Chloë Grace Moretz Says She Was Body-Shamed by Male Costar

Chloë Grace Moretz has appeared in dozens of movies, television shows, music videos, and theater productions, which means that not only has she accomplished more by the age of 20 than many adults do in their entire careers, but, unfortunately, she's also had to bear more than her fair share of what many consider to be Hollywood's rampant sexism. In her cover interview for this week's "Power of Young Hollywood" issue of Variety, the actress opened up about some of the most harrowing instances of misogyny she's faced on set.

"This guy that was my love interest was like, 'I'd never date you in a real life,' and I was like, 'What?' And he was like, 'Yeah, you're too big for me' — as in my size," Moretz recalled. "It was one of the only actors that ever made me cry on set. I went bawling to my brother, and he was like, 'What happened?' And I was like, 'He told me I was too big.' And my brother was like, 'What just happened?' My brother was so angry." Moretz said the body-shaming incident occurred when she was 15 and her unnamed male costar was "23, 24, or 25." She added, "I had to pick it up and go back on set and pretend he was a love interest, and it was really hard…It just makes you realize that there are some really bad people out there, and for some reason, he felt the need to say that to me. You have to kind of forgive and not forget, really, but it was just like, wow. It was jarring. I look back on it and I was 15, which is really, really dark."

Moretz also talked about another male costar who attempted to sabotage her by spreading false rumors about her around a film set. "I've had a younger male lead ostracize me and bring up fake issues just to try and put me in my place, and make things up to the director: things that are crazy, things that I would never do, unprofessional things that would make no sense," she said. "I've had an actor do that to me. It's crazy. They have this inferiority issue, and I'm like, 'You are completely equal to me, you are no different than me. I just happen to be the lead in this movie, and I don't know why, just because you are kind of the smaller character, that you're pushing me into a corner to try and put me down.'"