AnnaSophia Robb Called Joey King Before Shaving Her Head for Movie Role: 'Girl, You've Done This a Couple Times'

Mar. 15, 2025

From Left: Joey King and AnnaSophia Robb on March 14, 2019.Photo:Nicholas Hunt/GettyAnnaSophia Robbrelied on her friend,Joey King, for advice before shaving her head.While speaking withThe Hollywood Reporterin an interview published on Tuesday, Sept. 24 about her hit Netflix movie,Rebel Ridge, Robb, 30, said she asked for her close friend for advice prior to cutting her hair.“Yeah, I called Joey before I shaved my head,” she said, noting that King, 25, has shaved her head in the past for roles inThe Act,Wish I Was Hereand her small part inThe Dark Knight Rises. “I was like, ‘Girl, you’ve done this a couple times. Do I do it?’ And she was like, ‘Yes!’ “King herself toldIndieWirein March that shaving her head for roles proved “really important each time” for her own efforts to inhabit characters and appeal to differing beauty standards.“Every woman has struggled over the years to define what beauty means to me. I do think [shaving my head] was so helpful in terms of not being attached to this one thing that I feel like a lot of people try to tell you to associate with beauty,” she said at the time, while telling the outlet she would not want to utilize artificial intelligence in the future to avoid changing her hair. “I really loved the experience of that.“AnnaSophia Robb in Netflix’sRebel Ridge.Patti Perret/NetflixIn the Netflix hitRebel Ridge, Robb wears a short haircut while playing courthouse employee Summer McBridge, who helps hero Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) expose and fight back against a corrupt small-town police department. As the actress toldTHR, she auditioned for the movie after shaving her head for the 2020 series,The Expecting.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories."[Director Jeremy Saulnier] ended up loving my audition, and he asked if I would shave my head again,” she said, while explaining her character’s backstory. “And I was like, ‘Nobody in the South would have a shaved head. They would stick out like a sore thumb.’ So we went with the mom haircut that doesn’t stick out so much, but yes, the idea was that she went through chemo.“From Left: Aaron Pierre and AnnaSophia Robb in Netflix’sRebel Ridge.Allyson Riggs/NetflixRobb also spoke to her close friendship with King elsewhere in the interview, afterTHRpointed out that King’s new movie,Uglies, is alsotopping Netflix’s chartsalongsideRebel Ridge.“Joey is one of my closest friends, and I love her so much,” Robb said. “When I saw that both of us were on the Netflix billboard, I was like, ‘Woohoo! This is a cool experience.’ These moments are kind of unusual, and I just looked at it for a while and thought, Wow, this is really special. I’m so proud of her.' It’s a special industry.“Rebel RidgeandUgliesare now streaming on Netflix.

From Left: Joey King and AnnaSophia Robb on March 14, 2019.Photo:Nicholas Hunt/Getty

