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Stars of the movie "Kick-Ass", from left, Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, Mark Strong and Christopher Mintz-Plasse attend the European film premiere after-party March 22. Credit: Chris Jackson, Getty Images
Child actress Chloe Moretz admits she would be grounded for life is she used the kind of language in reality that she uses in the movie "Kick-Ass."
A lot of parents might consider the R-rated movie -- set for release in the United States April 16 -- unsuitable for children.
Moretz's parents are among them.
"If I wasn't in it, I wouldn't be able to see it, " she tells the Independent Television Network in Great Britain. "My parents wouldn't allow me."
Moretz is 13 years old, but was two years younger when she filmed the movie, spewing out a torrent of obscenities, including the C-word used for a woman's reproductive organ.
It's not just the language that bothers people about the movie (which tells the story of a group of would-be superheroes without any powers). The violence in "Kick-Ass" was too much even for one of its stars.
The Web site Cinema Blend reports that director Matthew Vaughn couldn't make the final fight scene as bloody as he planned because the bad guy refused to be bad enough.
Actor Mark Strong, who plays villain Frank D'Amico, reportedly thought Vaughn wanted to go too far in depicting violence against children when he was called upon to beat Moretz's character.
"I wanted Mark to stamp on her head in the fight and really kick her around the room, but he refused to do it," Vaughn tells Cinema Blend. "He felt uncomfortable about stamping on her head."
Cinema Blend reports that when most of the cast attended South by Southwest -- the annual interactive, film and music festival in Austin, Texas -- to promote the film, Strong didn't show.
Although Strong refused to even pretend to stomp on a little girl's head, Cinema Blend reports the movie is still very violent. Moretz's character spends most of it killing people in the most vicious and graphic ways imaginable before getting beaten by Strong's bad guy.
Even toned down, the Web site reports, the scene is extremely bloody.
Nonetheless, Moretz tells the Independent Television Network, she and her parents are proud of the movie and her role in it.
"My mum read it (the script) before I even read it, and she knew that it was an amazing role that was challenging and fun and breathtaking, and that's why I did it, because it was so amazing and unique," she tells the network.
The movie is adapted from the comics by Mark Millar, who tells the network he wanted to do a different kind of superhero story.
"There are loads of tame family superhero movies," he tells the network. "We thought it would be quite interesting to do something to raise the bar a little. And we'll be curious to see how many other people follow suit."
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4-05-2010 @ 9:51PM
Amy said...It should be noted that Mark Strong participated in a film podcast hosted by BBC's Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo on April 2 where he spoke extensively about the violence in "Kick-Ass" and the challenges/criticism the film faces. In reference to the stomping scene, this is what he had to say: The truth is I didn't believe in the reality of that scene. If a grown man were to stomp on a child's head they wouldn't be alive so you couldn't shoot the next scene. I wasn't bothered by the level of violence or the level of violence (Chloe's) character commits.
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