Popsugar Celebrity The Kissing Booth 2 Joey King and Joel Courtney's Cutest Friendship Pictures Joey King and Joel Courtney's Friendship Proves They're Basically Elle and Lee IRL 20 July 2020 by Kelsie Gibson Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur/KCA2019 Sure, Netflix's The Kissing Booth is filled with dramatic romances, but one of the best parts of the film is the friendship between Elle and Lee. When Joey King and Joel Courtney aren't showing off their incredible chemistry in the films, they're goofing off with each other offscreen. From striking a pose on the red carpet to dancing in hilarious Instagram videos, their real-life friendship would probably make their own characters jealous. In an interview with Backstage, Joel added that his friendship with Joey really helped him jump back into character for the sequel. "I was a little nervous to see if I was able to pull it off or not," he said. "The second I read the script and Joey [King] and I got together on it, I was like, no, this is not going to be an issue, bringing a character back is not going to be as hard. I can see it being more difficult for other things, but the real-life friendship that Joey and I have really allows for us to just go back to our characters and comfortably dive back in." As we wait for The Kissing Booth 2 to drop on July 24, see some of Joey and Joel's best friendship moments ahead. Related: 20 Photos of Joel Courtney and Fiancée Mia Scholink That Will Have You Asking, "Elle, Who?" View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking) on Jul 14, 2019 at 12:32pm PDT 1 / 12 Image Source: Getty / Presley Ann 2 / 12 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking) on Jul 7, 2020 at 5:53pm PDT 3 / 12 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking) on Feb 19, 2020 at 2:47pm PST 4 / 12 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur/KCA2019 5 / 12 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joel Courtney (@joel_courtney) on May 18, 2018 at 6:11pm PDT 6 / 12 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking) on May 23, 2018 at 11:23am PDT 7 / 12 Image Source: Getty / Rachel Murray 8 / 12 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joel Courtney (@joel_courtney) on Jan 24, 2017 at 9:16pm PST 9 / 12 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking) on Feb 1, 2019 at 2:17pm PST 10 / 12 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joel Courtney (@joel_courtney) on Jul 30, 2018 at 8:54am PDT 11 / 12 Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur/KCA2019 12 / 12 The Kissing Booth 2Joel CourtneyThe Kissing BoothJoey KingCelebrity FriendshipsCelebrity Instagrams