Chloe Grace Moretz reveals she was body-shamed by a co-star at 15

Chloe Grace Moretz has revealed that she was criticised about her weight by a male co-star when she was just 15.

The Kick Ass star, 21, said that she was reduced to tears by the actor who said she was “too big” in between takes on a film set.

Speaking out about the “jarring” incident, Moretz told Variety that the man in question was “23, 24 or 25” at the time, while she was still in her mid-teens.

“This guy that was my love interest was like, ‘I’d never date you in real life,’ and I was, ‘What?'” she said. “And he was like, ‘Yeah, you’re too big for me’ – as in my size."

“My brother was like, ‘What just happened?’ My brother was so angry. It was one of the only actors that ever made me cry on set.”

The US actress, who has starred in Hugo, Carrie and If I Stay, said she had to go back onto set and “pretend” that everything was alright.

“It was really hard. It just makes you realize that there are some really bad people out there and for some reason, he felt the need to say that to me,” she said.

“You have to kind of forgive and not forget really, but it was just like wow. It was jarring. I look back on it and I was 15, which is really, really dark.”

Last year Moretz spoke out about feeling “insecure” about her weight while shooting the Carrie remake back in 2013.

“I felt fat; I felt not pretty. I felt like I didn't really know who I was,” she told Marie Claire.

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