Nicholas Galitzine & Taylor Zakhar Perez To Star in Gay Rom-Com 'Red, White & Royal Blue' Adaptation

Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez are starring in the upcoming Red, White & Royal Blue movie adaptation!

The two actors have been cast in the lead roles of Alex and Henry for the Prime Video rom-com, based on the novel of the same name by Casey McQuiston.

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“It has been a thrill to hand this story over to Berlanti/Schechter, Amazon, and our fearless leader Matthew López and watch them make so many smart, bold, thoughtful choices to bring it to life,” Casey McQuiston said in a statement. “This casting is no exception. I absolutely can’t wait to see Taylor and Nicholas on screen as Alex and Henry.”

Here’s a synopsis: Mexican-American character Alex Claremont-Diaz (Zakhar Perez) who, upon his mother’s election as President, is promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, brilliant―his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There’s only one problem: Alex has a long- running feud with his royal counterpart across the pond, Prince Henry (Galitzine). And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between the two, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows into something more meaningful than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could complicate his mother’s re-election campaign and upend two nations, and begs the question: Can love save the world after all?

Also cast in the movie include Clifton Collins Jr, Stephen Fry, Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, Ellie Bamber, Aneesh Sheth, Polo Morin, Ahmed Elhaj and Akshay Khanna.

The film will be directed by Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew López, who also pens the script. Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter are producing with Amazon Studios.

“Meeting with and auditioning literally hundreds of actors over these past several months has been a painstaking labor of love that has brought us this diverse and extraordinary cast, led so fantastically by Nick and Taylor,” Matthew López said. “I cannot wait for the fans of the book (and indeed for the world) to find out how remarkably gifted and perfect these two actors are for bringing Henry and Alex to life.”

Production begins this month in the UK and will premiere on Prime Video in over 240 countries.