Inside the Making of ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’: From Why ‘The Prince Absolutely Uses Condoms’ to Finding Uma Thurman’s Texas Accent
variety.comAdam 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.
As the film shot to the top of Prime Video’s Top 10 movie list, fans flooded TikTok, Twitter and Instagram with memes and reactions to the production and how it measures up to its source material, the best-selling 2019 novel by Casey McQuiston.
For director Matthew López — the Tony award-winning playwright (for “The Inheritance”), who also adapted McQuiston’s novel with Ted Malawer — the enthusiastic reception for his feature filmmaking debut has been enormously gratifying.
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