Red White and Royal Blue gets movie adaptation from Amazon with Nicholas Galitzine

Looks like Froy didn't get the gig.

Yes this was a role made for Froylan. He needs to dump his agent.

Shit is like this is one of the reasons why teenage girls troon out. All because of romance novels written for women by women.

Shit is like this is one of the reasons why teenage girls troon out. All because of romance novels written for women by women.

What, Froy auditioned to play the Mexican "prince"?

Troon = Trans toon?

What kind of a name is Galitzine?

Does Prince Henry have a wife? I am available, assuming we don’t film in Britain.

Russian nobility apparently

I thought DataLounge was supposed to close down and disappear yesterday—and yet here we are on the first of the month, yet again discussing some obscure tv show with unknown twinks.

^says his father is LITERALLY a Prince. He’s typecast.

Great poolside vacation read. Even had some steamy sex!

Both Nick and Taylor are likely gay IRL. Fuck yes.

Froy must be suicidal. He probably felt like he was born for that part. It would’ve been his big breakout role.

Froy just isn’t good enough.

"the Inheritance" was fucking terrible.

The storyline and cast makes this sound like something to avoid like the plague. Seriously, I suspect the only people who will watch will be suburban moms and their teenage daughters.

I’ll watch for Nick.

There better be some graphic sex scenes. Don’t wimp out with that childlike kissy shit. Raw, animalistic poundings. I want to smell the man-sweat through my television screen.

You rarely see a pretty guy topping, like the one at R20. Otherwise they are some ugly macho boars like guys in straight porn. As if a guy has to be animal to penetrate.

I think I get about half a chapter into this book and decided it was borderline fanfiction-esque it was so bad.

I love this book. It’s very fanficton admittedly but I really enjoyed it. Admittedly, I’m a big Young Royals fan & back in the day I loved Princess Diaries. Love me a bit of royal fairytale nonesense 😂 I thought I hadn’t seen either of these actors but actually, I have seen Handsome Devil. The casting looks promising..

The YA books was considered a bestseller.

There is a scene in the Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler movie "Big Business" where the bumpkin duo has to pretend to be the rich business tycoon duo. Their only frame of reference for how business and board rooms work is Dynasty. This was funny because it was so obviously NOT how the world actually worked and the idea that board rooms worked like they did on TV was laughable.

Now, this is how the majority of shows and books, especially YA novels, think the world actually works. Their only frame of reference is other poorly conceived media.

Both look too old to play 21 year-olds. They should've gone with Sebastian Croft who is 20 and already looks princely.

The book was okay. If we hadn't been à la pandémie, I might not have finished it. But we were on lockdown, so I did. I don't remember it well enough to recall whether I pictured any particular actors. It would have been smart for them to hire Young Cal and Young Derek from Euphoria.

Taylor Perez is sexy. Nice bulge too.

The book was cute. Escapist fluff though I do appreciate the author's research. She got a lot of details right about things like Washington, the White House, the British monarchy, etc. that other authors would brush aside.

Are you the "Bash" troll, r25, the DL'er who has started 6 or 7 threads dedicated to Sebastian Croft? I am as attracted to him as some of you are to Tim O'Tay. The day we stop having Sebastian Croft threads cannot come too soon. He's more Artful Dodger to me than Princeling of anywhere.

Insert vomit emoji.

🤮.

R29 Not the poster but what's wrong with Sebastian? There are many far more annoying threads on DL than his. A handful of posters gossip about him because he's in a glass closet, much like DL was about Connor Jessup a while back.

I liked Nicholas Galitzine in Handsome Devil - Heartstopper reminds me of it funnily enough.

Does Nicholas descend from the fabulous dearly departed Princess Galitzine featured in MAHOGANY?

The do look far too old to be playing 21 year olds. The guy playing Alex in particular. Kinda of a shame really as it felt like we were moving away from us having to suspend belief that 30 year olds are teens/young 20’s. But both are quite attractive, if they have the chemistry then they’ll make an attractive pair. Maybe they felt the need to cast slightly older actors to make the sex scenes less like watching youngsters having sex!

