‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’: How Matthew López created it
qvoicenews.comLike all good love stories, Prime Video’s gay romantic comedy “Red, White, & Royal Blue” has its cake and eats it too. Literally.
The adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel by Casey McQuiston follows the first son of the United States of America, Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez of “Minx”), and the second in line to the British throne, Henry Fox-Mounchristen-Windsor (Nicholas Galitzine of “Cinderella”), as their hatred for one another slowly evolves into a friendship and then a romance. “Red, White, & Royal Blue” is directed by Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew López and written by him and Ted Malawer.
The story begins with a colossal public relations nightmare as Alex and Henry have a mishap with a very, very large dessert.
In what could be one of the most awkward, cringiest scenes in cinema, the two have an embarrassing encounter during Henry’s brother’s wedding — that is, the wedding of the first in line for the British throne — that ends with them in a sweet, sticky mess on the floor.
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