Nicholas Hunt/Getty

AnnaSophia Robbrelied on her friend,Joey King, for advice before shaving her head.While speaking withThe Hollywood Reporterin an interview published on Tuesday, Sept. 24 about her hit Netflix movie,Rebel Ridge, Robb, 30, said she asked for her close friend for advice prior to cutting her hair.“Yeah, I called Joey before I shaved my head,” she said, noting that King, 25, has shaved her head in the past for roles inThe Act,Wish I Was Hereand her small part inThe Dark Knight Rises. “I was like, ‘Girl, you’ve done this a couple times. Do I do it?’ And she was like, ‘Yes!’ “King herself toldIndieWirein March that shaving her head for roles proved “really important each time” for her own efforts to inhabit characters and appeal to differing beauty standards.“Every woman has struggled over the years to define what beauty means to me. I do think [shaving my head] was so helpful in terms of not being attached to this one thing that I feel like a lot of people try to tell you to associate with beauty,” she said at the time, while telling the outlet she would not want to utilize artificial intelligence in the future to avoid changing her hair. “I really loved the experience of that.“AnnaSophia Robb in Netflix’sRebel Ridge.Patti Perret/NetflixIn the Netflix hitRebel Ridge, Robb wears a short haircut while playing courthouse employee Summer McBridge, who helps hero Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) expose and fight back against a corrupt small-town police department. As the actress toldTHR, she auditioned for the movie after shaving her head for the 2020 series,The Expecting.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories."[Director Jeremy Saulnier] ended up loving my audition, and he asked if I would shave my head again,” she said, while explaining her character’s backstory. “And I was like, ‘Nobody in the South would have a shaved head. They would stick out like a sore thumb.’ So we went with the mom haircut that doesn’t stick out so much, but yes, the idea was that she went through chemo.“From Left: Aaron Pierre and AnnaSophia Robb in Netflix’sRebel Ridge.Allyson Riggs/NetflixRobb also spoke to her close friendship with King elsewhere in the interview, afterTHRpointed out that King’s new movie,Uglies, is alsotopping Netflix’s chartsalongsideRebel Ridge.“Joey is one of my closest friends, and I love her so much,” Robb said. “When I saw that both of us were on the Netflix billboard, I was like, ‘Woohoo! This is a cool experience.’ These moments are kind of unusual, and I just looked at it for a while and thought, Wow, this is really special. I’m so proud of her.' It’s a special industry.“Rebel RidgeandUgliesare now streaming on Netflix.

AnnaSophia Robbrelied on her friend,Joey King, for advice before shaving her head.

While speaking withThe Hollywood Reporterin an interview published on Tuesday, Sept. 24 about her hit Netflix movie,Rebel Ridge, Robb, 30, said she asked for her close friend for advice prior to cutting her hair.

“Yeah, I called Joey before I shaved my head,” she said, noting that King, 25, has shaved her head in the past for roles inThe Act,Wish I Was Hereand her small part inThe Dark Knight Rises. “I was like, ‘Girl, you’ve done this a couple times. Do I do it?’ And she was like, ‘Yes!’ "

King herself toldIndieWirein March that shaving her head for roles proved “really important each time” for her own efforts to inhabit characters and appeal to differing beauty standards.

“Every woman has struggled over the years to define what beauty means to me. I do think [shaving my head] was so helpful in terms of not being attached to this one thing that I feel like a lot of people try to tell you to associate with beauty,” she said at the time, while telling the outlet she would not want to utilize artificial intelligence in the future to avoid changing her hair. “I really loved the experience of that.”

AnnaSophia Robb in Netflix’sRebel Ridge.Patti Perret/Netflix

Patti Perret/Netflix

In the Netflix hitRebel Ridge, Robb wears a short haircut while playing courthouse employee Summer McBridge, who helps hero Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) expose and fight back against a corrupt small-town police department. As the actress toldTHR, she auditioned for the movie after shaving her head for the 2020 series,The Expecting.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“[Director Jeremy Saulnier] ended up loving my audition, and he asked if I would shave my head again,” she said, while explaining her character’s backstory. “And I was like, ‘Nobody in the South would have a shaved head. They would stick out like a sore thumb.’ So we went with the mom haircut that doesn’t stick out so much, but yes, the idea was that she went through chemo.”

From Left: Aaron Pierre and AnnaSophia Robb in Netflix’sRebel Ridge.Allyson Riggs/Netflix

Allyson Riggs/Netflix

Robb also spoke to her close friendship with King elsewhere in the interview, afterTHRpointed out that King’s new movie,Uglies, is alsotopping Netflix’s chartsalongsideRebel Ridge.“Joey is one of my closest friends, and I love her so much,” Robb said. “When I saw that both of us were on the Netflix billboard, I was like, ‘Woohoo! This is a cool experience.’ These moments are kind of unusual, and I just looked at it for a while and thought, Wow, this is really special. I’m so proud of her.' It’s a special industry.”

Rebel RidgeandUgliesare now streaming on Netflix.

source: people.com