I see some outrage that Alex is too white? I never read him as super dark skinned. He’s half Mexican right? So not white obviously but I think this actor is probably about right?

Uma Thurman will play the President

Uma doesn't get cast in nearly enough things.

I like her. She was fantastic in Gattaca and Kill Bill.

They ought to cast her more often.

The image of Uma as Poison Ivy from Batman & Robin is etched into my memory from childhood. The movie is bad, but I didn’t know that back then lol

Nick is quite sexy on screen but it would take good couple chemistry to make this movie work. It's like a gay rom com, which means you get all the cliches of meeting, fighting, kissing, splitting, and reuniting. The book was just okay like a more polished fanfic.

The boys

I wish they were cute.

Nicholas is cute/pretty handsome. Taylor is kind of sexy. This sounds like a horrible show. I read the Wikipedia description of the book on which it is based, and I see there is a trans woman Secret Services agent and a pan White House staffer. Oy.

Thanks for the info, r40. Definitely skipping it.

Nicholas sexy

Another Nicholas body pic

I think they are both really handsome in their own ways! And for me, very well cast, do agree maybe a bit older than the books but makes no difference to the story so who cares.. really don’t get peoples upset in their casting. Maybe it’s cos I’m in my 30’s & I’d rather watch people more towards my age than two 20 year olds!

R40 I read the book and I can't even recall any of those representation characters. They are just background characters who don't really get any development. They are just there to push the gay love story plot along.

Connor Jessup [italic]was[/italic] really close friends with screenwriter Matthew Lopez who will make his directorial debut with Red, White & Royal Blue.

They hung out in London in late October (with Sebastian Croft and Joe Locke) and liked each other's social media posts up until December. Now Connor, Sebastian and Joe have unfollowed Matthew who in turn has unfollowed them... what drama went down?

[quote]matthewmichaellopez After 17 months of pandemic friendship, countless zooms and FaceTimes and a Russian novel-sized volume of text messages, I finally got an arm around the wonderful @connorwjessup and suddenly all is right with the world. 📸@sebastiancroft

Ooo 👀

Jennifer Lopez for the mexican president.

The president is white, played by Uma Thurman. Her ex husband is Mexican, hence the half-Mexican kids.

r46 pissed that he didn't get cast as Henry?

R46 late but i feel like it has to be a hookup with Connor gone wrong? I can't imagine what else beyond sex/romance would make THREE people all end up unfollowing him. weird as hell though.

R51 They were really good friends so something definitely went down.

[quote][R51] They were really good friends so something definitely went down.

Yeah, this has all the trappings of an attempted hookup gone bad.

Even witht he Me Too, revealing you were offered a sexual quid pro quo is still dicey for the career. I can see where they may have offered Cimino the lead role in Red White and Royal Blue, but made it contingent.

I saw Taylor Zakhar Perez in The Kissing Booth movies (sue me, I find the predictable story beats of rom coms somewhat soothing). He was fine, but reads too old for this role. Cimino would have been better. Actually, the meta of casting Cimino for this and casting George Sear (who is British) in the Prince Henry role would have been hilarious.

It's kind of cute seeing all the young Hollywood gays desperately butter up to this Matthew Lopez guy wrote this. Also that Adam Silvera who did several others. And now all these books are getting film adaptations. It's so obvious they're all vying for roles in these upcoming YA gay projects.

If you follow publishing, Adam Silvera's YA books have been hitting the "best of" lists for the past few years.

No idea if they're any good, but they seem to have cornered the market on gay latino teen protagonists (no surprise). Several of his books are getting adaptations, or so it seems.

I will say that the premise of one of his books, They Both Die at the End, intrigued me - and seems like the ending DL didn't know it needed.

[quote]On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.

