Nicholas Galitzine reveals his "first" everything! From his first celebrity crush to his first time falling in love, Nicholas is spilling all the tea. When was Nicholas' first audition? When was the first time he wore a period piece costume? What's the first food he likes to eat when he returns to the UK?
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00:00 My first celebrity crush was Jessica Alba.
00:02 I was obsessed with Jessica Alba for a period of time.
00:07 The lips, incredible.
00:09 Hi, Teen Vogue, I'm Nicholas Galatine,
00:12 and these are some of my firsts.
00:13 If I had to pick a dream person to be in a rom-com,
00:23 I'd say Aya would definitely be on that list
00:25 because she's so charming and funny.
00:28 Get out of the freaking car!
00:31 I did a job in Ireland, and I was like,
00:32 we actually bonded over our love for Ireland.
00:35 And we actually, I think, stayed in really similar areas
00:39 in Dublin for both our respective times.
00:42 I don't think she was even working there.
00:44 I think she was there to study or something like that.
00:46 But she is the pride of Ireland, I can confirm.
00:49 My first impression when meeting Aya was--
00:53 and I just immediately wanted to be friends with her.
00:56 Obviously, the bear was kind of--
00:58 I think it either come out or was
01:00 like in the process of coming out,
01:01 but she hadn't sort of blown up in the way that she has now.
01:03 I knew immediately she was going to be a star.
01:05 I mean, obviously because of her talent,
01:08 but even more so than that, I think her work ethic.
01:10 I think she's been hustling at comedy for a really long time.
01:14 And she's a wonderful dramatic actress as well.
01:16 And I can't wait for people to see even more stuff of her
01:20 dramatically.
01:21 The first thing that people should know about me
01:24 is that I'm a very open person, unless I haven't
01:27 had my first coffee of the day.
01:28 In which case, don't come say hi to me,
01:29 because I'm going to be in a terrible mood,
01:32 and I'm not going to be open at all.
01:35 It all depends on that first coffee.
01:37 First coffee is integral.
01:38 I think Americans think that we're
01:40 a lot more polite and a mild manner than we actually are.
01:45 And we can be very, very rude.
01:47 I can guarantee you that most English people you'll
01:50 meet out in public, whether it's on the tube
01:53 or just around London, we kind of stay in our zone.
01:58 We're not very talkative.
02:00 Another thing that Americans get wrong, I'd say,
02:02 is that they either think that we're part of the royal family
02:05 or East End geezers who talk like this,
02:07 whereas the majority of us kind of sit in this little middle
02:12 zone as well.
02:13 There are more English people than just
02:15 the posh and the cockneys.
02:17 My first celebrity crush was Jessica Alba.
02:19 I was obsessed with Jessica Alba for a period of time,
02:24 and still am in a lot of ways.
02:26 She's the most beautiful human being.
02:29 And the lips, incredible.
02:31 But also a wonderfully talented person
02:33 and an amazing businesswoman.
02:34 I've heard she has incredible business acumen, too,
02:37 which I think is also very attractive.
02:39 My first audition was for a tiny, tiny little movie
02:44 called The Beat Beneath My Feet.
02:46 I ended up getting the lead role in this,
02:48 and it was the first movie I ever did.
02:49 [MUSIC - THE BEAT BENEATH MY FEET, "BEAT BENEATH MY FEET"]
02:52 My love.
02:53 Put in some work, get into university, or be a sad loser.
02:57 About a young wannabe musician who
03:01 befriends a disgraced rock star who faked his own death,
03:05 which is kind of crazy to think.
03:07 And there was a period of time where I was like,
03:08 oh, this acting thing, I mean, it's very easy.
03:10 You go to your first audition, you get the lead role.
03:13 I mean, the rest of my career is going to be exactly like this.
03:16 And then, you know, obviously, found out that wasn't the case.
03:18 The first thing that turns me off about a person
03:20 is the people who try and get on the tube
03:24 before letting the people off the tube first.
03:28 Like, just wait.
03:29 Just wait, like, one moment, and then you can get on, you know?
03:32 That really irks me, I'll say.
03:34 The first thing that turns me on about someone, I'd say,
03:37 is authenticity.
03:39 If you get a sense from someone that they are completely
03:43 themselves, you know, they've embraced their oddities
03:46 and their quirks, it just creates a really vulnerable
03:49 space between people where you don't have to kind of pretend
03:52 to be something else that you're not.
