We're With Her - Joey King
Men's Journal|June - July 2022
A prince in one film, a princess in another? With a résumé as long as a Victorian novel, child star turned action-film ass kicker Joey King is ready for any challenge.
By Maggie Reynolds
We're With Her - Joey King

This summer you play Prince, an assassin who wields a TT-33 pistol while traveling 150+ mph with fellow killer Brad Pitt. What else makes Bullet Train special?

Bullet Train is a truly larger-than-life film that I can't believe I got to be a part of. I've been acting for a long time, but I had a zoom-out Hollywood moment of Wow, this is insane. I'm in an action film directed by David Leitch [John Wick, Deadpool 2] with Brad Pitt.

Brad is absolutely hysterical in this movie. And I love my character, Prince. She's so badass and so crazy. I learned a lot about guns and just being a super-cool assassin lady. I've always had a bit of action star in my bones.

A Life cereal commercial at 4 was your first role. After 18 years in front of the camera, were you able to school Pitt?

I taught him everything he knows. I traveled back in time and just taught him about acting.

Pitt return the favor?

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