R54 makes me think that this role might have been why Andrew Matarazzo made his little rant the other day about his friends not reciprocally supporting him. I don’t know if he has ties to either the director or either glass closeted actor. But there’s no way he didn’t seek an audition for this.

😂 Andrew Matarazzo’s ugly ass isn’t entitled to anything. The lower half of his face is too wide.

R55, that sounds patently awful.

[quote][R55], that sounds patently awful.

How can you possibly say that the ending of a story where they tell you upfront that BOTH main characters die is awful.

It's the stuff of DL legend - it's the story someone wrote after reading the DL classic, "and then they died" that is used in so many threads.

r59, I was talking about the story as a whole. "Death-Cast"? "End Day"? An app called "Last Friend"?

Puke.

I love the casting for this. I had them in my head as grown adults around my age (26) so for me, they work just fine. I know they are meant to be a bit younger but to me, they are written like older adults. Taylor’s got a lot of criticism but I don’t get it. I really see his character through the screen without even seeing him act. Confident, charismatic, really kind looking face. And I think he’ll play well against Nick. They look good together, they look a similar age. Nick is bang on. He’s the handsome prince Britain wishes it had.

Do we know who is playing who yet in the rest of the class?

I guess that’s perils of books into films. We all see them differently. Worked out for me this time!

^ Uma Thurman will play Ellen Claremont, the President of the United States and Alex's mother.

Looking forward to the scene where the President walks though a power point with her son about his same sex relationship with a British prince.

Nicholas will be blond in the film

I got Uma. I couldn’t work out who was June. I assume the girl from This Is Us is Nora? Who is Polo Morin playing? Luna?

I hope they don’t make this film for an under 18 audience. I fear it gets put into the HS category of books & will go really tame. The book isn’t shy about them having sex, in fact it’s a biggish part of their story. I don’t need major sex scenes but I hope they don’t back off entirely. It’d be nice to see a realistic take on a gay relationship.

Stephen Fry has also been cast. What character will he play? The Republican who is Alex's mother's opponent in the election?

Obviously, the Queen of England.

Maybe? I’d not be convinced he could carry an American accent plausibly. Stephen Fry has never really impressed me acting. I was hoping his part was fairly minor. There aren’t many British parts I guess.

That would be funny. The Queen Mary character is a real bitch in the book.

Taylor Zakhar Perez AND Nicholas Galitzine?! Not to mention Clifton Collins, jr., and Sarah Shahi!

Truly, more stars than there are in heaven!

Fry might be playing Leo, who is the President's second husband, Alex's stepdad. Minor character in the book.

R64 Looks better with his natural hair color than this dye job. The prince's looks is not supposed to scream gay after all.

R71 = idiot

Hmm, I don’t hate it. They’ve left it very dark underneath. His hair naturally is very dark blonde, I think they could have got away with just lighting it up a bit or not bother.

I know asking if actors are gay is not the done thing these days but I always remain curious. Authentic queer casting on this one? As is often the done thing these days..

TZP is closeted, but in a longterm relationship with some Asian lawyer/agent/something guy. I remember there being details on his ŁPSG thread.

Nicholas Galitzine has never been in a public relationship to my knowledge. I think he’s gay.

Galitzine has been fairly transparent on social media with his relationship with Austin Kevitch.

Galitzine is wearing a rainbow in r38’s pics.

Cool. Thanks. Not hugely surprised neither of them are out, if they are gay. Taylor strikes me as the classic good looking one cast for all the girls to fancy onscreen.. quite an out there choice to go for a very gay role (well bi but a gay relationship being portrayed).. but it comes with a built in fanbase & will be popular.

R25 no thanks. I saw his side profile in heartstopper once, I could only see his nose.

Who is Austin?

Austin is some CEO who started a dating app.... He's being linked with Camila Cabello, so he must be gay.

Who is Polo Morin playing? Raf? Also, Taylor Perez is too tall and old to play Alex. The Prince Henry character is supposed to be older and taller than Alex.

