It’s not easy to discard a project you’ve worked hard on, but when it comes to the film Chloë Grace Moretz made with Louis C.K., the 21-year-old actor wouldn’t have it any other way.
I Love You, Daddy was dropped by its distributor in November of 2017 after five women accused C.K. of sexual misconduct in a New York Times article. News of the allegations came hours before the film was set to premiere in New York City, which the distribution company also cancelled.
Chloë had pulled out of promoting the film two weeks prior, when she first learned about the allegations. And on Friday, August 10, the actress made it clear that she thinks I Love You, Daddy shouldn’t ever be released. “I think it should just kind of go away, honestly,” she told the New York Times in a new interview.
In I Love You, Daddy, Chloë plays C.K.'s teenage daughter. The film follows her as she starts a relationship with a 68-year-old film director (John Malkovich) against her dad’s wishes. Although Deadline reported in December that C.K. was trying to buy back the rights to I Love You, Daddy in order to release the film himself, Chloë also said that she thinks men who have been outed for alleged inappropriate behavior in the #MeToo reckoning shouldn’t be given a platform. “I don’t think it’s time for them to have a voice right now,” she added in her latest conversation with the Times. "Of course, it’s devastating to put time into a project and have it disappear," the actor explained. "But at the same time, this movement is so powerful and so progressive that I’m just happy to be in communication with everyone and to see the big change in the face of the industry, which I think is very, very real."
Her decision not to support C.K. — or any other accused predator — may come as no surprise to those who are familiar with Chloë's politics and feminist ideology. The 21-year-old worked closely with Hillary Clinton during her presidential campaign, and gave a powerful speech at the 2016 DNC urging young people to get out and vote.
As she leaves I Love You, Daddy in the rearview mirror, the young activist is focusing on her new movie, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, where she plays a young queer woman sent to Christian conversion therapy. Chloë told the New York Times that she hopes the film shines a light on an important issue, noting that Miseducation is a "queer movie made by queer people for queer people." Of her character, Cameron, Chloë said: "She is incredibly strong but she enters a place, at first questioning it, and then pivots to wanting to see if it works, giving in altogether. Then she’s faced with the realization that this is all just a shot in the dark. And from that point on, she finds her own strength and she finds her own family."
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