Joey King Says Channing Tatum Is 'One of the Most Supportive and Kind' Costars She's 'Ever Worked with'

Joey King will forever be one of Channing Tatum’s biggest fans.

While talking to Tatum, 44, for Interview magazine, King, 25, opened up about how the actor supported her as the two shared the screen as father and husband in the 2013 political thriller. The white house below.

“You’ve always been one of the kindest people I’ve ever worked with, and that remains to this day,” King told Tatum in their August interview, which was released Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Channing Tatum and Joey King in ‘White House Down’.

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The actress praised Tatum after mentioning that the on-set teacher she had while filming the movie “was my favorite teacher of all time.”

“Oh man, I have so many other questions, but I’ll have to ask them in person,” Tatum replied. “You are indeed a very special man and nothing I would ask you would reveal to anyone how special you are. I love you so much and I want people to get at least a little insight into how stupid you are.”

Channing Tatum and Joey King reunite in July.

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In the film, Tatum plays John Cale, a Capitol Police officer who takes his daughter Emily (King) on ​​a tour of the White House only to realize that he is the only person who can save the President (Jamie Foxx) from a violent invasion.

The king told in 2014 Cosmopolitan that working with Roland Emmerich, the film’s director, was “overall an amazing experience.”

Joey King in ‘White House Down’.

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“I also loved the fact that I got to work with an actor that I admired so much, Channing Tatum. I went to the rehearsal before I got the job and read with him and I was so excited because I loved his work so much,” she said. is then. “My sisters, when they heard I was going to screen test with him, said, ‘Oh my God, he’s so handsome. Amazing. I love him.’ ”

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She and Tatum previously reunited when they both appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in July.

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