First look at Kissing Booth star's new rom-com Red, White, and Royal Blue
Kissing Booth's Taylor Zakhar Perez will star in the upcoming romantic comedy Red, White, and Royal Blue.
Based on the 2019 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name by Casey McQuiston, Perez will take on the lead role of Alex Claremont-Diaz, alongside the likes of Uma Thurman as the President of the United States and Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Henry.
The film adaptation will be released on Prime Video globally on August 11, with first-look images giving fans a taste of what to expect.
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A synopsis for the film reads: "Alex Claremont-Diaz, the son of the President of the United States, and Britain's Prince Henry have a lot in common: stunning good looks, undeniable charisma, international popularity… and a total disdain for each other.
"Separated by an ocean, their long-running feud hasn't really been an issue, until a disastrous — and very public — altercation at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder, driving a potential wedge in U.S./British relations at the worst possible time. Going into damage-control mode, their families and handlers force the two rivals into a staged truce.
"But as Alex and Henry's icy relationship unexpectedly begins to thaw into a tentative friendship, the friction that existed between them sparks something deeper than they ever expected."
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Speaking to Glamour, Purple Hearts actor Galitzine praised the work of Tony Award-winning writer Matthew Lopez, who co-wrote the screenplay for the film alongside Ted Malawer, who will make his directorial debut in the film.
"We were all aware that we wanted to make a classic rom-com but with a sort of new spin," he said. "Matthew's a very sensitive, very feeling person, and we obviously wanted to inject our movie with that kind of emotionality. He had a great balance in being able to facilitate both lightness and emotion within his work."
Lopez spoke fondly of the LGBTQ+ representation in the novel: "I never imagined I'd read a book with a queer Latine character at the center - a character who is smart and passionate and flawed and hopeful. I think having this book in my life when I was younger might have made it a little easier. I knew immediately that I wanted to bring it to the screen."
Red, White, and Royal Blue will be released on Amazon Prime Video worldwide on August 11.
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