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‘Uglies’ Star And Producer Joey King Calls Film A ‘Nod To My Younger Self’
Joey King traced her experience reading the 'Uglies' books and pitching the movie to Netflix.
Uglies is based in a futuristic society that requires teenagers to get a cosmetic surgery once they turn 16 to make them “pretty,” or devoid of facial flaws with a toned body. (L-R) Brianne Tju as Shay, Joseph Echavarria as Rydeand, Joey King as Tally, Keith Powers as David and Zamani Wilder as Astrix in UGLIES. I think every young woman who read this story, was like, “I want to be Tally when I’m older.” Being able to tell him how much this book meant to me, and be able to have him be part of it and make a cameo appearance, it was all really, really surreal.
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