Galitzine had the rare fortune of appearing in two buzzy projects within the same month: he stole hearts as a closeted prince in the Netflix’s “Red, White & Royal Blue” and then turned that role on its head to parody toxic masculinity in comedy “Bottoms.” Due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, Galitzine couldn’t promote the films, but the London-born-and-raised actor was aware of their impact. “Watching the reaction from the sidelines has been so heartwarming and encouraging,” he says. “I think they’re both really important movies, particularly to the queer community, and I’m so happy to be a part of both of them.”
Galitzine, who will return to royalty as the first duke of Buckingham in the upcoming miniseries “Mary & George,” excelled at sports, and “the idea of getting up and performing for someone else was a million worlds away.” But several injuries put a stop to sports and Galitzine drifted toward new friends. “Actors are this motley crew of outsiders and weirdos and eccentrics and Bohemians, and I just kind of fell in love with that community,” he says. “I think I started to kind of evolve as an emotional, artistic young man. I think it was always in there, I just never felt I had any validity to explore that. It felt like something I was encroaching on, not something I would be welcomed to examine. But I received a lot of encouragement from my close friends who were actors.”
Those friends urged him to try out for “Guys and Dolls” and he agreed, largely because it was a chance for him to step outside his all-boys school group. It was also interest in a girl spurred him to check out the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, he had his own “Sliding Doors” moment. “I was outside the audition hall on the phone to my dad saying, ‘What am I doing here? I’m not an actor, this is ridiculous.’ But he convinced me to go in.” It was there that Galitzine booked his first film, “The Beat Beneath My Feet,” opposite Luke Perry.
Galitzine sang in that film, the 2021 musical film “Cinderella” and a viral karaoke scene in “Royal Blue.” He will again carry a tune opposite Anne Hathaway in “The Idea of You,” playing the lead singer of a boy band.
— Jenelle Riley
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