Join producer Sara Schechter, director, co-writer and executive producer Matthew López, and actor Taylor Zakhar Perez in the Variety FYC Streaming Room presented by Prime Video for an exclusive “Red, White & Royal Blue” conversation.
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00:00When you're casting, you kind of clock actors and you know someday, like, they're not right
00:05for this part, but there's definitely going to be something for them.
00:10And they will definitely be, they'll definitely, they're going to be a star.
00:16So that's how I felt about Nick.
00:18And so we were just really lucky.
00:20Once he came in, it seemed he seemed like he seemed right.
00:24And I think we were pretty sure right away.
00:27But then finding Alex was much harder because it's such a dynamic, external, charming, smart
00:36and just had to be so many things.
00:40And you know, I think British actors are sort of, you know, it's in their blood to become
00:44princes.
00:45But I think to be an American prince, it's harder.
00:50So we were and then once we, when Taylor and Nick read together is when we knew we had
00:54a movie.
00:56And it was just obvious within seconds, I think Matthew and I were texting each other.
01:01It was like, okay, good for you.
01:03Okay, let's go make the movie now.
01:04We got it.