The Tony winner, who co-wrote the film with Ted Malawer, also discusses the movie's R-rating, the gay casting debate and finding support in Hollywood as a first-time filmmaker of color.
is a constellation of characters,is filled with people who really existed. You show me a collection of characters, and I will tell you who you are.
Taylor Zakhar Perez as Alex Claremont-Diaz and Uma Thurman as President Ellen Claremont in in Prime Video’s Red, White and Royal Blue.There is something for me about seeing Alex and telling his story. It is not surprising to me that it’s his white parent who’s the president. That there’s a woman president is amazing, and that she’s played by Uma Thurman is a dream come true. But it isn’t surprising that the white parent became president when your father is Mexican.
. Characters who look — but maybe don’t act — like Henry have dominated this genre space, and like the novel, you seem to be playing with historical rom-com conventions here, with your entire cast of characters. It makesfeel like it’s whispering something kind of powerful about how we see people. Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Henry, Malcolm Atobrah as Percy Okonjo, Rachel Hilson as Nora Holleran, and Taylor Zakhar Perez as Alex Claremont-Diaz in Prime Video’s Red, White and Royal Blue.And I think it’s true.
I don’t mean to say that it isn’t important to me. That’s important or else I wouldn’t be telling the story. But it can’t be the sole reason the story is being told. The sole reason the story’s being told is it’s a good story. It’s a good story, because it’s a queer story, but being a queer story isn’t sufficient. It can’t just be that or else it’s just ticking a box. And you don’t have a story if you don’t have queerness. This doesn’t work. It might, but it won’t be as good.
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