Joey King reveals being able to be more selective in her career is 'actually a ... trends now
Joey King is still out on the promotional push for her 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 her native Los Angeles to the KTLA 5 Morning News studio alongside co-star Amit Rahav, the actress was asked about her star power, and whether she has ability to greenlight a production just signing on to a particular project.
'To be fair, I'm very blessed. That's true to an extent,' King, 24, said of the assessment that she has the power to get a production off the ground. 'This show, I was lucky enough to be able to attach myself to and that got the show greenlit. And that's a crazy position to be in.'
The Kissing Booth actress then proceeded to share her gratitude in having the power to guide her own career path than most other actors.
'I feel so lucky because I don't really equate myself with that ability,' she told the KTLA anchors. 'It's cool! I'm still very enthralled and obsessed with what I do.'
Joey King, 24, dished about having star power after the success of The Kissing Booth film franchise, while promoting her Hulu drama miniseries We Were The Lucky Ones
King was also asked if she's 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 that 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 a lot scarier than one might think. It's harder, but it's the best problem you can have. I'm very lucky that I'm in this position to be able to be a little more pickier now,' she said.
King, who began acting professionally at the age of four, was also asked whether she felt her big breakthrough in garnering her power within the acting industry came after the success of the Netflix film The Kissing Booth (2018), and its subsequent two sequels.
'I would say that very fair,' King said of the original teen romantic comedy that was written and directed by Vince Marcello.
'For a lot of people that changed a lot for me. It changed a lot from my own personal opinion as well, but also I think some people forget sometimes that I've been acting for a very long time before The
