Joey King on How 'The In Between' Is a Modern Day Twist on 'Ghost' (Exclusive)

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Joey King stars in a new romance movie, , but in some ways it's an homage to a classic film. The 22-year-old actress, who also served as a producer on the Paramount+ flick, plays Tessa, a teenage girl, who after surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, Skylar (Kyle Allen), believes he’s attempting to reconnect with her from the afterworld.«It’s an homage to ,» King told ET's Rachel Smith of the 1990 Oscar-nominated movie, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. «We wanted to make the YA [young adult], modern-day version of this film… I'm really, really proud of the way it turned out.

It makes me cry, at moments makes me laugh. Ultimately, it just makes your heart swell, really.»Demi Moore as Molly Jensen and Patrick Swayze as Sam Wheat (in ghost form) in the 1990 film 'Ghost.'A large part of the film's success was due to King's onscreen chemistry with her co-star, something she said came quickly once filming got underway.«Filming a movie with COVID restrictions is very bizarre.

Getting to know your castmates, and becoming close with them, and bonding with them, as you're supposed to do, is just a little bit harder,» King admitted, before saying of Allen, «Kyle is so great.

We became so close on this shoot.» «Once we started talking, and hanging out, and bonding, it was like, no protocol can really stop us from being friends,» she said. «I'm so happy that we had the relationship that we did.