Julianne Moore Hints At Plan To Leave The U.S. For The U.K. Months After Book Ban Scare

Julianne Moore has hinted at plans to permanently relocate to the United Kingdom with her husband, director Bart Freundlich.

The Hollywood actress could join a list of celebrities who are fleeing the country, many of whom are attributing their decision to President Donald Trump's reelection.

Julianne Moore's recent remarks come after she and her "Echo Valley" co-star, Sydney Sweeney, dazzled on the red carpet for the film's premiere last week.

Moore, who holds British citizenship through her late Scottish mother, Anne, could potentially relocate from the U.S. to live in the U.K. for the rest of her life.

The 64-year-old North Carolina-born actress appeared on Capital Breakfast with her "Echo Valley" co-star Sydney Sweeney on Tuesday, where she opened up about her plans to move to the U.K.

The conversation around moving began when host Chris Stark asked: "Julianne, you're a British citizen, is that right?"

Moore then replied: "Yeah, I have a passport," before a shocked Sweeney said: "No way, I didn't know that!"

"Yeah, my mother was from Scotland, so I have a British passport," Moore explained," per the Daily Mail.

Stark then said, "That's so cool." "I know it is cool, right?" Moore added.

"So, what's it like being back? Could you see yourself maybe coming and living here full-time?" Stark asked before Moore revealed, "I can actually, my husband and I have talked about that sometimes. It could be kind of fun."

"I've worked here a lot and I'm really comfortable here. I've been working here, gosh, probably since the nineties," she added.

The show's cohost Jordan North asked: "Really?"

"Yeah, since before that actually," Moore noted before adding: "Once I was coming into the U.K. and somebody told me I was in the wrong line and I was like 'No I'm not!'"

Moore could join a growing list of stars who have ditched the U.S. for life across the pond, including Courtney Love and Ellen DeGeneres, to mention a few.

According to the Daily Mail, Love revealed back in March that she's looking to become a British citizen because of "frightening Donald Trump's return to the White House."

She explained that she was looking to relocate to the U.K. permanently because of her dissatisfaction with the Trump administration in the U.S.

Speaking at the Royal Geographical Society in London, she said: "I'm really glad I'm here. It's so great to live here. I'm finally getting my British citizenship in six months. I get to be a citizen - I'm applying, man! Can't get rid of me."

She went on to slam Trump and his cabinet, saying, "In terms of Trump, and particularly this group... it's like emperor-core - like, [they're] wearing million-dollar watches."

"Emperor-core is going on at Mar-a-Lago. It's frightening now. It's like cyanide now," she added.

Moore's remarks about potentially leaving the U.S. come after she expressed "shock" about her children's book being banned by the Trump administration.

On her Instagram page in February, Moore shared the disheartening news of her semi-autobiographical novel being banned from schools run by the Department of Defense.

The actress revealed that she was shocked by the decision after learning of it from PEN America, an NGO that supports writers and defends their freedom to write.

"It is a great shock for me to learn that my first book, 'Freckleface Strawberry,' has been banned by the Trump Administration from schools run by the Department of Defense," Moore said in a lengthy post.

First released in 2007, Moore's book is a "semi-autobiographical story" that talks about a seven-year-old who struggles with having freckles but eventually comes to terms with them.

"It is a book I wrote for my children and for other kids to remind them that we all struggle, but are united by our humanity and our community," Moore added about the book, which has also led to numerous sequels, such as 2016's Freckleface Strawberry and the Really Big Voice.

Expressing more of her pain about the decision, Moore shared she was "particularly stunned" by it all due to her being an alumnus of a DOD school and having a Vietnam veteran as her father.

She added, "It is galling for me to realize that kids like me, growing up with a parent in the service and attending a @dodea_edu school will not have access to a book written by someone whose life experience is so similar to their own."

While it's clear that the censorship of the book is part of the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion, Moore revealed that she still can't wrap her head around what is "so controversial" about her book for it to be banned.

She concluded by saying she was "truly saddened" by the decision and never thought she would see it happen in a country where "freedom of speech and expression is a constitutional right."

Moore's intention to leave the country hasn't stopped her from looking as dazzling as ever. Last week, the actress stepped out on the red carpet with Sweeney for the world premiere of their new film "Echo Valley," which is set to debut on Apple TV+ on June 13.

In the film, Moore stars as Kate, a mother struggling to make peace with her daughter Claire, played by Sweeney.

The situation between the two characters soured further when Claire shows up on her doorstep covered in someone else's blood. As Kate tries to put the pieces together of what happened, she'll learn just how far a mother will go to protect her child.

The film, directed by Michael Pearce, also stars Domhnall Gleeson, Fiona Shaw, Edmund Donovan, Albert Jones, and Kyle MacLachlan.