Trending badge Trending TV and Movies · Posted 6 hours ago Taylor Zakhar Perez Responded To Jacob Elordi's Criticism Of "The Kissing Booth" Trilogy They're two heartthrobs with two wildly different opinions. by Mychal Thompson BuzzFeed Staff Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail Link These two Kissing Booth actors are doing a lot of kiss-and-tell lately. Marcos Cruz / Marcos Cruz/NETFLIX Recently, Jacob Elordi , 26, was critical of the Netflix rom-com, and now his costar, Taylor Zakhar Perez , 31, has responded to the criticism.
Steve Granitz / FilmMagic, Frazer Harrison / Getty Images The Kissing Booth trilogy was based on Beth Reekles' teen romance novel of the same name and starred Joey King and Joel Courtney alongside Jacob. Taylor joined the cast in the second installment. Marcos Cruz / Marcos Cruz/NETFLIX, / ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection Jacob made headlines when the GQ Man of the Year told the publication what he really thought about his breakout role in the franchise, and Taylor was taken aback.
Nbc / Nathan Congleton / NBC via Getty Images "I didn't want to make those movies before I made those movies," the Euphoria actor said. "Those movies are ridiculous. They're not universal.
They're an escape." Raymond Hall / GC Images Jacob shared that he starred as the "bad-boy jock with washboard abs" because he, more or less, needed a job. He pushed back when Gabriella Paiella of GQ referenced that The Kissing Booth fell into the " one for them, one for me " category.
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