Zac Efron praises Joey King’s ‘Matthew Perry-esque’ comedy in ‘A Family Affair’

Zac Efron was so impressed by Joey King’s physical comedy skills while filming A Family Affair that it reminded him of a former comedy legend costar.

While discussing their new Netflix comedy movie (streaming now), Efron revealed that King performed a bit of physical comedy that had him cracking him up on set.

“Her stunt — when you walk in the room when Nicole [Kidman] and I are hooking u — it’s one of the funniest things ever,” Efron tells Entertainment Weekly (in the video above). “I think that was one of the most brilliant physical comedy bits I’ve seen in a long time. That was very funny. Matthew Perry-esque. It was genius.”

Efron knows firsthand just how funny the late Perry was — Efron played the younger version of Perry in 2009’s 17 Again.

“Oh, that’s so nice of you,” King tells Efron about his praise. “Oh gosh.”

In their new comedy, Efron plays mega movie star Chris Cole, who struggles with dating because of his fame. But when his personal assistant Zara (King) quits after one too many ridiculous demands, he unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with her mother Brooke (Kidman) while trying to convince Zara to work for him again. Romantic — and professional — high jinks ensue as the trio attempts to navigate their complicated new dynamic.

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The scene that Efron is referring to is when Chris and Brooke first get together after drinking a little too much tequila and not locking the bedroom door. When Zara arrives home and goes looking for her mom, she walks in on them and accidentally sees her boss and her mother in a very NSFW position. In total shock, she chokes on a grape and then hits her head on the doorframe while trying to run out of the room, knocking herself out and falling to the ground.

Efron recently shared a behind-the-scenes video of King performing the physical comedy bit. In the video, Efron laughs and shouts, “Let’s go!” while Kidman asks him to turn the camera around to her. “That’s my girl!” Kidman says while flashing a thumbs up.

Efron adds, “[She does] all her own stunts. So good.”

Watch the moment in the video below, and check out more of their interview with EW above.

A Family Affair is streaming now on Netflix.