Joey King and Steven Piet attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

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Joey Kingis loving married life.

While speaking to PEOPLE at Thursday’sWe Were the Lucky Onespremiereat the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, — which saw her and husbandSteven Piet, 39, walking theirfirst red carpet together since tying the knot in August— King, 24, revealed what she loves most about being a newlywed.

“It’s hard to say because people like … Nothing really changed because we’ve lived together before. But I always say, and this is very true, that there’s just something … Everything’s just a little bit sweeter now,” theKissing Boothstar says.

Joey King attends L.A. premiere of ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’.Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

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“We had so much fun, and it was just such a great day,” Kingrecently told PEOPLEof the L.A. wedding. “My mom made my bouquet from the dollar store. She went there and got all these fake flowers and ribbon and tied it up. It was so cute.”

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“There’s so many favorite moments,” King added of the Mallorca celebrations, which she sweetly described as “the best weekend of my whole life.”

Joey King and Steven Piet at the L.A. premiere of ‘We Were The Lucky Ones’.Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

Joey King and Steven Piet

Marriage aside, King is now starring in Hulu’sWe were the Lucky Ones.The seriestells the story of a Jewish Kurc family who were separated at the start ofWorld War IIand is an adaptation of Georgia Hunter’sNew York Timesbestselling novel of the same name, which was released in 2017.

While speaking at Thursday’s L.A. premiere, King told PEOPLE why this was such an important project for her to be a part of, saying, “I mean, it was so important for me because first of all, my own ancestry.”

King says there were “so many days” that were challenging on set, but insisted the cast were there to lift one another up.

“Honestly, there’s so many days where we all separately had our experiences where we would just feel so heavy in our hearts, but we were really there to lift each other up and bring levity when we needed it, which was really wonderful. This cast is fabulous,” the star tells PEOPLE.

We Were the Lucky Onespremieres Thursday, March 28, on Hulu.

source: people.com