'Red, White & Royal Blue' Director Matthew López on the Love Story's Heart and Hilarity

'Red, White & Royal Blue' Director on Getting the Love Story Right

The Big Picture [Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Red, White & Royal Blue.]From director/co-writer Matthew López and based on the best-selling book by Casey McQuiston, the romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue follows Alex Claremont-Diaz , the son of the President of the United States, and Prince Henry , Britain’s spare heir, as their relationship evolves from total disdain into friendship, and then something even deeper.

MATTHEW LÓPEZ: I read this book at a period in my career where I knew that I really wanted to get serious about making a film. The Inheritance had just opened on Broadway, the time was right, I read this book, and it just happened. I read it in February of 2020 and not only did I know that I was ready to make a film, but I wanted to make this film. So, the idea for me was always to direct this movie.

You get a bit of wish fulfillment in a story like this. There is a little bit of the fantastical because, even if we can relate to these characters on a human level, most people can’t necessarily relate to being the son of the president or being a prince in the monarchy, so it really feels like casting is something that really matters. It’s the thing that makes the audience connect with all of that.

LÓPEZ: Honestly, the opening scene was so tricky for me because, not only is it the opening, but you have to always get your opening right. If you screw up the opening of whatever the movie is, then you’re dead. But I also knew that this was a very iconic opening to a novel. And on top of that, it was a very technically difficult scene to film. It was hundreds of extras, it was cake, it was a vision, it was choreography through space, and it was a lot of dialogue.

There are a couple moments where these guys kiss and there are some moments of them fooling around, before you have the longer sex scene. Did you have a very clear vision of what you wanted from that moment? Did it evolve out of collaboration with the actors? How did you figure all that out? LÓPEZ: Just getting to be on set with Uma [Thurman] and Taylor, that day. Just playing the scene, I remember Uma stopping for a moment and just shaking her head. I was like, “What’s up?” And she just went, “She’s just so cool.” I was like, “Yeah.” And she was like, “Man, I wish she was real.” In that scene, I just really wanted to give the audience a sense of a mother who gets it. It helps that she’s President of the United States because you also want a president who gets it like that.

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