Joey King pivots to play a sword-wielding warrior in the stunt-laden The Princess.
“It scared me a little bit,” admits King, also in this summer’s forthcomingBullet Train.
“I didn’t have the training and haven’t done fight sequences.”
Joey King in ‘The Princess’.Simon Varsano/20th Century Studios
We want her to be tired, to feel like she’s in danger."
At its core,The Princessis an underdog story, set in a patriarchal society.
“She’s overcoming all these people’s expectations of her,” King says.
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“She really breaks those barriers and shows everyone she is worthy,” King says.
“These two villains complement each other so well,” she says.
“They both played them so beautifully, and I had such a good time filming with them.”
“I just admire Veronica.
She’s an amazing fighter, and I learned so much from her.”
