Chloe Grace Moretz: I used to feel fat and insecure – but I’m so free now

Turn around: Chloe Grace Moretz feels much more confident with herself
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Jennifer Ruby7 January 2016
The Weekender

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Chloe Grace Moretz has admitted that she went through a phase of feeling ‘fat’ and ‘insecure’.

The teenage actress found it difficult to cope with the pressure of being in the spotlight while working on the 2013 horror remake of Carrie.

In a new interview with Marie Claire, Moretz said: “I felt fat; I felt not pretty. I felt like I didn't really know who I was.

“I was so confused; I was scared. I had bad acne. I felt incredibly insecure.”

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The Kick Ass star claimed that things ‘turned around’ for her when she turned 17 after she started to ‘know who she was.’

“I'm so free now. I don't know what happened, but when I turned 17, this huge weight was lifted off my shoulders,” she said.

“I'm so open; I have a good time; I don't worry about what people say about me. I know who I am, who I want to be, what I want to portray myself as, what I want people to think of me.”

Moretz has been working harder than ever this year and is gearing up to promote new film The 5th Wave later this month.

She’s also lined up to play the lead role in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

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