With director Tim Story’s adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon Tom and Jerry now playing in select theaters and available on HBO Max, I recently got to speak with Chloë Grace Moretz about making the live-action/animated hybrid movie. During the interview, Moretz talked about why it was both fun and scary making Tom and Jerry, why they didn’t want to change the cartoon when making the movie, why she loved working with Michael Pena, if she had new respect for what Robert Zemeckis accomplished on Who Framed Roger Rabbit after making this movie, and more.
If you haven’t seen the trailers, Tom and Jerry are now in New York City and their long-time rivalry is reignited when Jerry secretly movies into one of New York City’s most luxurious hotels on the eve of a huge wedding between a very famous couple (Colin Jost and Pallavi Sharda). In an attempt to get rid of the hotel’s mouse problem, the manager (Rob Delaney) asks his event manager (Peña) and his newest employee (Moretz) to find a way to deal with the situation which includes hiring Tom. Of course, the ensuing cat and mouse battle threatens to destroy the wedding, everyone’s careers, and possibly the hotel itself. Jeong plays the hotel Chef.
Chloë Grace Moretz:
- How challenging was it to make a live-action/animated hybrid movie?
- Did she have new respect for what Robert Zemeckis accomplished on Who Framed Roger Rabbit after making Tom and Jerry?
- What was it like working with Michael Peña?
- How Tom and Jerry are extremely violent to each other.
- How they didn’t change the cartoon when making the movie.
