“It’s a shame that was [Elordi’s] experience on the set.
Especially when those movies came out, it was a time when we really needed something like that.”
Those movies are ridiculous.

Jacob Elordi and Taylor Zakhar Perez in ‘The Kissing Booth 2’.Marcos Cruz/Netflix/Kobal/Shutterstock; Netflix / Courtesy Everett
They’re not universal.
They’re an escape."
For Perez, the escape was the whole point.
“I guess the silver lining is he still made people laugh and feel good.
But, he clarified, “I’m incredibly grateful to everybody in it.”
Representatives for Perez and Elordi didn’t immediately respond to EW’s request for further comment Friday.
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