matthewlopez: One of my favorite moments in Casey McQuiston’s novel is when Henry explains himself to Alex in an email, using the literary tradition of a fairy tale. I wanted to get that idea into the movie and so I wrote this scene inspired by that moment in the book. I ended up cutting it as we didn’t ultimately learn anything we didn’t already know/intuit and because the three and a half minutes the scene runs was ultimately hindering our momentum. It was a painful but necessary cut and I’m happy to finally share the scene with you all. The speech ran over a page and half in the shooting script and Nick performed it beautifully in a single extended take that we then got coverage on for the end. For those of you who know the film (and there are a few of you), it was intended to go after the scene between Alex and Oscar in the kitchen and before the scene on the raft. I hope you enjoy!
"And because of this handsome peasant boy, the Prince's armor began to fall away. Piece by piece. Until all that was left was the piece of armor protecting his heart.
Peasant boy pulled and pulled at this last piece of armor but the Prince held it firmly in place. And with every tug, the boy made a space between the Prince's armor and his heart. And in that space, the Prince's heart could beat freely once again."
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RWRB Bloopers, a fucking list of favourite moments because I'm going insane
I'm going fucking insane over the bloopers, I have been playing it on repeat for the last hour, but I also really need to sleep or else I'm dead in class tomorrow morning so here's a list of my favourite bits of the bloopers:
Fucking eine kleine nachtmusik remix as background music
Nick feeding Taylor cake
Taylor kicking Nick's ass and Nick shoving him
Nick's soft "Don't Start" when Taylor fucks up the line
Taylor biting his own finger while repeating "climate conference"
Then Taylor turning around and going back to annoyed Alex in a split second
"So, seriously, what other famous boys have you had sex with?"
Nick's adorable expression to Taylor then looking like a baby deer in headlights (no wonder one of his nicknames is Bambi) when he realizes he's in frame
THE ENTIRE FUCKING SCENE ON THE BED???HELLO???? WHAT THE FUCK??? DO YOU WANT ME TO DIE????
(but in detail) Nick's face immediately scrunching up adorably the second Taylor starts blowing raspberries
Taylor shaking and burying his head into Nick's neck like a freaking puppy
Nick hitting him and cute little "Go back to America" BABYGIRL
The panic in both of their eyes when they realize they're falling over the couch
Then immediately laughing so loud and brightly
Nick pulling Taylor up from the couch
"get in bitches we're going shopping!" *distant WOOOOO
Taylor: "Squirrel!!!" Rachel: "????"
"Remember that time we found wild...marijuana growing" Nick losing it and Taylor staying in character and going "yes. YES!" (I'm guessing the entire conversation on the car was improvised)
Nick singing the fucking "You're insecure" meme
Nick's cute tongue thing after they called cut after "I'm definitely not doing karaoke"
The flashes of everyone's derpy faces
how the fuck did Taylor rip his sleeve
everyone else continuing the scene but Nick and Taylor going "NOOOOOOO"
Also honestly a couple of these moments wouldn't be out of character for Henry and Alex and that's how you know the casting is fucking perfect