Chloë Grace Moretz

Nic Cage and Chloe Moretz talk ‘Kick-Ass’

How would you describe Hit-Girl?
She’s a purple, crazy assassin girl! It’s funny; she acts so tough, but underneath everything she’s just this little 11 year-old girl. I was amazed that I got this part. No joke. About a month before I got this script, Wanted came out, with Angelina Jolie, and I was like, “Oh my gosh, Mom, I really want a role just like that – y’know, like, a take-charge action hero.” And when she read Kick-Ass, my mom was like, “Chloe, you’ll never believe this…” I read it and I was like, “I have to be Hit-Girl!”

How much work did you have to do for the role?
When I accepted it, I realised I was going to be doing a lot of action stuff. It was really fun, but at the same time it was insanely hard. I worked for four months, with two months of combat training, learning how to load a gun, take apart a gun, how to clean a gun, how to kick, how to do tumbling, everything. And the last two months of it I spent at the Toronto Circus School! They took me there because they wanted me to get really flexible for the role.

Can you do, for real, any of the things that Hit-Girl does in the movie?
Yes, definitely. Now, I can’t run up a wall, but I can do everything else. It’s pretty awesome. I mean, what I learned on that movie I will probably never forget. But it is a role. It’s not me. In real life, I’ve never cussed. I’d be grounded for a year if I said half the stuff I say in that movie! I like doing roles that are different to me because it stretches my acting ability. I would never want to see that kind of violence in everyday life. I’m a huge chicken. I’m scared of spiders! Y’know, I like romantic comedies. I’m totally a chick-flick girl.

Kick-Ass is released later this year on April 16th. For more on the movie, the March 2010 issue of Empire Magazine is on sale now!

Visit ComicBookMovie.com for an excerpt of Empire‘s interview with Chloe’s on-screne father, Nicolas Cage.