Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. She was at the festival with Desiree Akhavan’s gay conversion therapy drama “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.” She will next appear in Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” remake. Moretz has worked with A-list directors such as Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, Olivier Assayas, and Kimberly Peirce. KICK-ASS 2 lacks both the first movie's shock factor and its sense of humor. Moderated by Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper, the hour-long conversation spanned Moretz’s career, which is quite prolific for someone so young. The original Kick-Ass was a crazy, wild shocker that, while successful, was hardly a smash hit this sequel seems arbitrary, obligatory, and unnecessary. The 21-year-old actress was in Provincetown to receive the festival’s Next Wave Award. “I kinda wanna keep everyone’s mind in ‘Kick-Ass.’ So I don’t think there will be a ‘Kick-Ass 3,’ at least I don’t think with Hit-Girl in it.”
“As much as I love the character of Hit-Girl, I think she lives and survives in ‘Kick-Ass,’ and I kind of want to keep her there,” she said. Moretz said she wants fans to remember Hit-Girl as she was in the first film. After Hit Girl is busted and forced to retire, Kick-Ass joins a team of amateur superheroes led by a reformed mobster and tangles with the evil villain formerly known as Red Mist. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Chlo Grace Moretz reprise. The film serves as a sequel to 2010's Kick-Ass. It is based on the comic book of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. Many fans were perplexed that “Kick-Ass 2” ended with a kiss between Hit-Girl and the titular superhero Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), as the characters had previously shared a more sibling-like relationship, particularly in the first half of the sequel. Kick-Ass 2 is a 2013 black comedy superhero film written and directed by Jeff Wadlow. Because I think we were all kind of looking forward to something a little different than what happened with it all.” “I wish the second one had been handled in a little bit of a different way. Plus, Jim Carrey was the biggest star in the film at the time.
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“I love the franchise, I think the first movie was really, really special,” the actress said during a festival event over the weekend. Kick-Ass 2 was violent and there’s a portion of people who didn’t want to watch an ultra-violent movie. Self-made superhero Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and sweet-faced, foul-mouthed assassin Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) try to return to life as normal teenagers, but soon they are faced with their deadliest challenge yet. The solo spinoff would follow a younger or older version of Hit-Girl, though Vaughn did not say which. Read More: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Review: This Beautiful Coming-of-Age Story Is Mike Pence’s Worst Nightmare - Sundance 2018Įarlier this month, Vaughn told Empire he was planning a “reboot” of the “Kick-Ass” films as well as a Hit-Girl solo film.