Chloe Grace Moretz on Hit Girl in Kick-Ass, Faking Out Martin Scorsese | Screen Tests | W Magazine

In this Screen Tests interview, actress Chloe Grace Moretz talks about crying on camera, faking a British accent for the part in Martin Scorsese's Hugo, and superpowers. When Chloë Grace Moretz was 4 years old, her brother Trevor, who was 14, dressed her up as Princess Leia and directed a film of her trapped in a sinking raft adrift in the family pool in their Atlanta backyard. Trevor, who wanted to be an actor, was the first to realize his sister’s cinematic potential. In 2002, the Moretz family partially relocated to New York so that Trevor could pursue his theatrical aspirations at the Professional Performing Arts High School. But after 6-year-old Chloë began practicing lines with him, Trevor, recognizing her innate talent, switched focus from his career to hers, ultimately becoming Chloë’s acting coach/producer/mentor/guru. He may also be her salvation in the increasingly competitive and tangled world of child acting. On set and elsewhere, Trevor is always nearby, offering guidance. Chloë has so far avoided the pitfalls of being either a squeaky-clean Nickelodeon kid (who turns into an unmitigated mess, like Amanda Bynes) or a perfect movie daughter (with real-life lousy parents, à la the talented Lindsay Lohan). Instead, following in the path of former child stars like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, Moretz has forged a career out of the kind of darker roles that smooth the transition to adult parts. When she was 13, she became famous as the foulmouthed v