Taylor is just fine. He & Nick look very similar ages & they look really good together. I am a genuine mega fan of the book but happily accept the film will have notable differences. The actors may not be exactly as written, taller, hair colour, eye colour etc. The story will differ in places too, that’s how book adaptions work. And that’s OK so long as the overall story is faithful & the actors do a great job. Presumably, Taylor & Nick had decent chemistry in their auditions & impressed.

No-one is sure on Polo. Luna is the obvious choice but not sure why he is in London if so. Unless they are filming internal scenes in London studios perhaps. I’ve seen Philip floated about but surely not?!

Is that a man at R82? Trans?

I read the book, an easy read, should make a cute movie.

I'm still wondering what character Stephen Fry is playing. R73 called me an idiot for suggesting that he might be playing Leo, Ellen's husband, in R71. Thanks R73, such a smart response you gave there. In any case, maybe Fry is playing a new character who is in the film adaptation but not in the book. A Prime Minister?

R87 The Queen of course! lol

R15 Froy is great, he lacks charisma that actors often have.

Starting to see the logic of this casting decision.

R90 Taylor has such drooping eye lids...

Who is she?

The casting is great, I don’t know what everyone was complaining about. Taylor in particular is so Alex. And Nick could pass as a royal if they had some better looking genes kicking around. Nice to see them being told to joke about the height being the wrong way round, it’s really doesn’t make a difference to the story!

Based on the video at R90, they have already had sex.

Based on Taylor’s re-post of that video, that makes him sound a lot like his character, they know exactly how to play to the fans & get them onboard.

They’re both hot and (possibly/probably?) gay so I’ll definitely give the film a watch when it comes out.

Even if the source material is awful frau-bait

They are hot. Although Taylor has an entirely crypto based twitter account. Sigh.

Filming in London

TZP looks about 36 years old on set, bless his heart

[quote] They’re both hot and (possibly/probably?) gay

What do you mean possibly? You can’t cast someone not gay in a gay role. What year do you think this is? We’re not gonna stand for gay erasure!

Who is TZP? And who is the other one? You all talk as if they’re well known people. Are they famous or only DL famous?

R101 They are not famous even on DL. This is the first time I even knew Taylor existed, and I knew Nick Galitzine only from watching that cheesy High Strung movie.

I’m glad they’ve aged up the characters a bit. Mid-twenties makes far more sense to the entire story.

I’d never seen Taylor in anything but I did follow Nick. He’s been in a few movies I’ve enjoyed. Taylor’s upcoming Prime move about gaming looks.. awful.

[quote]Who is TZP? And who is the other one? You all talk as if they’re well known people. Are they famous or only DL famous?

TZP was the "other man" in the Netflix Kissing Booth movies starring Joey King and DL almost-Fav Jacob Elordi.

The Kissing Booth movies were a fairly successful YA novel adaptation franchise on Netflix.

The boys in tank tops

He’s just lovely.

His hair doesn’t look so bad here I don’t think..

Nick’s vanity single “Comfort” is out now.

Don’t hate the song. Would listen to it again. It’s no worse than a Harry Styles song & people go wild for that drivel.

R107 His music sucks ass, he's a hot motherfucker tho.

SQUEE

ADORBS

All I’m looking at is his arms. Fuck, he’s hot.

I came for Taylor, I’m staying for Nick.

Cute R110. Let the homewrecking rumors begin 😂

This Galitzine kid looks ravishingly beautiful in some photos, plain and lumpish in others. I think it's all in the angle of the lens on his bulbous schnozz.

What homewrecking? Neither of them are married

Prior to this casting, I’d only ever seen him in Handsome Devil & he confused me throughout the entire film. I couldn’t pin point if I found him quite attractive or not at all. I was slightly mesmerised by his face. And I find myself mesmerised all over again, but this time far more convinced he’s is utterly beautiful 90% of the time.

[quote]Prior to this casting, I’d only ever seen him in Handsome Devil

Prior to r115, I didn't even realize he was the guy from Handsome Devil.