They ’re two heartthrobs with two wildly different belief .
These twoKissing Boothactors are doing a lot of kiss-and-tell lately.
Recently,Jacob Elordi, 26, was critical of the Netflixrom-com, and now his costar,Taylor Zakhar Perez, 31, has responded to the criticism.
The Kissing Boothtrilogy was based on Beth Reekles' teenromance novelof the same name and starredJoey Kingand Joel Courtney alongside Jacob. Taylor joined the cast in the second installment.
Jacob made headlines when the GQ Man of the Year told the publication what hereally thoughtabout his breakout role in the franchise, and Taylor was taken aback.
“I didn’t want to make those movies before I made those movies,” theEuphoriaactor said. “Those movies are ridiculous. They’re not universal. They’re an escape.”
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 thatThe Kissing Boothfell into the “one for them, one for me” category.
While Jacob transitions into an auteur, currently starring in films like Sofia Coppola’sPriscillaand Emerald Fennell’sSaltburn, he’s searching to set himself apart from his streaming rom-com past — but that’s not true for Taylor.
“I thought it was a shame because, to my knowledge, everybody else had such a wonderful experience,” he said. “It’s a shame that was his experience on the set. Especially when those movies came out, it was a time when we really needed something like that.”
Taylor recently starred inRed, White, & Royal Blue, another rom-com based on a book, alongside Nicholas Galitzine — so he’s on a different page than Jacob.
Talking about his experience in the rom-com trilogy, he said, “I know from our fan interactions, getting stopped everywhere I go, whatKissing Boothmeans to people and what it brought them during such a dark time. I guess the silver lining is he still made people laugh and feel good.”
SinceKissing Booth, Taylor has appeared in the comedy1Upand as Shane Brody, the racy nudie mag cover boy inMinx.
Before his two films, now in theaters, Jacob starred as the problematic Nate Jacobs inEuphoriaand the doomed sidepiece inDeep Water.
While it seems unlikely that anotherKissing Boothfilm will be made, these two young leading men may cross paths on the silver screen.
I ’m cross my fingers .
