CHLOE AS CARRIE

Moretz has already carved a noteworthy career with a range of diverse roles, including a smart-mouthed child in 2009's "(500) Days of Summer," the pre-pubescent potty-mouthed vigilante girl in 2010's R-rated "Kick-Ass," and a moody teenager in 2012 vampire comedy "Dark Shadows."

With so many feisty young female roles under her belt, Moretz said it was a challenge to play someone as introverted, timid and naive as Carrie.

"I myself am very confident, I'm very attuned with my emotions and I'm fine with myself," she said. "I feel older than I am because I feel like I've dealt with more emotions at a young age. So finding the vulnerability in Carrie was interesting."

Despite Carrie's story being written almost 40 years ago, Moore, who developed a strong bond with Moretz during filming, said the film and its messages would still resonate with modern-day audiences.

"The movie is about something that is timeless, the effects of social isolation and what that really does to people. You see Margaret and her self-imposed isolation and what that's done to her mental health, and then you see what people in this community do to this child," she said.

But don't expect Moretz not to channel some attitude into the painfully shy Carrie.

"She's a brilliant girl, she's filled with so much wonder and she wants to know so many things, but she's emotionally stunted. I really wanted her not to be stupid," Moretz said.

Unlike Spacek, who was in her mid-20s when making the 1976 film, Moretz, who was 15 at the film of filming, had the advantage of being in the same adolescent age group as Carrie.

"I remember when I first got my period, I remember that first kiss, I remember when I first really liked a guy," she said. "Everything was fresher than someone who is 24 or 25."

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