“It’s the least ridiculous hat I’ve ever been given,” Henry tells him. “It doesn’t even come with a matching tailcoat.”
“Nah, but maybe we can get you some Wranglers,” Alex says.
“Some chaps, perhaps.”
“I just told you not to talk dirty to me.”
- RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE [Collector’s Edition] by Casey McQuiston
This piece was commissioned by the generous and wonderful Jonathan L who won my contribution for the Latinx Kidlit Festival auction: a free commission of two characters! I was so happy to have an excuse to revisit Alex and Henry last month, and share the final image in time for ACD’s birthday!
This picture has some additional goodies for fans of the books—and movies. With Jonathan’s help, I’ve planted TWELVE Easter eggs in this picture; see if you can find them all!
Happy Birthday, ACD (and a happy belated birthday to HFMW)! 🎉🎂🤠
PS: This picture is protected by Nightshade, which accounts for some articulation in the close-up. Steal it for AI at your peril. 😇
Matthew López: I will be honest with you, for as lovely as that scene ended up, it was nobody’s favorite scene to film. Nobody looked back on that day and said, “That was a fun day.” It was a pain in the ass for my production designer, Miren Marañón, my DP, Stephen Goldblatt, my camera operator, and the two actors. We hated it!
It’s funny because there was so much joy and good humor and great, great chemistry between not just the actors but the actors and the crew throughout the whole shoot. So, the fact that the scene of maximum discomfort for our characters was one in which all of us were just mutually miserable for about five and a half hours was perfect for that scene. Nobody wants to spend five and a half hours locked in a closet shooting in a space where the camera and the lights can barely fit, let alone the actors. But I will say that it fed into what is going on in that scene, which is these two people stuck in a space that they don’t want to be in. So, for verisimilitude, I guess it was worth it.
From TV Guide:
In the Instagram photo, he captured his two leads, Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez, huddled together in the middle of a tight circle of chairs. The trio had been rehearsing a pivotal moment that comes early in the film when their characters Prince Henry (Galitzine) and Alex Claremont-Diaz (Perez), the First Son of the United States, get shoved into a broom closet by the Secret Service amid a potential security threat.
The rehearsal was an early chance for the two actors to play on the chemistry López already recognized between them. Still, as their director, he kept making the space smaller and smaller to get them cozy with one another.
"At one point, Nick was like, 'Mate, it's not gonna be this small,'" López says laughing, acknowledging Galitzine was right when they actually filmed the scene. "But it was a great challenge for them to work out together and we got a great picture out of it."
Another couple of rwrb details I picked out (if Prime doesn't give us something soon I think I'm going to descend into the "analyse frame by frame" madness)
(fuck I can't find a better gif)
Three things:
One, the way Alex's hand slides from Henry's shoulder down his spine to his lower back drives me fucking insane, and not only that, Alex's thumb traces along his waist
Two, Henry's shoulders are up and tensed, which means this is most likely a long, intense kiss that took his breath away
Three, and I might be wrong about this one, but with such a wide shot I think they could have marked it? But they really went for it, which shows how comfortable the boys are with each other and how much they put into showing Alex and Henry's love
Seriously it's been seven months and the forest kiss remains my favourite, I need all the cuts and the full scene of this kiss
Have you thought about scene right after Alex shut out Miguel and Henry come unannounced. The intimacy is too cute there. Henry doesn't even wait for door to close before kissing Alex. I eoukd love to hear you thoughts there.
I'm not really sure what you mean by "thoughts", but I can tell you that it's fucking adorable! The giggling and grinning is some of my favorite shit ever; it's so fucking cute and genuine as hell considering Taylor and Nicholas' have mentioned that humor was the main part of their bonding when it came to intimacy scenes.
P.S. - sorry for the delayed response, I didn't know what to say at first and then it completely slipped my mind
"The great thing about Taylor is what you see is what you get. He's extremely authentic, kind and funny. He's such a good mate of mine, we have such a laugh together. Making that movie was so joyous. Taylor's a really good guy."
"You made a friend for life ?" "Yeah!"
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