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A story penned by a 15-year-old from Wales is now on Netflix.
Beth Reekles' young adult novel The Kissing Booth was picked up by the online streaming service and the film adaptation was released on Friday morning.
Beth, from Newport, started writing a teen fiction novel at the age of 15. She began writing anonymously on an online literary forum called Wattpad, where her work accumulated more than 19 million 'reads' in two years.
The Netflix adaptation stars Joey King and Molly Ringwald. Ringwald, who's currently starring in The CW's Riverdale (also on Netflix), is portraying the character of Mrs Flynn, while The Conjuring's Joey King will play the role of Elle Evans.
It's directed by Zombie Prom's Vince Marcello.
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Netflix has 125 million subscribers. This year, according to the Guardian, the company is spending $8bn on content, including 700 original TV shows and 80 movies. That's almost five times the BBC’s annual spending on television.
Netflix describes the film - which also stars Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi - as quirky, offbeat and romantic and you can add it to your watch list here . Filming started in February last year.
And it's clearly been an exciting morning for Beth.
Beth, who's now 22 and lives in Swindon, said meeting Ringwald, who starred in Pretty In Pink, as "completely surreal," as well as getting to meet all of the cast while behind the scenes of the Netflix production.
"I wasn't hugely involved in the production process, but I did get to go out to set for a week last year while filming was going on, which was completely surreal," she said.
"It was magical to see my book and my characters coming to life.
"I used to get a lot of comments from readers online when I first shared the story on Wattpad, saying that the book would be great as a movie - but I never thought it would happen! I loved every second of being on set, meeting the cast, and seeing scenes play out.
"The entire week was a dream."
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The Kissing Booth was published in 2012 by Random House and has since been translated into numerous languages, before being picked up by Netflix.
But Beth is yet to see the on-screen version of her story. She said: "I read the script when it was first written - it's not changed much since - and fell in love with it. I can't wait to see it."
High school drama The Kissing Booth is coming soon to Netflix. Te story of a teenage girl, who has never-been-kissed, finds her life turned upside down when she runs a kissing booth and unexpectedly ends up locking...
