Joey King visits WIRED to answer her most searched questions on Google. Where did Joey meet her husband? How old was she when she made Ramona and Beezus? How did she meet Taylor Swift? Joey King answers these questions and plenty more as she does the WIRED Autocomplete Interview.A FAMILY AFFAIR premieres globally on Netflix June 28, https://www.netflix.com/AFamilyAffairDESPICABLE ME 4 is in theaters July 3, https://www.despicable.me/Director: Justin WolfsonDirector of Photography: AJ YoungEditor: Lydia Bowden; Matthew ColbyTalent: Joey KingLine Producer: Joseph BuscemiAssociate Producer: Paul GulyasProduction Manager: Peter BrunetteProduction Coordinator: Rhyan LarkTalent Booker: Meredith JudkinsCamera Operator: Lucas VilicichSound Mixer: Paul CornettProduction Assistant: Liza Antonova; Fernanda BarajasPost Production Supervisor: Christian OlguinPost Production Coordinator: Ian BryantSupervising Editor: Doug LarsenAssistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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00:00I'm Joey King, and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview.
00:03That's really funny.
00:12Here we go.
00:14Was Joey King on Survivor?
00:17Kind of.
00:18So growing up, Survivor was my family's favorite show.
00:21We would have family night every Thursday, then it changed to Wednesday if you're a fan,
00:25you know.
00:26And we were friendly with some of the family of Sir Probst, and I got to ask a question
00:34at the season finale to the contestant Ozzie, who I was in love with at the time.
00:39So technically, yes, I was on Survivor.
00:42And it's a really funny haircut I had.
00:44Joey King, glam bot fail.
00:47Oh, guys, it's, you know, it's true.
00:51I was at the People's Choice Awards in 2020 or 2021, I don't remember.
00:55It was my first time doing a glam bot, and I, like, you know, spun around and made a
01:00silly face and, like, gave a thumbs up and gave, like, a half smirk.
01:04But for some reason, I looked totally toothless and, like, so ugly.
01:10I would make fun of me, too.
01:11I actually constantly do make fun of me when I do some stupid stuff like that.
01:17Joey King, Dark Knight Rises.
01:18That's true.
01:19I was in the Dark Knight Rises.
01:20I was 11, I think, when I was in that movie, 10 or 11.
01:23The Chris Nolan Batman universe was just so cool.
01:28Like, I can't believe I still get to say that that's true.
01:31First time I shaved my head.
01:32And then I fell in love with it and kept doing it.
01:34Joey King, Family Affair.
01:36Family Affair, my new movie with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron.
01:40It's wonderful and it's super funny and it's super cute.
01:42And I'm super proud of it.
01:44And yeah, watch it, please.
01:47Who is Joey King's best friend?
01:50Probably my sisters.
01:51They're both my best friends.
01:52Kelly and Hunter.
01:53Shout out to them.
01:54First of all, I'm the youngest sister.
01:56I'm the youngest of three.
01:57My oldest sister is very Kelly.
01:58She's very much like older sister vibes.
02:00She likes to take care of all of us.
02:02She's a little bit more type A.
02:04My middle sister, Hunter, she's very funny and also very sensitive and has a huge heart.
02:12And then there's me.
02:13I think I'm thoughtful.
02:14I like to buy people presents.
02:16I like to wrap presents.
02:18Who is Joey King to Selena Gomez?
02:21Joey King to Selena Gomez was the Ramona counterpart in the movie Ramona and Beezus.
02:25That was my first leading role when I was a youngster.
02:28I was nine when I made that movie with Selena.
02:30That was the job I really fell in love with what I do.
02:33Who designed Joey King's wedding dress?
02:39Oscar de la Renta.
02:42Prettiest thing I've ever put on my body.
02:43Like the biggest thing I've ever put on my body.
02:46It's sitting in like a closet in the house and it's like bursting at the seams.
02:50It's like just trying to get out of the closet.
02:52It's so large.
02:53I don't know how you preserve those.
02:54Like do you get it like shadow box, like vacuum sealed?
02:58I don't know.
02:59I don't want it to yellow.
03:00Any tips on how to preserve my wedding dress?
03:02It's kind of just sitting in a closet right now and I know that's not how you are supposed
03:05to save it.
03:06Who attended Joey King's wedding?
03:09I don't know.
03:10115 people.
03:11You want to know every single one of them?
03:14I don't know what to tell you.
03:15My family did.
03:16My friends came.
03:18His friends from Chicago.
03:21My husband's from Chicago.
03:22It was a destination wedding.
