Summary

• Channing Tatum and Joey King's heartwarming reunion 11 years after White House Down shows their lasting bond.
• Tatum's meteoric rise contrasts with King's path to success, making their careers unique.
• Both stars have taken on diverse roles post-White House Down, continuing to excel in the industry.

Channing Tatum and Joey King have a heartwarming reunion 11 years after starring together in White House Down cast featured Tatum as the Capitol police officer John Cale and King as his daughter, Emily.

Now, over a decade after White House Down was released, Tatum and Joey King had a heartwarming reunion behind the scenes of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Check out a photo of the reunion in the slideshow below via King's Instagram :

The two White House Down stars both recently appeared on the late-night talk show, with King appearing on July 8 to promote Netflix's A Family Affair and Despicable Me 4 and Tatum appearing later on July 11 to promote Fly Me to the Moon.

What Channing Tatum & Joey King Have Done Since White House Down

Though White House Down underperformed at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics, Tatum and King's performances received some praise. Since then, the two stars have continued to lead successful careers, though they have had vastly different trajectories over the years. White House Down was released in 2013 in the midst of Tatum's meteoric rise, as Magic Mike and 21 Jump Street were both released the year prior, with the sequels 22 Jump Street (2014) and Magic Mike XXL (2015) released in the following years.

On the other hand, White House Down was released earlier in King's career, and she didn't become more widely known until her lead role as a late-blooming teenager in The Kissing Booth movies, which were released on Netflix from 2018 to 2021. King also earned critical acclaim for her performance as Gypsy-Rose Blanchard in Hulu's The Act in 2019, which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series.

Around the same time, Tatum took a four-year break from live-action roles after Kingsman: The Golden Circle in 2017, and returned to reinvigorate his career with his directorial debut Dog and The Lost City in 2022. That same year, Tatum and King both appeared in Bullet Train, with the former appearing in an uncredited cameo as a train enger, and King starring as one of the assassins. In 2024, King has starred in Hulu's We Were the Lucky Ones, Netflix's A Family Affair, and voiced Poppy Prescott in Despicable Me 4.

Source: Joey King/Instagram