It is not surprising that fans allege romance between two lead characters of any film after
its premiere. First of all, because these things did happen before. For example, Brad
Pitt and Angelina Jolie met on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith when Pitt was married to
Jennifer Aniston. The electric on-screen chemistry quickly converted into a new family. And
it was not just one case in a million. Second of all, it is a sign of good acting when the
audiences get persuaded by the performance of the film stars to the extent that their
romance seems so real. And finally, we just think they are so cute and lovable together,
that we come up with a bunch of arguments to prove our point.
So, when The Kissing Booth 2 was released, we were not ALLEGING things between Joey King
and Jacob Elordi, because we knew exactly they had dated after the first movie release
and had split up before the sequel was in the making. But there appeared something new
this time: the love story between King's character Elle and the guy named Marco and played by
aspiring young actor Taylor Zakhar Perez. Spoiler alert: even though in the movie Elle
rejected Marco because she couldn't imagine her life without Noah, in real life we are
already not sure about actors Joey King and Taylor Perez.
Initially, it started as a rumour by fans who couldn't but notice a very warm connection
between the two. As we already mentioned before, it is a normal thing for us, fans, to allege.
However, things escalated pretty fast and now they are already posting photos of each
other with ambiguous caption, gushing about each other during interviews and stuff. So
now we have all the reasons to believe this romance might be for real! And we also have
all the reasons to believe that Joey and Taylor are perfect for each other. Check out our
arguments right now!
Right after the premiere, King who has just turned 21 shared a photo on her Instagram
story with her arms wrapped around Taylor saying:
“Got tested just so we could hug today.” In another story she called him her (quote)
"favourite weirdo".
But that was just the tip of the iceberg. Check out this TikTok video by
the duo!
They have become really good friends while filming The Kissing Booth sequel and . And
friendship always makes good grounds for relationships. Even after that, after the hype around the
second film started to calm down, King and Perez didn't stop spending time together.
It looks like they even went vacationing together. Perez posted several photos of him and Joey
with the cutest captions ever.
"I could write about this woman all day. She is the reason I joined the KB2 family, she
welcomed me with open arms and love, she supported me, she pushed me, she made me laugh, she
inspired me to be a better actor...Grateful for you forever."
What is more, during his recent interview, Taylor said he is not dating anyone and instantly
added: "Like, I'm a fan of Joey and wish that she
would date me, you know what I mean?" And then he laughed, but wow, Taylor! That
didn't sound like a joke!
By the way, it looks like Joey shows her affection mostly in an ironic way and 28-year-old Taylor
is not shy to express his gratitude and excitement more openly.
But we can understand why King might be extra careful about dating co-stars. Interestingly,
her relationships with Jacob Elordi also started with a friendship.
She told Bello magazine: "We were spending 17 hours a day together,
and all of us would hang out after work and watch movies together and stuff. It was great."
For nearly 2 years they were spending each spare minute together and shared snaps on
their social media and then… they split up. The public nature of their relationship
meant their break-up became public, as well. And that obviously hurt a lot.
There have been rumours that King is dating producer Steven Piet. But hey… If so, why
is she spending her vacation with Marco, we mean Perez?
Another thing that cannot go unnoticed when we speak about rom-com co-stars is how appreciative
and supportive they are of each other.
King says:
"Taylor is like, literally one of the funniest people I've ever met in my life, the most
genuine person. He's so giving and would do anything for his friends. He's the greatest
guy."
And we already mentioned how Perez is grateful to his younger though more experienced co-star
for challenging him to become better. Hard to believe, but for Perez actually The Kissing
Booth 2 is the first big role that catapulted him to fame.
Taylor got an early start performing in regional musicals while growing up in Northwest Indiana
and eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Perez had no idea how big The Kissing
Booth was when he auditioned for the role in January 2019. It was his first audition
of the year and look at him now!
Before the premiere, he had around 60 thousand followers; this figure is now approaching
the shocking 4 million. And that's just after one film! So it is very important for Perez
to have colleagues and friends and … girlfriend? who support him in his career steps.
Meanwhile, King has already had quite a number of notable roles. She has already received
critical acclaim for her starring part in the drama series The Act and was nominated
for both a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award.
So, getting back to our alleged love birds: they both work hard, they are both on the
rise of their careers and they both know how to appreciate someone familiar with their
struggles and challenges.
Basically, we don't see a single reason why these two should NOT be together. Do you?