Chloë Grace Moretz
The Kick‑Ass and Carrie star talks film sets and frittatas…
What’s the first thing you do when you arrive on set?
Well, the first thing you do is get your bearings and meet all the ADs, just settle in with the family you’re going to be with for the next several months.
What do you take on set with you?
I always make sure I have my script with all my notes on me, that’s my first and foremost. And then I always make sure my brother’s with me. I take him everywhere. I haven’t been on a film set without him yet – he’s my manager and best friend, so I never feel lonely, and film sets can get pretty lonely.
Do you ever sleep on set?
Not overnight, but definitely you take naps during lunchtime – you try to get as much shut-eye as you can ’cos you’re normally arriving at all hours of the day.
What’s the longest day you’ve ever spent on a film set?
Every single film, you’re waking up at crazy hours, but I’d say my longest day was on Bad Neighbours 2 – it was a 26-hour day. We showed up at 8am and left at 10am. It was our very last day, and we were filming this exterior party scene for literally 26 hours. It was 100 per cent the longest party I’ve ever been to.
Hot or cold lunch?
I usually like to make my own lunch at home and then bring it. On my last movie [The Widow], I got really into making frittatas. That way I could make a frittata for three or four days, and that’s what I would have for lunch. I don’t love on-set lunch. It’s hard to eat a full lunch and then go back to work, you end up feeling kind of sick because you’re on your feet all day long.
Worst on-set experience?
Probably me having to be covered in blood for a month and a half straight for the Carrie prom scenes. I was, every single day, covered in blood, which was really gnarly.
Have you ever stolen from a film set?
Oh yeah, for sure! I always do, I’m the worst. I love nicking little things. Hugo was so brilliant with how in-depth the 1920s were [recreated]; the amount of intense attention to detail they went into to make the set fully 1920s was rad, so I stole a couple of fake newspapers.
Best ever wrap party?
Probably Dark Shadows because Johnny Depp performed with Alice Cooper. It was really rad. They played five or six of Alice’s big hit songs and Johnny played… I wanna say bass or lead guitar. It was really fun, it was in this massive warehouse off of Hollywood Boulevard, and we had the premiere at the Chinese Theatre. It was spectacular, for sure.
What was it like working at the camp in
The Miseducation Of Cameron Post?
It was really interesting because we shot in a German summer camp, and we rented out the entire place in the winter. We filmed there and we actually all lived there as well, so we were living in the different rooms you see in the movie. It was intimate and strange, and put us in a place where the movie came out feeling so organic. JW
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‘My longest day was on bad neighbours 2 – we were filming the party scene for 26 hours’