03:23We was in Mallorca and if you're not from New York, it took at least two planes to get
03:28there.
03:29So a lot of people who love us came and we were really appreciative of that and it was
03:33the best weekend of my life.
03:35Okay.
03:36How is Joey King?
03:39That's really funny.
03:42I'm fine.
03:43You know?
03:44I'm okay.
03:45I'm doing, I'm trucking along.
03:48I'm happy.
03:49I'm pretty good.
03:50Does Joey King have an accent?
03:53I mean, don't we all have some kind of accent?
03:56I'm American.
03:57I'm from California.
03:58I grew up with a grandmother and a mom who are from Philly.
04:02I hate the sound of my own voice.
04:04Who doesn't?
04:05That has nothing to do with the question.
04:07I have an accent probably, an American accent.
04:10Why is Joey King in Romania?
04:12I was in Romania filming my television series, my mini series called We Were the Lucky Ones.
04:18I loved it there because I love making that show and I also adopted my dog there.
04:24So that's really cool.
04:26Fable.
04:27Shout out to Fable for capturing my heart in Romania, you weirdo.
04:31Now you live in Los Angeles, you lucky duck.
04:35When did Joey King meet her husband?
04:39I met my husband while working on a television show called The Act.
04:45He was directing and I was acting and I was so smitten with him and I convinced him to
04:53go on a date with me and the rest is history.
04:57So I asked him out, which was really brave of me.
05:00Can't believe I did that, but I'm glad I did.
05:02It worked out.
05:03So that's how I met my husband.
05:05Love you, babe.
05:06When did Joey King meet Taylor Swift?
05:09I met Taylor Swift for the first time when I was, I think 11 years old.
05:16I was in the meme music video with her.
05:18She's BFFs with Selena, which we know.
05:21She was like, oh my God, she should be in my music video and I was like, literally so
05:26excited.
05:27My God, one of the coolest moments for me.
05:29How old was Joey King in Ramona and Beezus?
05:32I was nine years old.
05:33I was eight when I auditioned for it and they thought I was too young to play Ramona, so
05:39I didn't get it.
05:40And then it took them so long to keep looking for other Ramonas while they were casting
05:45it that they actually called me back again like a year later.
05:48They're like, we know you're a little older now.
05:50Maybe you want to come and audition again and I was really excited and then I got it
05:54and that changed my life.
05:55The cool part about starting so young was that it was kind of just fun for me.
05:59I didn't quite understand the responsibility of it and I just fell in love with the feeling
06:03of it, of letting loose.
06:05I loved pretending as a kid and I still love pretending.
06:08Are Joey King and Hunter King sisters?
06:12Bingo!
06:13Correct.
06:14We are sisters.
06:15Happily.
06:16We've been sisters happily for the past 25 years.
06:19Thank goodness.
06:20She's the best.
06:21Joey King, Minions.
06:24I'm in the new Despicable Me movie, Despicable Me 4.
06:28It's so funny.
06:29It's so cute and I can't wait for people to see it.
06:32It makes me LOL.
06:34Joey King, Vanity Fair Oscar party.
06:37What did I do?
06:39Did I do something?
06:40Was it when I was taking shots on the red carpet with the Entertainment Tonight interviewer?
06:43It was, it was more, that was like, I was, I was being polite.
06:49Although I did instigate it a little bit, but he had it there.
06:52I'm always afraid that's like I did something wrong or like I did something embarrassing,
06:57but no, I kind of slayed with that outfit.
06:58I was wearing a full Balenciaga look that just, I love that dress so much.
07:04I was so curious how they make it look like that.
07:06And they like, it's like silk and they dip it or spray it in this wax material to preserve
07:12the shape of it after draping it.
07:14I just, it's so cool.
07:16Is Joey King a dancer?
07:19Not professionally, but I can throw down.
07:22Joey King, Life Cereal.
07:24This was my first job ever in the industry.
07:26I did a Life Cereal commercial.
07:28I was four and it was so cute.
07:30I looked like a little cherub at the time.
07:32What happened?
07:33I remember I spilled the milk and I cried because I thought I did something wrong.
07:36And my mom was like, no, like chill, like you're cute.
07:39Everyone loved it.
07:40And I was like, what do you mean?
07:41I was so emotional.
07:42That kind of kickstarted everything.
07:44Life Cereal commercial, man.
07:45And Life Cereal is in my top three favorite cereals today, but the Cinnamon Life Cereal
07:50specifically.
07:51You know what?
07:52This was really fun.
07:53And like I said, I hate the sound of my own voice.
07:55So hopefully you don't.