Sadly, a rumored three-hour cut of Red, White & Royal Blue does not exist. However, Prime Video softened the blow of the news by unveiling a new deleted scene featuring the movie’s stars Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine.
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Red, White & Royal Blue, Prime Videos’ R-rated, queer rom-com, tells the story of the First Son of the United States falling in love with a Prince of England.
While fans of the Casey McQuiston novel that the movie is based on were excited by the rating, director Matthew Lopez recently admitted that he was a “little surprised” by it.
He opened up about the decision in an interview ahead of the movie’s August 11 premiere. The director also revealed what he added more of to the script once the rating was finalized.
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“I think I was a little surprised at the R rating just because, while I never was encouraged to limit what we were showing or limit what I was depicting, the scene is what I intended to show. It plays exactly how I wanted it to play,” he recently told People. “But I do question whether or not if it had been a man and a woman, if we’d still gotten an R rating.”
Matthew stressed that he was able to make the movie that he wanted and was not pressured to keep the content to a PG-13 rating. He found himself balancing two things while creating the movie – how accessible it would be to queer audiences and how capable he was of telling the story.
That meant that there were some sacrifices initially.
“I essentially decided to hedge my bets, in that I wouldn’t step a toe over the line of PG-13 into R when it came to language,” he said. “But I would just do what I felt was right for the story when it came to the sexuality of the film and let the chips fall where they may.”
Once the film’s rating was official, Matthew said he “went back and put a couple more ‘f-cks’ into the film.”
He also called out what he saw as a double standard in terms of
Sadly, a rumored three-hour cut of Red, White & Royal Blue does not exist. However, Prime Video softened the blow of the news by unveiling a new deleted scene featuring the movie’s stars Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine.
Taylor Zakhar Perez has been working in films for some time now, prompting many occasions for swooning. Before starring in “Red, White & Royal Blue,” one of the most watched films of the summer and most watched films on Prime Video, he starred in “The Kissing Booth 2.” Zakar Perez played Marco, a handsome guy who could do it all, from sports to singing. Taylor Zakhar Perez stars in ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’, this summer’s hottest rom-com‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ is a glossy and sexy good timeA post shared by Con Todo (@contodonetflix)This Friday, we’re remembering his performance, especially this clip where he sings and Elle, the female lead, swoons.
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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses several major plot developments in the feature film “Red, White & Royal Blue,” currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, as well as the novel it’s based on. Over this past weekend, certain corners of the internet were hyperventilating with excitement over the release of “Red, White & Royal Blue,” the romantic comedy about how Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), the First Son of the United States, and Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine), third in line to the British throne, transform from enemies to friends to lovers.
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The charm and sweetness of Casey McQuiston's novel Red, White & Royal Blue shine through in its Prime Video adaptation, directed by Matthew López.The core of the story remains intact, centring on the whirlwind romance between Alex Claremont-Diaz, played by Taylor Zakhar Perez, the First Son of the United States, and Prince Henry of Wales, played by Nicholas Galitzine. As with any adaptation, certain alterations have been made to bring the story to the screen. Let's delve into the significant changes and explore their impact on the film.
It took quite a while to find the perfect actors to play Alex and Henry in Prime Video’s new movie, Red, White & Royal Blue.
if you can get past a career-worst performance from Uma Thurman.Based on a popular novel (TikTok videos on the topic have over 500 million views), the Prime Video movie is directed by Matthew Lopez and produced by Greg Berlanti. The story follows Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), a bisexual law school student who is the “first son” of the United States, since his mom, Ellen Claremont (Uma Thurman), is the President.
Red, White and Royal Blue director Matthew López was able to bring one of the book’s most “magical” moments to screen, and it ended up being his favorite part of his debut film.
Red, White & Royal Blue, the new Prime Video rom-com starring Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine, is a retelling of a queer love story that was first told by novelist Casey McQuiston.
Like all good love stories, Prime Video’s gay romantic comedy “Red, White, & Royal Blue” has its cake and eats it too. Literally.
Like a lot of book-to-movie adaptations, not everything from the Red, White and Royal Blue novel made it into its film adaptation.
, which is now streaming exclusively on Prime Video. Based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Casey McQuinston, the romantic comedy follows a complicated and unexpected journey from distain to friendship to love.Streaming exclusively on Prime Video now, is one of the summer's most hotly anticipated movies.To watch, you'll just need an Amazon Prime membership or a membership to Prime Video.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Nicholas Galitzine first gained attention when he played Prince Charming opposite Camilla Cabello in the 2021 film musical adaptation of “Cinderella.” The project launched a career that seems to have been going non-stop ever since. In “Purple Hearts,” a romantic drama from Netflix, Galitzine played a troubled Marine who falls for an aspiring singer (Sofia Carson) after they marry in order to get military benefits.
Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez had to make the world believe that they were falling in love with one another while filming their new movie Red, White & Royal Blue. Now they’re opening up about their chemistry and how they pulled it off.
Changes are made in every book-to-movie adaptation, and Red, White and Royal Blue is no different. However, director Matthew López was thinking about future generations of viewers when he made one change — swapping a queen for a king.
is finally here! The highly anticipated film adaptation of Casey McQuiston's 2019 novel of the same name is now streaming, and fans are sure to be delighted by the royally fabulous gay rom-com.The enemies-to-lovers tale follows Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), the son of the first female U.S. president (Uma Thurman), amid his developing relationship with Britain's Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine).«Alex is kind of snubbed by Henry,» Zakhar Perez explained in an interview taped prior to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, «so Alex has this kind of preconceived notion of him that he's a jerk and he wants nothing to do with him.»After the men make a scene at a royal event, they are forced together by their respective nations in order to control the narrative.«The cake incident happens, after that when Alex has to do damage control is when their relationship starts, I would say, like, the good stuff,» Zakhar Perez teased.
Red, White & Royal Blue,” premiering tomorrow on Prime Video, is a faithful adaptation of the Casey McQuiston best seller. Taylor Zakhar Perez stars in the summer’s hottest rom-comMeet Taylor Zakhar Perez, the lead of Amazon’s upcoming gay rom-comThe film follows Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), the son of the first female President of the United States (Uma Thurman donning a strange Texan accent) and his romance with Prince Henry of Wales.