August 11, 2023
'Red, White & Royal Blue' Hotties Reveal Secrets to Their Sex Scenes
Emell Adolphus READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine have become the hottest pair on the silver screen, and now the "Red, White & Royal Blue" stars are revealing the key to their "hot and steamy" chemistry.
As reported by People, Perez and Galitzine share lots of kissing scenes in the rom-com so it takes some behind the scenes movie magic to keep things fresh: mainly breath mints and a lot of sense of humor.
"Making intimacy super serious can be a bad thing because you get really in your head about it," said Galitzine, who previously starred in last year's Netflix hit "Purple Hearts." "Taylor and I, we have enough trust and respect in each other that it was all about always feeling comfort and being able to communicate."
Perez, who recently starred in "Kissing Booth" and "Minx," added, "It was just choreography. We would be counting in our heads like a dance: 'Grab one, two; squeeze one, two.'"
We'd certainly like to learn that routine.
"We just brought humor before we tag in and humor after we tag out, which made everything less serious and kept us in that suspension of disbelief," Perez continued. "That's how I go through life, finding the humor in everything, the levity, and I brought that. I think Nick's very similar."
Add a "a little mint," explained Galitzine. "You want to stay fresh when you're doing these scenes. Lots of making out."
Adopted from a 2019 bestseller by Casey McQuiston, "Red, White & Royal Blue" director Matthew López recalled an "exhaustive" casting process to find the right chemistry between the pain characters. They had to be "natural and instantaneous."
"They would start riffing and ad-libbing with each other. They both were able to really keep up with one another," López said. "They speak very different versions of the same language – a language only the two of them possessed together."
Perez plays Alex Claremont-Diaz, the son of America's first female president (played by Uma Thurman), and Galitzine is in a role as England's Prince Henry. Upon being forced to get to know each other for diplomatic purposes, sparks fly!
"Red, White & Royal Blue" is available now for streaming on Prime Video.