{"id":100816,"date":"2025-03-27T10:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=100816"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:40:03","slug":"long-live-joey-king-grazia-usa-spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/long-live-joey-king-grazia-usa-spring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey King: Long Live the King"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Words by Federica Volpe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Photography by Sarah Krick, <\/strong><\/em>Styling by Oretta Corbelli<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Actress and producer Joey King is the new Max Mara Face of the Future, as \u201cshe embodies the strength, creativity, and passion of a leader for her generation,\u201d says Maria Giulia Prezioso Maramotti, director of the brand. \u201cIt feels surreal to be recognized by Max Mara and Women in Film in front of actresses and women I look up to and in front of my family\u2013with whom I share this award\u2013because they made me the woman I am today,\u201d King says. At 25, the number of films and TV titles King has worked on is more than twice her age. The film series she starred in, The Kissing Booth<\/em>, was a huge success and gave the 25-year-old actress massive popularity. However, with her performance in the crime drama series The Act<\/em>, she received critical acclaim along with SAG, Emmy, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award nominations. The Act<\/em> is based on the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, with whom Joey has never interacted except via messages. \u201cI\u2019ve never met Gypsy,\u201d she explains. \u201cThe extent of our interaction was a couple of friendly and nice words over Instagram DM. What attracted me to that project was the delicate nature of telling someone\u2019s story when they\u2019re still alive, and when there\u2019s so much information about them that everyone has access to and can cross-reference your performance and accuracy. That made me very nervous but also excited. I was really lucky because I was given the freedom to find my version of playing Gypsy. It was the most incredible experience to work on something everyone cared so deeply about.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She recently starred in and produced Uglies<\/em>, a science fiction drama based on Scott Westerfeld\u2019s novel, set in a dystopian reality with strict beauty standards. It doesn\u2019t sound so different from today\u2019s reality, where the pressure of aesthetic standards is often placed on women, a pressure Joey is very aware of. \u201cIt\u2019s inevitable nowadays not to feel a certain pressure. If you subscribe to social media, whether you are a celebrity or not, people will make assumptions about your appearance, personality, and life. I think people are a little too comfortable voicing their opinions nowadays. It seems more important to be humorous than kind. I also think there\u2019s a certain pressure put on women, with things expected of them when they reach a certain age. I feel that pressure and I\u2019m in my 20s. I\u2019ll surely feel it more as I get older. A lot of women feel it, it\u2019s unfair and crazy. I\u2019m so glad many inspiring actresses and female directors are making art that addresses this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

With her production company, All the King\u2019s Horses, she tries to find talented filmmakers and foster their vision because her inspiration \u201cis a collaborative kind of inspiration.\u201d This collaborative inspiration is, in fact, what attracts her to a project: \u201cIf I look at my career so far, I don\u2019t know if I could have predicted any of the projects I\u2019ve worked on. I get really inspired when I feel someone else\u2019s inspirational energy. I love the nature of how spontaneous many of my decisions as an actress have been because, at times, I\u2019ve gotten very excited about a script and just jumped right in, even if I wouldn\u2019t have necessarily thought I\u2019d want to do something like that. Most importantly, though, I want characters to feel, to have real-life stakes and personalities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Throughout her career she\u2019s worked with acting legends such as Nicole Kidman, in the movie A Family Affair<\/em>: \u201cI\u2019m just so amazed and inspired by Nicole,\u201d she says. \u201cShe\u2019s so funny, talented, and caring. Working with her makes you realize how she rose to the position of leadership that she so elegantly holds, by being kind, compassionate, and collaborative with other people. She is also just such a badass who knows what she wants and is so sure of herself. I find that amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are also other women in Hollywood that King dreams of working with in the future: \u201cOne day, I\u2019d love to work with Greta Gerwig and Angela Bassett. There are so many incredible women I really look up to, both in front of and behind the camera. I can\u2019t wait to continue my career and work with more female filmmakers and more women in general. I\u2019m lucky to live in a time where there are more opportunities for women than ever before, and I\u2019m really thankful to all the women who came before me in this industry, who laid down the groundwork and trailblazed the path for us to have more opportunities, more say, and more creative power. Of course, there is still a lot more to be done, and there are still many things we\u2019re striving for. Hopefully, those goals will be reached.<\/p>\n

Hair by Dimitris Giannetos (@Dimitrishair), Makeup by Allan Avenda\u00f1o (@Allanface), Nails by Thuy Nguyen (@Thuybnguyen)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

PA by Bryan Javier (@Bryanjavier.Jpg), Styling Assistance by Alessandra Mai Vinh (@Alessandra.Maivinh)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Read GRAZIA USA\u2019<\/em>s Spring Issue<\/a> featuring cover star Paris Hilton<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n