Chloë Grace Moretz Reveals Why Making Tom and Jerry Was a Scary Experience

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 Peña, 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