The character never should have worked at all. Sure, in a comic book you can have children murdering people in cold blood and dropping c-bombs, but, you know, the movies aren’t like ‘Nam; there are rules.
Clearly director Matthew Vaughn knew he had a major challenge in front of him when he chose to adapt Kick-Ass, and present the character of Hit Girl exactly as she was in the comic: an 11-year-old killing machine.
With a few exceptions (notably Roger Ebert and CB’s own Josh Tyler), critics have embraced this pint-size dose of mayhem as a heroine, and even a feminist icon.
So how did he do it? Taking the film step by step, and pretty much ignoring all the Kick-Ass parts (he matters less in the movie than you think), you can see exactly how it happened. Behold: The Evolution of Hit Girl, A Terrorizing Hero.
Step 1: Cast the right actress.
Yes, Hit Girl existed in Mark Millar’s original comic, but there was no way the character could have translated to the screen without a serious casting coup.
Enter Chloe Moretz, an 11-year-old when they filmed the movie, and quite possibly the most confident onscreen adolescent since Jodie Foster.
Moretz plays a girl who, yes, has had an unconventional childhood, but is more skilled and capable of handling the harsh realities of life than those of us who were treated to more normal educations, like, you know, kindergarten.
Hit Girl isn’t paranoid like her father, or insecure like Kick-Ass and Red Mist; she’s a capable and fearless human who just happens to be pre-pubescent.
Read more — Getting Away With Hit Girl: How Kick-Ass Lets You Root For An Adolescent Killer
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