The actor took advantage of the confinement to organize his wedding.

On Netflix, “Kissing Both2” is one of the biggest audience hits of this summer. Californian Joel Courtney, 24, plays a teenager shared between the girl he loves and his best friend.

Could you, like in the movie, have a girl as your best friend?

To have a girl as your best friend, what a pain! It’s impossible for me. I am too romantic. I was friends for two years with a girl but we took our distance because she expected more from me. I don’t believe it’s possible to have a platonic relationship with a girl for a straight guy.

Do you look like Lee in life?

No. I am much more mature than my character, who often reacts like a kid in “Kissing Both”.

How do we explain to our readers the attraction of these kissing stalls that are popular in the USA at school parties?

With the virus, I don’t think a kissing booth is the place to be right now (laughs). But the “Kissing Both” is a rite of passage in adolescence where you kiss a stranger while blindfolded. There may be a spark. I know couples who have fallen in love after a simple kiss this way.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve done for love?

I left a girl because we were too young to get married. It broke my heart. Luckily, we met up last year and got engaged on last Valentine’s Day.

How have you been living the past few months, when most of the filming has been stopped in Hollywood?

A lot of people got bored staying locked in their homes. For us, it was almost a blessing not to have a shoot or a promo trip for our job. Mia’s family (editor’s note: Mia Scholink, a beauty influencer) lives in Arizona and I moved there with them to stay with Mia. We spent hours preparing for our wedding.

Although the third film “Kissing Both” is already in post-production for 2021, most of the filming is at a standstill in Hollywood. How do you see the evolution of your career?

With confinement, I discovered a passion for photography. I bought two cameras to learn the basics of taking pictures or portraits. I do not know if it will lead to something professional one day or if I will be interested in the directing while passing behind the lens but all this technical side of the show biz interests me more and more while I wouldn’t have thought for a second of doing anything other than the actor before everything stopped because of the virus.