Busy this weekend? If you are, better clear your schedule quick because Chloë Grace Moretz's new movie Laggies is out and you're going to want to see it. Trust us. But before you do, we had a chat with the 17-year-old star and found out some things you miiiight be interested in.
In the movie, Chloë plays Annika, the high school student Keira Knightley's character decides to stay with after panicking when her boyfriend proposes. "This was a really interesting character. I'd probably say that she's the closest to myself that a character's been before," Chloë tells us. "She's just a really normal girl, you know. She's going through typical things in her life, and she strikes up this relationship—this sister kind of relationship—with this older woman. And it's just a funny little strange movie about an important time in people's lives."
Being that her character is so similar to her, we thought we'd learn a little more about the actress herself. Ready?
1. We know you skateboard like your character in the movie. What's the coolest trick you can do?
"Just an ollie, really. That's about it."
2. Your character is also a little bit of a troublemaker, which is always fun. So what's the biggest thing you've gotten in trouble for in real life?
"God. I mean, I don't know. I'd probably say my mom kind of embraced me on this. We bought fireworks, and we blew them up in the street. The cops drove by the house a couple times and we all had to run inside. Usually kids would get in trouble for that...except when your mom is helping you set off the bottle rocket."
3. You were a master at prank phone calls in the movie. What's the best one you've actually done?
"I've done a lot of prank calls before, but I think the funniest thing was something my brother did. My brother does it all the time, honestly. It's like his favorite thing. He calls a Chinese restaurant as another Chinese restaurant. And they answer the phone. And they're like, 'Hi, what's your order?' And then he's like, 'I have a delivery.' And they're like, 'OK, where to?' And then, you know, you say the address. And then you start, like, rattling off your own Chinese order. Saying something like, 'We're delivering an egg roll.' Like, all this stuff. And they get so pissed off. And at one point, they were like, 'You need to shove it—shove your Chinese food where the sun don't shine.' It was stupid."
4. In the movie, Keira has a quarter-life crisis. What do you hope to accomplish by the time you're 25?
"I don't know, man. I just hope to kind of be more progressively into the producing, directing, and writing side of the business. And trying to see where that side of my life goes. And see what I'm doing with, like, the fashion stuff. Hopefully I'm still happy and having fun."
5. The sleepover scene with Kaitlyn Dever is pretty epic. What's the agenda like when you actually have time to have them with your friends between filming?
"We always try and do a sleepover when I'm in town. I was in town last week for like, two days. And my best friend who goes to USC came back to my house and slept over. So the one 24 hours I was in town for, pretty much. It was just great to see her. We try and do that as much as we can. Honestly we turned on Pocahontas and we hung out. And we went to In-N-Out immediately and got burgers. And we got some ice cream at Sweet Rose. Then we went to Halloween Horror Nights together in LA—this gigantic haunted theme park."
6. Prom was also a huge thing during the movie. So we've gotta ask: Do you plan on going?
"I've never gone, but if the occasion arises, I'll definitely go. I've had to miss a couple proms I've been invited to. But maybe! Maybe. We'll see."
