Chloe Moretz Talks Kick Ass

06 September 2010

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Matthew Vaughn's Kick Ass burst onto the big screen earlier this year to critical acclaim, as well as doing well at the box office; so much so that a sequel is already in the pipeline.

But the movie made a star out of thirteen year old actress Chloe Moretz as she took on the role of the ass kicking foul mouthed super hero Hit Girl.

- The film exceeded my high expectations...

Oh thank you. I put my heart and soul into that character.

- Is it strange making a film that in the UK you wouldn’t be allowed to see?

Well in America I wouldn’t be allowed to see it because my mom and my parents only let me see PG-13 movies. So if I wasn’t in the film, I wouldn’t be allowed to see it.

- How did they say yes to this film for you?
 
Well my mom reads every script before I even read it. About a month before we even got the script Wanted came out. I was in the car with my mom in LA and a bus drove up and it had Angelina Jolie on the side of the bus and she was looking so cool. I said ‘mom I really want to play an Angelina Jolie superhero-type character’.

And she said ‘Chloe there are no roles out there for kids like that’. Then literally a month later the script for Kick-Ass came out and I was like, ‘mom, can I do it?’ and she said ‘Chloe this is exactly what you’ve been wanting’ because she knew it would be a very challenging, exciting role for me.

I read the script and I was like, ‘oh my gosh! I have to be Hit Girl’. What girl wouldn’t read that script and be like, ‘I want to be Hit Girl?’ So I went out for it with Matthew and when I got the role I was screaming for like two months straight.

- And you had to have a lot of training?
 
I did a bunch of training about a month before the movie started filming, which was just basic training - ballet, gymnastics, working on my flexibility and conditioning, crazy crunches and stuff.

Once the movie started taking off a little bit more, we did go more in-depth with the choreography and working with the guns, the knives and the bow staff.

- Any martial arts training?

I did. I did a martial art called Wushu with some of the top action choreographers I think in the world. It was Jackie Chan style.

- So you could kick our asses?

[Laughs] Ah-ha. I mean in real life I’m a scaredy cat. I might know how to do it but I’d be terrified.

I’m afraid of spiders and snakes that are this big [makes a small circle with finger and thumb], much less a gigantic reporter.

- If you had a knife or a gun could you still use those?

I could flip the Balisong like I did in the movie, but I’d be kind of afraid to.

- Why does no-one ever think about being a superhero?

Well I don’t know because it’s kind of true, you would be practically killed if you went out in a little suit and you tried to mess with people like that. I don’t think anyone should really do that. If you become a cop you can go do it.

If you become someone who is working for the law and if anyone goes against the law and you’re a cop or you work for the government or something then you can go and try and get them.

But I wouldn’t advise it for anyone that’s not part of the armed forces.

- Did you or your mother ever balk at the violence or language in the film?

Well I knew that it was definitely a breathtaking role and something that could stretch my acting ability and would challenge me.

So when I read the script I knew that I wanted to be Hit Girl. It interested me because no roles come up like that for children.

- What about the curse words? Did your parents object?

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