If you haven’t seen Kick-Ass yet, you’re missing out on a gem of a film. Directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Aaron Johnson, Clark Duke, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong and Nicolas Cage, the movie is about a high school kid who decides to dress up like a super hero and fight crime. But he has no special powers or real training. Needless to say, things don’t go as planned.
By now you’ve heard the deafening awesome buzz about Kick-Ass, so I say again…what are you waiting for? Go see it this weekend! Want another reason….read Matt’s review.
Anyway, at this year’s WonderCon, I got to talk with Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Red Mist) about making the movie. While I tried to keep the interview serious and ask real questions…let’s just say they were more into having fun. You’ll see after the jump:
And for more Kick-Ass interviews, here’s screenwriter Jane Goldman and Aaron Johnson and Clark Duke. Also, last summer at Comic-Con, I was able to speak with Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse before I knew about the movie. Watch the interviews by clicking their names.
Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse
- I try to get them to be serious. Epic fail
- What’s the promotional process been like
- Did they think it was going to be such a good film when they got involved
- What scenes were they sad to see get cut out (deleted scenes talk)
- What do they geek out over
- Are they prepared for Comic-Con when people will be dressed up like Hit Girl and Red Mist
- Twitter talk
(via Collider)
By almost all accounts, Chloe Moretz is the best reason to see this month’s superhero flick Kick-Ass. Fortunately, us horror fans can look forward to seeing the acting prodigy tackle our favorite genre next, when Moretz stars in the remake of the acclaimed Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In — simply titled Let Me In. Directed by Cloverfield’s Matt Reeves and produced by England’s newly reborn Hammer Studios, the film will see Moretz play Abby, a fully grown vampire who just happens to look like a young girl. Learn what Moretz told us about the film after the jump.
You have a really exciting project coming up, Let Me In. Are you a fan of the original Swedish film, Let the Right One In?
I haven’t seen the whole thing of Let the Right One In, but I’ve seen pieces of it. But yeah, it’s definitely exciting. It’s a different side of a vampire that a lot of people don’t see. It was a really fun thing to do.
What side do you think we’re gonna see?
Well, it’s the less romantic side of it. I mean, she’s definitely very interesting, very deep. But it’s a side of a vampire that no one sees in that it’s a lot deeper. It’s not glamorous to be a vampire.
What’s it like, the transition from doing Kick-Ass to doing a horror film?
It’s different. I really love doing diverse roles, so doing roles that go from action to thriller to a fantasy film, to a film where I play a street kid — it’s so much different stuff, it’s a lot of exciting stuff. I’m very blessed and privileged.
So not only do you brawl, you bite?
[Laughs.] Yep, brawl and bite.
Can you say how your vampire may differ from the original film’s vampire?
Well, you know, in the original film you see a different side of a vampire, right? It’s a side that people don’t see. And she’s almost kind of romantic in the film, she’s more romantic. So I drew from her character a lot, but I took more of a less romantic, more crestfallen… It’s not a cool thing. It’s a burden. It’s something that, it isn’t good to be a vampire. It’s not so beautiful, it isn’t romantic. It’s not like, “I’m cold, but I’m really cool, because everyone likes me – I’m a vampire.”
Like Twilight?
I’m not gonna go there. [Laughs.] But yeah, I just like showing a different side of it. A side that people don’t see.
Do you think it will be a scarier, darker film?
It’s pretty terrifying when you see me turn into a vampire. That’s all I can say. It’s definitely terrifying.
In real life, what’s your greatest fear?
Snakes, spiders and flies.
(via FearNet)
Chloe appeared on the Kick-Ass panel at this year’s WonderCon in San Francisco yesterday. Check out some pics from the event in the gallery.
