In The Kissing Booth, Joey King plays a normal California teen. Her character attends Los Angeles Country Day High School and occasionally visits her closest buddy Lee Flynn’s (Joel Courtney) opulent Hollywood mansion.
In the opening scene of The Kissing Booth, Elle recounts the passing of her mother, who had previously been a student at the same university as Lee’s mother.
Joey King had her head shaved for a different job, so she wears a wig in The Kissing Booth 2.
One year after The Kissing Booth’s filming was over, in 2017, King was ready to play Gypsy Blanchard in Hulu’s The Act, which called for a very different haircut to be true to the character.
Is Joey wearing a wig in The Kissing Booth?
Yes, due to prior performance, actress Joey King had to wear a wig when playing Elle Evans in the 2020 Netflix film The Kissing Booth 2.