How 'The Kissing Booth' became a pop culture sensation (even if critics hated it)
They had just finished up a round of Skee-Ball when they were spotted by a couple of teenage girls meekly clutching iPhones.
"We love 'The Kissing Booth,'" one of the young women exclaimed. "Can we take a selfie with you?"
The stars of the Netflix film - Joey King, 18, Jacob Elordi, 21, and Joel Courtney, 22 - obliged of course. Since the film's release in May, they said, they've been approached like this hundreds of times.
"Every day, at least a couple of times a day," Elordi said. "Some people are strange, but most of the young kids are awesome. The other night I was eating by myself at a diner and a group of college friends asked me if I wanted to sit with them, so I did."
A year ago, this would have never happened to him -
