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“I couldn’t be prouder of those movies. I loved them so much and playing that character made me happy. I’ll never regret those movies, and I love them so much no matter what anyone says,” she said.
That being said, the Emmy-nominated actress still seeks roles that are different from the last to keep her creative flow going.
“I really do try to stop and realize how special this experience is. If I play too much of the same thing too many times, I’m not gonna enjoy myself. I’m not going to feel challenged enough,“The Princessstar explained. “So I’m just kind of doing whatever the hell I want.”
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King recentlytold Digital Spythat she didn’t worry about getting “stuck in"Kissing Booth"because I made that choice to go back.”
“For me, I never was concerned with people just knowing me as that because, I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I’m pretty confident and secure in what I think my abilities are,” she said. “I know I am able to play different kinds of people.”
“I did [the firstKissing Booth], then I didThe Actand then I made the choice to come back [for the sequels], so I consciously did that because I love them, I love playing that character,” said King. “I think that I’m entering a new era for myself and I’m the most confident I think I’ve ever been.”
The actress said she wants to “keep making weird and wild choices.”
Added King, “I don’t think I’ll get stuck in anything because I never have seen myself as putting those parameters around myself. I think you’re your own worst enemy at the end of the day when you think that kind of way. I’m like, ‘Oh people think of me as that, cool — well, I think of myself as this, so that’s their problem.’ "
Bullet Trainzooms into theaters Friday.
source: people.com
