the script and I fell in love with it. Then they attached [director] Kimberly Peirce. That’s crazy — she does a movie like every eight years. You can’t book her. So, then we got Julianne [Moore, who plays Carrie’s mentally ill mother], and then I did the audition process. I did four meetings at three hours apiece, and then I had two auditions at six hours apiece.”

On her first movie being a horror movie, Amityville Horror: “I remember being really terrified by one of the Indians. There’s a scene where the Indians are hung on meat hooks. I remember seeing him walk around, and I looked at my mom, and I was terrified.

But she took me up to meet him and he was the nicest guy ever. It’s funny because I remember being so scared of him. It was the first time I was ever scared on a set. I remember Ryan Reynolds picked me up in one scene and grabbed me, and I remember walking away and telling my mom that it scared me a little.”

The full article can be found here. Carrie will be released October 18!