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Chloë Grace Moretz
Can’t Stop Acting
It’s a life Chloë could never have imagined. In fact, she might never have appeared on the big screen if not for her older brother, Trevor. He was accepted to the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) in New York, so in 2002 Chloë and her mother moved there to support him. This, in a way, was Chloë’s first role: as her brother practiced lines, she would read the other characters. She quickly fell in love with the nuance, drama, and emotion of the stage.
Anyone expecting her to plump for princess roles, however, would be sorely disappointed. Even at a young age, Chloë was drawn to what might be described as dark, conflicted individuals. When asked about her habit of portraying broken people, Chloë noted that she loves the “challenge of playing messed-up characters,” but added that it’s possible “because my family life is so supportive.” No genre, age or complication stands in her way.
In Kick-Ass, her first action movie, she insisted on training with Jackie Chan’s stunt crew. These were grown men with extensive backgrounds in martial arts or acting, but Chloë wasn’t fazed. Ultimately, she performed the majority of her own stunts without help, impressing cast and audience alike.
But it wasn’t until the box office success of The In- vention of Hugo Cabret (2011) that Chloë became a household name. Perhaps not one of her more im- pressive characters, she nonetheless won the con- sensus praise of critics for “giving it her all.” Others described her “heart, strength and determination” as the reason why nearly every character she plays is so compelling.
She’s only 21, but Chloë Grace Moretz might be the busiest actress in Hollywood.
The former child phenom started at just 6 years old, appearing in mature films like The Amityville Horror (2005) and The Eye (2008). But while her older costars and the projects themselves tanked, Chloë continued to charm audiences. Even the notorious Roger Ebert, a hard-to-please critic known for his scathing reviews, couldn’t fault her. “Say what you will of her character,” he wrote of Chloë’s role in Kick-Ass (2010), but “[she] has presence and appeal.” At the time, she was barely 13.
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