Zac Efron & Joey King have undeniable chemistry as co-stars, admitting their expectations were exceeded when they finally met each other. From Joey confessing her initial nervousness meeting Zac and revealing her collection of posters and merch with his face on them, to Zac sharing his most embarrassing on-set moment during his first kissing scene, the co-stars get hilariously candid. As Joey explains what 'the tea' means to Zac, the pair bond over their mutual admiration for Nicole Kidman and their dislike of skinny jeans. Plus, Zac & Joey share their favorite on-set memory filming 'A Family Affair,' which features plenty of improv and even a Cher shoutout.
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00:00You know this already, I've told you a million times, I have posters of you on my desk.
00:03Like, lots of merch with your face on it, pajamas, diaries, everything.
00:08It's true!
00:10Now I'm blushing.
00:11Hey, I'm Zac Efron.
00:12And I'm Joey King.
00:13And today we're gonna let Elle ask us anything.
00:18Like anything.
00:19What was your favorite rom-com growing up?
00:22The first thing that comes to mind is She's the Man.
00:24I love that movie.
00:25I love it too.
00:26I love it. It makes me laugh so hard.
00:28Man of Iron is so funny in that movie.
00:29What is one role you wish you had auditioned for, past or present?
00:34Some one of the characters in The Goonies.
00:35Oh, I like that answer.
00:37Yeah.
00:37Would you have been alive?
00:39No.
00:40Okay.
00:40But it was any movie, past or present, right?
00:42Oh, yeah, you're right.
00:43I wasn't, I didn't listen to my own question that I had.
00:45Laura, you know what?
00:47Neo in The Matrix.
00:48Oh, that's really cool.
00:49No, I think Keanu is the best one.
00:51I wouldn't have gone with me either.
00:52Yeah, you would have lost the role, but at least you would have auditioned for it.
00:54Wish it would have been there.
00:55That's what counts.
00:56Who is one celebrity you would like to have as a boss?
01:00You, I guess.
01:01I don't know.
01:01I'll take that.
01:02Yeah.
01:03That's sweet.
01:03I think you'd be fine, I guess.
01:05I don't know.
01:06You'd be a great boss too.
01:07The thing is, I don't want to say anyone that I actually love,
01:09because I feel like it'd be heartbreaking.
01:12Yeah, well, I also feel like it'd be heartbreaking to work for someone
01:15that you really, really, really love, and it wouldn't if it doesn't go well.
01:19So that's why I said you, because I think you're fine.
01:22Yeah, great.
01:22You're good.
01:23At this point, you've kind of vetted me out.
01:25I'm just kidding.
01:26How did it feel to reunite with Nicole Kidman on screen 10 years,
01:2812 years, actually, I think, after The Paperboy?
01:31It was kind of a dream come true.
01:32I've hoped it would happen again, and I can't believe that it did.
01:35It was pretty cool.
01:36She called me and was like, do you want to do this movie?
01:39Because I'll do it if you do it.
01:40It's so cool.
01:41I think I just paused for an awkward, like, 15 seconds, taking that in.
01:45You were like, clutching my pearls.
01:47Feelings mutual?
01:47Oh, sure.
01:49Yeah, if you, yeah, yeah, let's do it.
01:52And what a pair you two are.
01:54That's so fun.
01:54So hot together.
01:57What is your favorite memory from the set of the performance?
02:00I think my favorite moments were when you and I would just completely
02:04go off the rails with our improv.
02:06And you always say, like, we had to really believe the silly things we
02:09were saying, and it was so much fun.
02:11And it was kind of this, like, who's going to break first vibe,
02:14and it was usually me.
02:15There was one particular day when we were stuck in that car.
02:17Yeah.
02:18And we had, like, these super expensive digital screens around.
02:21And we just kept singing, like, do you believe in love after love?
02:25And I was sitting there in the movie.
02:27I have this, like, blank face, because I was, like,
02:30literally biting my tongue.
02:32Because I had broken so many times.
02:33It took so long to film that.
02:35What was your first impression of me?
02:38I feel like my first impression, I was pretty dead on.
02:40I think I got a pretty good read of what you'd be like.
02:43And if anything, you surpassed my expectations.
02:46You're just very lovely.
02:47The fun that you have in your performances and as an actor,
02:51it radiates through.
02:52And I think that has to come from, like, a really honest place.
02:54That's so nice.
02:55It was true.
02:56I felt validated in that.
02:57I was like, all right, you got one right.
03:00What am I supposed to do with that?
03:01Like, that's so sweet.
03:03And you exceeded all my expectations.
03:05You're the best.
03:05It's honestly one of those things where it's actually
03:07kind of scary to meet someone you admire so much, you love so much.
03:10But it wasn't scary at all, because you're the best.
03:13And just to touch on what you said about me, which was really nice,
03:17I think the way you work is amazing.
03:18And your improvisation skills are the best I've ever seen in my life.
03:21Thank you.
03:22That means the world.
03:22You're welcome.
03:23You're sweet.
03:24So I guess we're being nice to each other now.
03:25Now I'm blushing.
03:27OK, your turn.
03:28What does a night out with Taylor Zakhar Perez system?
