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Chloë would shock the world again in 2014 when she starred as a prostitute in The Equalizer. The role was written for a 24-year old woman, but long be- fore she was confirmed for the role Chloë had been lobbying directors and producers to audition for the part. “I literally begged Antoine,” she recalls. The media didn’t know what to make of a teenager play- ing a prostitute, and for the most part, the cast wasn’t sure either. However, an inspired audition opposite legendary actor Denzel Curry erased any doubt. While not a method actor, she took the role seri- ously, spending days with former escorts at an or- ganization called Children of the Night to learn how they thought and lived. To breathe life into Teri, the gang-oppressed Siberian call girl, she also learned Russian. “I kind of had a cheat sheet on my phone, all the time, I had it written down in phonetics.”
By age 19, the breakout child star had worked with Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Steven Soderbergh, and Keanu Reeves, among others. It was time for her to “be more picky about her roles.” The actress pulled out of future projects, stating she wanted to choose roles that “would [allow her] to find herself.” It’s not a break, Chloë explained. “I’m just realizing I can slow down.”
She’s fulfilled that promise, continuing to act and turning an eye to producing as well. Most recently, Chloë appeared in The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018), a movie about a confused Christian girl sent away to a gay conversion camp. It’s a film that hits close to home, as Moretz grew up a Christian Baptist and has two gay brothers. “We grew up in an area in Georgia where ‘praying the gay away’ is a very real thing.” Now, she wants to continue pick- ing the unpopular, raw roles that made her famous in the first place. And it seems to work: this year, the film won the Grand Jury Prize at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. Many hailed it as Chloë’s best work yet.
If it feels like she’s come back to her roots, that’s because the actress has decided to put herself first. There’s no longer the high-octane pressure of find- ing roles, finding paychecks. Now, she has time to explore a relationship with model Kate Harrison, reconnect with her family and pursue photogra- phy and producing. She is a vehement supporter of LGBT rights, and as a proud feminist has refused to take on overtly sexualized roles. More than before, she has found ways to use her fame as a platform for her passions, speaking out against conversion ther- apy and raising concerns about President Trump. But if the life of Chloë Moretz has taught her fans anything, it’s that sooner or later she’ll be back to her first love: the big screen.
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