#RWRB behind the scenes

[pippin-katz]

Getting emotional over the BTS of the cake scene now that we have the context of his dog passing away the night before 🥺

I bet Nicholas was on his silliest behavior that day to try and keep cheering Taylor up, and then this:

They would hug each other after the insult scenes to "dispel the negative energy" and I'm like, oh my fucking god, being mean to Nicholas on top of how awful he was feeling was probably so hard, and he really needed those hugs.

Then this from the bloopers:

And these pics:

Nicholas was probably doing his very best to make Taylor laugh and smile despite how awful he felt. Paying attention to someone's behavior/mood and making a deliberate effort to help them in whatever way you can is the mark of a really, really good friend. In this case, Taylor needed cheering up, and that's exactly what Nick did.

I can't even put my emotions into words. Nobody touch me; I'm gonna start crying lmfao

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[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

new favorite video, yes!!❤️🤍💙 #RWRB #RWRBMovie #RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue thank you Aneesh!!

!! more VERY IMPORTANT RWRB content in this post: https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/739408729011781632/rwrb-this

.https://ew.com/taylor-zakhar-perez-honors-nicholas-galitzine-entertainers-of-the-year-2024-8759399 +CAST OF RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE |FYC Panel - Consider Amazon:https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/769737016086839297?source=share

Henry Fox & Arthur Fox-post here: https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/738761008290627584/when-alex-texted-henry-yo-theres-a-bond

----from: https://instagram.com/p/C1POyPot_ZC/

+ CMQ spotify (characters' playlists!!) https://open.spotify.com/user/p873j0jdmqn5hye7cakdnub7e/playlists

my RWRB instagram highlight here: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18198132073262637/

BTW for everyone interested: Red, White & Royal Blue: Collector's Edition Henry PoV bonus chapter by Casey Mcquiston : https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/752528941905018880?source=share

+ also queer history/facts from RWRB(Alex engaging with queer history)(thank you SO. MUCH. CASEY MCQUISTON!!)-GREAT POST here on tumblr!!-many links here, lots of information! (Waterloo Vase, Stonewall, SCOTUS decision 2015, Walt Whitman, Laws of Illinois 1961, The White Nights Riots, Paris Is Burning, THAT David Wojnarowicz photo 'If I Die Of AIDS-Forget Burial-Just Drop My Body On The Steps Of The F.D.A' https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/757305651356729344?source=share (I encourage you to research more about David!!) , Thisbe & Pyramus, The V & A, James I & George Villiers and MORE!!) https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/757308307835895808?source=share (Learning about things referenced in Red, White & Royal Blue, thank you @ elipheleh)

THIS SONG IS SO FIRSTPRINCE!! thank you Nick & Taylor, i'm adding it to my RWRB playlist!!

♥. and now some RWRB links here:

Matthew talking about Alex's bisexuality ahead of the movie:

Alex, our ACD, our bisexual king post:

our FIRSTPRINCE post/mostly beautiful pictures/:

FIRSTPRINCE EDITS(post with edits/links♥):

coming out-important post/A's speech(both movie+book versions):

RWRB DELETED SCENES post:

RWRB BLOOPERS/BTS post:

THAT SCENE-Alex and Prince Henry Flirt Over Text:

KARAOKE SCENE:

Them reading RWRB:

!! https://nicostiel.tumblr.com/post/725473496174575616/red-white-and-royal-blue-2023-text-posts

+ https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/729333681897046016/the-delicate-art-of-the-grab-and-kiss?source=share

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[zakhargal]

this genre of taylor and nick. that's it.

[meraki-yao]

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

[annoyingvoidzombie]

Matthew: Are You Guys Ready For Some Cake?

Taylor+Nicholas: Ummmmm Sure..? Sounds sweet

[v-tired-queer]

"It's buttercream, ya know what I mean? 'Cause it's on my butt . . . and it's cream" TAYLOR--☠️😭😭

[pippin-katz]

I love how Taylor’s smile grows when he notices Nick overacting; you can see the corner of his eye crinkle before he leans back in frame 🥺😆

They're so stupid I love them.

[pippin-katz]

You ever feel sad, then you remember this pic exists:

…and you can’t help but smile, even if it’s only for a moment, because of the pure adoration on Taylor’s face as he looks at Nicholas?

Their bond is otherworldly.

We’re honestly just so fortunate that we got to see them on screen together, and their connection in any amount they choose to share with us. I will never take it for granted. I hope we see them share the screen more in the future, and not just in the sense of RWRB sequels, but in other projects. I’ve said it before, I’ll keep saying until I die, their chemistry is the kind you find once in a lifetime.

I have no idea if either of them lurk here on tumblr, but if they ever do, I hope they see how special they are and how much they mean to us.

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

Matthew, you are so loved!♥

more:

[zakhargal]

henry fox: the bts vs the scene

[hufflepuffinstorybrooke]

I love that you can see Taylor’s feet going all the way up into the first shot!

