Actress Joey King takes the cover story of Cosmopolitan Magazine‘s September 2020 edition captured by fashion photographer Eric Ray Davidson. In charge of styling was Cassie Anderson, with prop styling from Abraham Latham at Art Department, and production by Crawford & Co Productions. Beauty is work of hair stylist Dimitris Giannetos at The Wall Group using Well Professionals, makeup artist Allan Avendaño at A-Frame Agency using Urban Decay, and manicurist Thuy Nguyen at A-Frame Agency.
Joey on setting goals: “Some people are really good about setting goals—if they set a goal, they know they have to do it and they won’t feel good until they do it. I am the same way, yet I still let myself not get it done for some reason.”
Joey on mental health: “I preach a lot about being proactive about your mental health and not feeling selfish for feeling depressed or upset, but then when I sink into these weird moods, I immediately feel super selfish, which makes me feel worse. When it comes to taking care of yourself, there is a certain level of selfishness you have to have, but it’s hard. I haven’t found that balance yet. Because I in no way, shape, or form want to make any conversation that I start right now about me.”
Joey on the Black Lives Matter movement: “I am a guest. Like every white person who enters, we are guests. This is not an issue we have to make about ourselves. We don’t get to make it about ourselves.”
Joey on acting with her ex-boyfriend: “No one’s thinking to themselves, That was easy, because it wasn’t. I’m sure people will analyze every movement and every detail. And you know what? Let them. But at the end of the day, I was just thrilled to be Elle Evans again…There’s so much I want to say. What’s the most, um, correct way to go about this? Elle Evans needs her Noah Flynn, and whatever that means for my personal life, I’ll do anything to make sure the story of my character who I care about so much is complete.”
Joey on 2020 and hope: “2020 is a piece of shit. And I know it’s silly to hope that everything’s beautiful by September because it won’t be. So I’m hoping that there’s hope. That’s more realistic.”
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Photographer Eric Ray Davidson
Fashion Stylist Cassie Anderson
Hair Dimitris Giannetos at The Wall Group using Well Professionals
Makeup Allan Avendaño at A-Frame Agency using Urban Decay
Manicure Thuy Nguyen at A-Frame Agency
Props stylist Abraham Latham for Art Department
Production Crawford & Co Productions
Courtesy of © Hearst Magazines
Photography © Eric Ray Davidson for Cosmopolitan Magazine, for more visit: www.cosmopolitan.com
