These ‘The Kissing Booth 2’ Behind-The-Scenes Facts Are Everything

King shaved her head for her Emmy-nominated performance in The Act, so in order to pull off Elle's look, she had to wear wigs throughout filming of The Kissing Booth 2. According to the online publication Missy, three wigs were custom-made by the Alex Rouse Wig Company for King to use in the film.

While both Kissing Booth movies mostly take place in California, the majority of the shots were actually filmed in Cape Town, South Africa — though some of the more iconic Los Angeles landmarks were filmed back on the U.S. West Coast.

Although the actor who plays Rachel now lives in Vancouver, she was born in South Africa and spent a year living in Cape Town. In fact, Young actually got the role of Rachel while she still lived in the area. In an interview with TooFab, she said she still has friends and family in the area and got to visit with them while portraying her character in the films.

Director Vince Marcello was very particular with his soundtrack choices, purposefully weaving modern and classic hits together for the feel-good, nostalgic mix that just begs to be played all summer long. From The Beach Boys to The Romantics to White Plains, here's hoping the third film's musical track is just as epic.

Though Perez has been stage training since a young age — and was confident in his singing and acting abilities when auditioning for the film — one trait of Marco's he didn't possess was his guitar playing skills. "I have never played guitar in my life. I grew up playing piano," he told Glamour in a July 23 interview.

A week after landing the part, he started taking lessons and by the time filming rolled around, he was ready to perform in front of hundreds of people.

If you recognized the gorgeous home the Flynn family lives in, it's probably because you saw it in another Netflix original. In the 2019 Black Mirror episode “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too” (you know, the one starring Miley Cyrus), that same house was used for both the interior and exterior shots of Cyrus's character's home.

While King admitted she's not great at Dance Dance Revolution, she said her on-screen BFF, Courtney, is actually really good at the video game their characters are always seen playing. “I suck at Dance Dance Revolution," she told the Los Angeles Times in April 2020. “Joel’s fast. He picks it up. He does it really quickly.”

While working on her dance moves for The Kissing Booth 2, King practiced so hard she wound up with a painful injury. “That training — it is intense,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s so hard. Now I have tendinitis in my elbow from it.” After seeing her performance in the movie's dance competition it's pretty clear her hard work paid off.

On July 26, just two days after The Kissing Booth 2 was released, Netflix announced the third film was not only going to come out in 2021, but is also already filmed. The two movies were produced in tandem while the cast was in South Africa, which means fans will be getting more Elle, Lee, and Noah sooner rather than later.

The Kissing Booth 2 is on Netflix now.