“It Was Mind F**k”: Chloë Grace Moretz On How Older Men “Infantilize” Her In Teen Years

Chloë Grace Moretz started acting at a very young age and successfully transitioned into her adult years. She starred at the age of eight in the supernatural horror film ‘The Amityville Horror’. Moretz then went on to headline several successful films like ‘Carrie’ and ‘Hugo’ among others.

In a recent interview, the 25-year-old actress talked about how she was “infantilized” by older men on sets in her teen years. The overall experience was bad which she labeled as a “mind f**k“. Let’s find out in detail about what Moretz said.

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Chloë Grace Moretz On Being Infantilized By Men On Sets

Moretz tasted fame at a very young age after she did ‘The Amityville Horror’ at the age of eight. However, she quickly experienced its dark side as older men would infantilize her.

In her recent appearance on the Reign with Josh Smith podcast, the ‘Let Me In’ actress said: “It was always odd from my first leading role when I was 14 in ‘Carrie’.”

She continued, “It was always really interesting to see who would be really unhappy with a young woman. At that point, I had already worked for so many years — almost 10 years — and as I continued through having more important roles on set as I grew up, it was always very interesting to see the pushback that I would get from a lot of people.”

The actress then talked about being treated badly by older men. “The majority of it was older men for sure who would infantilize me,” she said. “If I had real things to bring to the table, a lot of the time it would get shot down… Having to even advocate to an older man on behalf of your 14, 15, 16-year-old self is a really, really crazy kind of mind fuck.”

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Moretz Talked About Her Power Struggle With Older Men

In the same interview, the Saturn Award winner talked about how she would often engage in a “power struggle” with older men on sets. “I think boundaries are super important,” Moretz stated.

She further elaborated, “And part of realizing your boundaries and actually enforcing your boundaries is speaking your truth without blame or judgement to people.”

The actress then said that having boundaries is a “new thing for me” as she “didn’t grow up with any boundaries”. “I didn’t learn any boundaries in my life and I got hit like a ton of bricks multiple times and I was like, ‘You know what? I think I need to learn this thing called boundaries,’” she concluded.

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