03:32That's a really funny question.
03:33Oh, dear.
03:34A night on the town, perhaps?
03:37Potentially a movie, if we're feeling like we don't want to gab that much.
03:40But usually we're in the mood to gab.
03:42So probably dinner.
03:43Dinner.
03:44Dinner and hangs at the house.
03:46And hangs with the dogs.
03:47And we also like to go to Mammoth a lot.
03:49We like to go to Mammoth.
03:49So it's not really a night.
03:51It's like a full weekend, which is fun.
03:52Sounds fun.
03:53I need to squeeze in for one of those.
03:54Who's your current style icon?
03:57Ooh, Elvis.
03:58Love that anthem.
03:59Elvis is cool.
03:59Steve McQueen was pretty cool.
04:01Paul Newman was very cool.
04:02Who else?
04:03Oh, Cary Grant.
04:04James Bond.
04:06So yeah, really great style icons there.
04:10What excites you most in fashion right now?
04:13Ooh, that's a good question.
04:15Latex.
04:16Latex.
04:18Just to do that.
04:21I think what excites me most in fashion right now,
04:25I like this vibe of we're not trying too hard.
04:27I like wrinkly shirts that aren't all the way buttoned with relaxed jeans
04:31and cute ballet flats.
04:33I love this vibe that's happening right now.
04:35A little bit Y2K mixed with a little bit modern.
04:39I feel like the 90s.
04:40Yes, they are.
04:41It's so funny, because I was there in the 90s wearing that stuff.
04:44Yeah.
04:45What were those really pipey, long jeans?
04:47I know what you're talking about.
04:48And I remember realizing how dumb they were and going,
04:51I'm never going to wear anything like this ever again.
04:55And now everyone's walking around the street in those.
04:58So funny.
04:58So it's crazy.
04:59I'm happy that skinny jeans went out of style.
05:01Yeah, me too.
05:02Those suck, especially when you start lifting weights.
05:04You're like, how the fuck?
05:06What is the most frequently asked question in your DMs?
05:09I don't know if you even read your DMs.
05:11I don't read DMs.
05:11I don't even know what a DM is.
05:13Yeah, I'm fucking right.
05:15I've never been in my DMs.
05:17Never?
05:18No.
05:18Never once?
05:19No, maybe I've looked at it once a couple years ago.
05:22But I feel like the effort to not have it on my phone.
05:24I feel like you have got to have some crazy things in your DMs
05:29from the most famous people.
05:31The tea that is in there, mm.
05:35What does that mean?
05:36Tea means gossip, the hot take, the skinny.
05:42Tea.
05:42The tea.
05:43If you could cameo in any TV show, what would it be?
05:46I want to be on Top Chef as a quick fire judge.
05:50That would be amazing.
05:51You'd crush that.
05:52I know.
05:53What is your most embarrassing on-set story?
05:55I was real young.
05:57This is my first kissing scene.
05:58It was on a show called Summerland.
06:00And I didn't realize that eating fish right before that
06:03was probably not a good idea.
06:05And I kissed my co-star, and she went,
06:07did you eat fish for lunch?
06:09And everybody laughed.
06:10Oh, no, that's so embarrassing.
06:11Yeah, I'm scarred for life.
06:12What was the highlight from your first Cannes Film Festival?
06:15Ooh, you know what?
06:16I got to see Sean Baker's new film,
06:17Onora, starring Mikey Madison.
06:19And it was amazing.
06:20I see.
06:21I heard that one's real sick.
06:22Which character of yours would you love to reprise?
06:25I don't know.
06:26There's been some fun ones.
06:27Oh, maybe Teddy from Neighbors.
06:29Oh, I thought you were like Teddy, like Ted Bundy.
06:33Yeah, no, that story's kind of right.
06:34I was like, huh, that's a choice.
06:36What's one proper wardrobe piece you've taken from a set?
06:39Oh, I took Ted Bundy's sweater.
06:43And I gave it to my mom, and she loves it.
06:45Oh, my god.
06:47Wait, that's so funny.
06:48She wears it all the time.
06:49It's really funny.
06:50She sends me photos that she's wearing.
06:52That's amazing.
06:54It's funny, because it was kind of uncomfortable to show her
06:56that, maybe, in the first place.
06:57Of course.
06:57She loves the sweater.
06:58That's so funny.
07:01What's the best advice you've gotten from another actor?
07:03Patricia Arquette and I worked together on the act.
07:05And she was so amazing.
07:06One thing that she really taught me
07:08if I'm ever doing a love scene or a scene where I maybe
07:11don't have as much clothing on as normal,
07:14she taught me how to really ask for what I need to feel safe
07:17and to be comfortable and to not be afraid to ask
07:20for those things, because they're just basic human
07:23decency things to ask for.
07:25But she made me feel like being slightly assertive in that way
07:29was not a bad thing.
07:29So I really appreciate that.
07:30No, it's actually super important.
07:32That was really good.
07:32That's really, really good advice.
07:33Wait, is that it?
07:35Yeah.
07:37Thank you so much for watching.
07:38Be sure to watch A Family Affair on Netflix.