‘The Kissing Booth’ Stars Joey King and Jacob Elordi Are Kissing In Real Life

Netflix’s newest original film, The Kissing Booth, is a reality-warping ode to teen horniness. (No, really, it is.) The film follows 16-year-old Elle Evans as she finds herself embroiled in a top secret love affair with her best friend’s cute older brother, Noah Flynn. What sparks the romance? Oh, you know, a Kissing Booth.

The film is bonkers and cute and sex positive and also a wee bit problematic, but its charm rests solely on the shoulders of its young stars. What sells the passion is the chemistry between the actors playing Elle and Noah: Joey King and Jacob Elordi.

But who are these comely young stars? Where have you seen them before? And is there a secret to the red hot spark between them? Here’s everything you need to know about the stars of The Kissing Booth. 

Who Is The Actress Playing Elle Evans? Meet Joey King

Here’s the thing about Joey King: she’s been working in Hollywood forever. In fact, she might have been one of the most successful child stars working in the last decade. She got to play young Marion Cotillard in The Dark Knight Rises, Emma Stone’s baby sister in Crazy, Stupid, Love, Channing Tatum’s daughter in White House Down, and she was Ramona in the 2010 flick Ramona and Beezus.

However, The Kissing Booth kind of marks a huge point of transition for the 18-year-old actress. It’s one of her very first roles as a romantic lead.

Who Is Jacob Elordi? Meet The Actor Behind Noah Flynn

Jacob Elordi is a 20-year-old Australian actor. The Kissing Booth is his first major U.S. production. He’s appeared in a couple of projects in his native Australia, but his first Hollywood gig was as an extra in a red coat in the most recent Pirates of the Caribbean flick.

So…Are Joey King & Jacob Elordi Dating In Real Life?

Well, I don’t pretend to know what goes on in the hearts of young people, however, the two have been caught canoodling at press events and acting very much like people in love. Joey King dished to Bello Magazine that they are indeed a couple and that it wasn’t love at first sight for her and the strapping Elordi. According to King, she thought Elordi was “very cute…but it started as a friendship.” How did he woo her? Apparently, the two bonded on set “talking about gross things.”

The heart always wants what the heart wants.

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