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Chloe Grace Moretz would be within her rights to slam Louis C.K., since her latest film I Love You, Daddy was scrapped after he admitted sexually harassing women.
But the young actress would rather not talk about the disgraced comic, deflecting questions about C.K. during an interview at the Sundance Film Festival.
“It’s not helpful… I could single-in and talk about my experience, but I think it’s more important to talk about the entire movement as a whole,’ she told Variety.
“I’m one of hundreds of thousands of women in so many different industries that has a story,” she said.
“You could ask anyone in this room and all of us could give you ten stories, I’m sure.”
Speaking broadly about the #MeToo movement, the 20-year-old said the conversation around gender inequality and the abuse rife in many industries, including Hollywood, is important.
“I think it’s just nice, the communication, and the fact that you asked this question at Sundance in a video suite, this never would have happened two years ago.
“So the fact that it’s a conversation and it’s a question is monumental, and I think that shouldn’t be looked past or looked over. We’ve all been through a lot of stuff, but at least we’re communicating and people are going to be held accountable.”
Produced by C.K., I Love You, Daddy also starred Rose Byrne, and was just days away from a cinema release when the New York Times published an expose about the comic’s harassment of at least five female comics.
“At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my dick without asking first, which is also true,” C.K. said in a statement.
“But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your dick isn’t a question. It’s a predicament for them. The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly.”
“There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for,” the 50-year-old said.
“And I have to reconcile it with who I am. Which is nothing compared to the task I left them with.”
The star made a long list of apologies, including to his two daughters, who are in their early teens.
“I’ve brought pain to my family, my friends, my children and their mother,” he said.
“I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.”
