Joey King is not yet promoting his new drama miniseries on Hulu, We Were The Lucky Ones, which depicts the Holocaust from the perspective of a Polish Jewish family.
During a local stop in his native Los Angeles to visit KTLA 5 Morning News In the studio alongside her co-star Amit Rahav, the actress was asked about her star power and whether she had the ability to greenlight a production just by signing a particular project.
‘To be fair, I am very blessed. That’s true to a certain extent,” King, 24, said of the assessment that he has the power to get a production off the ground. ‘I was lucky enough to be able to join this show and that gave the show the green light. And it’s a crazy position to be in.”
The Kissing Booth actress then proceeded to share her gratitude for having the power to guide her own career than most other actors.
“I feel very lucky because I don’t really identify with that ability,” she told the KTLA hosts. ‘It’s great! I’m still very enthralled and obsessed with what I do.’
Joey King, 24, spoke about his star power after the success of The Kissing Booth film franchise, while promoting his Hulu drama miniseries We Were The Lucky Ones.
King was also asked if she has become more selective in her career now that she has more star power within the industry.
“I still feel a lot of joy and wonder in the job I have,” the former child star revealed, before confessing that with more power comes more pressure.
‘Having more control over your own career is actually much scarier than one might think. It’s harder, but it’s the best problem you can have. “I’m very lucky to be in this position to be able to be a little more demanding now,” he said.
King, who began acting professionally at the age of four, was also asked if he felt his breakthrough in coming into his own within the acting industry came after the success of the Netflix film The Kissing. Booth (2018) and its two subsequent sequels.
“I’d say it’s very fair,” King said of the original teen romantic comedy written and directed by Vince Marcello.
‘For a lot of people that changed a lot for me. “It changed a lot from my personal opinion as well, but I also think some people sometimes forget that I’ve been acting for a long time before The Kissing Booth came out,” the actress shared about her career.
He added: “So it changed everything, but I was also lucky enough to have a lovely career that I loved so much.”
While discussing his role in We Were The Lucky Ones during a stop at the KTLA 5 Morning News studio alongside co-star Amit Rahav, King agreed with the assessment that he has reached a point in his career where he can give green light for a production.
“Having more control over your own career is actually a lot scarier than one might think,” King revealed to KTLA. ‘It’s more difficult, but it’s the best problem you can have. I’m very lucky to be in this position to be able to be a little more demanding now.’
We Were The Lucky Ones, which is an adaptation of the 2017 book of the same name by Georgia Hunter, is based on the true story of the Kurc family which in turn is inspired by the actor from the author’s own family, Amit Rahav, which is seen in We. They were the lucky ones
We Were The Lucky Ones, which is adapted from Georgia Hunter’s 2017 book of the same name, is based on the true story of the Kurc family, which in turn is inspired by the author’s own family.
Created by Erica Lipez, the story revolves around the Kurc family as they all try to reunite over eight years during the World War II era in the 1940s.
King plays the lead role of Halina Kurc, the younger sister, who works as a laboratory assistant to her brother-in-law, Selim.
Along with King, the cast also includes Logan Lerman, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Amit Rahav, Hadas Yaron, Lior Ashkenazi, Robin Weigert and Michael Aloni.
King, who began acting professionally at the age of four, admitted that his star power skyrocketed after the success of the Netflix film The Kissing Booth (2018) and its two subsequent sequels; The protagonist appears in a scene from the first film of the franchise.
“For a lot of people, that changed a lot for me,” King said of The Kissing Booth franchise. “My personal opinion has also changed a lot, but I also think some people sometimes forget that I’ve been acting for a long time before The Kissing Booth came out”; King is pictured with his The Kissing Booth 3 co-stars Jacob Elordi and Meganne Young.
We Were The Lucky Ones first premiered on Hulu on March 28.
At this point, the first six episodes are already available on the streaming platform, while the series finale will be out on May 2.
King landed his first television role when he was seven years old in a guest-starring appearance on Malcolm In The Middle (2006), which would be followed by his film debut in the animated comedy Horton Hears a Who! (2008).
Her Hollywood resume also includes Quarantine (2008), Ramona And Beezus (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Conjuring (2013), White House Down (2013), as well as the crime drama series The Act (2018) and Hamster & Gretel (2022-present).