[meraki-yao]

RWRB Movie: A fucking List of Potential Extra Stuff  

I can only pray and hope that Amazon, Matthew, the boys, Casey and whoever needs to be involved do more with the movie after the strike is over, but here’s a list of stuff related to the movie that I want  

All the Deleted Scenes: Extended Polo Scene, Extended Paris Café Scene, Extended Paris Love-making Scene, Morning in Paris Scene (I swear I have been feral over it since the bloopers were released), Extended Texas Holiday Montage (I’m not sure about this one but basically the scene in the bloopers where they shove each other), Texas Campfire Scene (That really doesn’t look like it’s just meant to be a montage, it looks like a legit scene), Extended Texas Scene after Lake scene (I’m also not sure about this one because I’ve only seen one person say this exists), Kensington Breakfast Scene, Brownstone thanksgiving scene, Whatever the scenes from Philip, Pez and Zahra’s credits were from, and probably a couple others that we don't even know exist

More Bloopers (there’s gotta be more right? I literally don’t care if it’s like twenty seconds longer GIMME GIMME GIMME)

What was shot before re-shoots (like the piano scene, I’m curious what was shot before and why didn’t it work)

B Roll Footage

Full Footage of certain scenes (ex: The entirety of Henry/Nick singing don’t stop me now)

Audio Commentary: Matthew’s director's commentary, Nick and Taylor’s actor's commentary, Henry and Alex’s in-character commentary  

A DVD with all of the above

Full Cast Audiobook

More Interviews and Magazine shoots with the boys together

(Kinda far-fetched but) A Musical Adaptation

A miniseries of post canon Firstprince living their lives (that’s what I want for a sequel, not a plot, just the visual media equivalent of domestic one-shots): Living together, More about Henry’s grief and depression, I can’t tell if Movie Alex has ADHD but maybe more on that, Maybe Princess Catherine coming back and reconciling with Henry (currently writing a fic on it), Maybe? The King reconciling with Henry (wrote a meta on it), Proposal (Casey’s freaking thread reply drove me insane), Marriage, Kids, So like, snippets of the next five years of their lives

(also unpopular opinion but… personally I don’t want Henry to abdicate? It’s an issue I had with the bonus chapter but one of Casey’s IG story wrote about why they wrote it like that, and I realized it might have something to do with me being kind of young and the ideologies that comes with that immaturity. I kinda thought Henry could take a step back without stepping down, like irl Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice who had their own normal jobs and have more of a say in what events to show up to. Idk. I’m a “fix this system” rather than “fuck the system” person, and I think there’s just power in having a gay prince who can keep both his title and his love.）

Yeah I might be delusional but I am also willing to spend money on all of these things so Amazon it’s up to you

[pippin-katz]

Seriously, 246 other people (possibly more if Matthew auditioned more people after Taylor before calling him back in) auditioned, and who knows how many of those read across from Nick, & the spark wasn’t there; then Taylor showed up and it was instantaneous. That is just fucking magical 🥺

So TZP's sequence number during his audition for RWRB is #247. Hundreds of actors auditioned and it took Matthew 5 months before he found the perfect Alex Claremont-Diaz in Taylor. 😭

Can you imagine how many actors Nick had chemistry read with and somehow all of them didn't feel right? Not until Taylor came.

And Nick saying he can't imagine anyone better suited to play Alex. Taylor was meant to be the perfect ACD. It's all so serendipitous.

[pippin-katz]

Taylor, the camera isn’t rolling right now, you don’t have to look at Nick like he’s the love of your life 😭🥺

[zakhargal]

taylor and nick in polaroid 📸

[meraki-yao]

RWRB Bloopers: Another fucking list of Maybe there's more?

Matthew mentioned that the cast and crew were very disciplined and productive so there weren't a lot of bloopers, honestly the one we got is already longer than I initially expected.

But there are a couple of other scenes in the movie that just look like there are on-set mistakes and screw-ups waiting to happen because of the technicality, so here's a quick list from my delusional brain hoping for another blooper reel even though logically I highly doubt that will happen:

The NYE first kiss. Matthew said Nick was standing on a slope and had to march down for the kiss, and that the boys kissed like 40 to 50 times. I kinda just imagine Nick skidding down the slope uncontrollably in one of the takes

The tack room for the same reason as Alex's bedroom: pouncing, walking backwards while making out and then getting Nick onto the table, come on something must have gone wrong at least once right? knocking into the wall too hard, failing to get on the table etc (all in good fun of course)

At DNC when they were getting each other's clothes off

Most of the morning where Zahra catches them, especially when the two of them frantically get out of bed, and the long, long one shot of Zahra marching around the room in fucking heels like a queen (was Nick literally in the closet the whole time of shooting?)

Honestly, the volleyball scene in Texas felt like they just let Taylor, Nick, Rachel and Malcolm play volleyball and let loose, so there must be a lot of fun in that

Yeah that's all I can think of for now I hope there are more bloopers again I'm crying for a DVD