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Chloƫ Grace Moretz throws shade at rival queer film

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Actress ChloĆ« Grace Moretz is throwing shade at a rival film featuring LGBTQ characters ā€“ and itā€™s about to get real.

Moretz, 21, stars in the coming of age conversion therapy drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post.Ā In the film, she plays the role of Cameron, a girl who gets caught having sex with the prom queen and is sent to an inhumane camp for reform.

While promoting the movie, Moretz revealed her stance on LGBTQ stories on-screen, specifically that ā€œqueer films should be made be queer people.ā€ It was a reference to the rival film Boy, ErasedĀ due out in November.

The Miseducation of Cameron PostĀ andĀ Boy, ErasedĀ both tackle the thorny topic of gay conversion therapy. The major difference is that The Miseducation of Cameron Post was helmed by bisexual female director Desiree Akhavan andĀ Boy, ErasedĀ by straight star-turned-director Joel Edgerton.

Moretz not only threw shade at the difference in directors, she also tossed some soil at the competitionā€™s cast.

WhileĀ The Miseducation of Cameron Post relied heavily on character content versus star power,Ā Boy, Erased touts a lineup including Nicole Kidman,Ā Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, and Troye Sivan.

ā€œThis movie was directed by a bisexual woman of diversity, it has a very diverse cast and we didnā€™t cast all celebrities,ā€ Moretz said.Ā ā€œYou just look at the discrepancy and thatā€™s shocking.ā€

To be fair,Ā Boy, ErasedĀ is an on-screen adaption of the memoir of the same name written byĀ Garrard Conley. The memoir ā€“ and subsequent film ā€“ recounts Conleyā€™s experience at a gay conversion therapy camp in 2004.

In real life, Moretz is recently uncoupling from on-again/off-again boyfriend Brooklyn Beckham. She has two gay brothers and has been relatively outspoken regarding gay rights.

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