With over 20 film credits to her name — including major roles in Let Me In, Kick-Ass and Hugo, not to forget her fantastic turn as Jack Donaghy nemesis Kaylie Hooper on 30 Rock — it’s easy to forget that Chloë Grace Moretz is still just 16 years old. An age when many young ladies’ thoughts turn to prom. Who will they go with? What will they wear? Will anyone dump pig blood on them?
A lot has changed since Sissy Spacek played Stephen King’s Carrie in the 1976 Brian De Palma-directed film — now when people see you moving objects with your mind they call you an X-Man, not a monster. School bullying is a deeply frowned upon. And two-strapping your backpack is cool again.
Julianne Moore assumes the role of Carrie’s mother (played memorably by Piper Laurie in the original). Carrie opens this weekend.