03:53 I think maybe perhaps when he comes back from France
03:59 and he kind of sees this royal court,
04:02 and I suppose the sort of stakes that it would take,
04:05 the sort of effort and commitment
04:07 it would take to ascend to sort of power or relevancy in this.
04:11 And I think, you know, the same could be said for me
04:14 at the start of my career, climbing through the sort of
04:16 the echelons of this wonderful industry.
04:20 I mean, it's very daunting to begin with.
04:21 You know, he starts to feel more and more comfortable
04:23 in that setting, and I think the same is true
04:25 as I've traversed, you know, every year in this industry.
04:28 So yeah, I'd say there's a likeness there.
04:31 I mean, the first food I like to eat when arriving in the UK
04:35 is probably, we're not exactly renowned for,
04:40 oh, what I will say is like good Indian food,
04:42 'cause I feel like the US doesn't have
04:44 as much sort of Indian restaurants as,
04:46 I mean, we're so known for that in the UK, I feel like,
04:49 you know, given our large Indian population.
04:51 Love spice, but when it comes to curry,
04:55 I love a lamb korma.
04:56 Trying to push myself, you know,
04:57 I'm trying to get ready for hot ones, you know, eventually.
05:00 I don't want to have my palate destroyed
05:03 if I ever get invited on that show.
05:05 The first time I fell in love,
05:07 I'd say my first girlfriend, she was from Spain.
05:12 We worked together in Abercrombie & Fitch.
05:15 I was very desperate for money at the time,
05:18 so that was my excuse.
05:19 I remember just like traveling, you know,
05:21 being so broke and spending all my money traveling to Spain
05:25 to go and see her, you know, sleeping in airports,
05:29 taking buses, and that's what you do for young love.
05:33 Very financially irresponsible of me,
05:35 but, you know, it seemed worth it at the time.
05:37 My first job was when I was about 14, 15,
05:40 and my friend and I started a car washing business
05:45 and we'd go around the affluent neighborhoods
05:51 knocking on doors.
05:54 We didn't have expertise in this area,
05:55 but we sort of hoped that our young charm
05:59 would kind of get us through the door.
06:01 And we realized the sort of effort
06:02 that you had to put in without all of the kit
06:05 to wash a car and then to only get maybe 10 quid for it
06:08 was, it was kind of futile.
06:12 We disassembled the business after about a month or two.
06:17 We didn't fall into the car washing business long-term.
06:21 I think the first time I realized my work had had resonance
06:24 was after my second movie,
06:28 which was this kind of cheesy romance movie,
06:31 but we got invited to this film festival in Italy,
06:33 which was kind of for teenagers.
06:35 And I mean, about like a thousand people showed up
06:39 and I was just completely floored and blown away.
06:43 I was in New York at the time,
06:44 and I just kind of, I think I felt more perceived
06:47 than I'd ever felt before.
06:48 And that felt like a notable shift for me.
06:52 My first interaction with Julia Moore
06:54 was actually this cast scheduled meetup
06:58 where basically the entire cast of the first three episodes
07:03 got together in a room.
07:04 I remember feeling an immense warmth from her immediately.
07:09 Her smile is so large and it really,
07:14 she just has a way of lighting up the room, I think.
07:16 It made her very human for me.
07:17 And I think then going into the process
07:19 and actually getting to know her,
07:20 that was very much confirmed.
07:22 You know, she's just such a sweet soul
07:24 as well as being immensely talented.
07:27 The first period costume I had to wear
07:29 was probably for Cinderella.
07:32 ♪ Anyone, anybody can anybody find me ♪
07:37 I don't remember exactly what it was,
07:39 but I'm sure it was some sort of waistcoat
07:41 and wide collared and sort of riding boot type costume
07:46 because it was not set in this real world.
07:49 Those were kind of a mixture of different periods, I think,
07:52 but it was so fun to wear.
07:55 They're difficult to move and dance in, that's for sure,
07:57 but they looked amazing.
08:00 Unfortunately, they don't let me have any of those things.
08:04 You really got to become a bit of a thief on a film set
08:06 because oftentimes there's a process
08:08 by which they hold onto these things for years.
08:11 And then at that point, you know,
08:12 you can't be bothered to secure them yourself.
08:14 So you got to steal props from set.
08:18 That's the only way, the only way to go.
08:20 Thank you, Teen Vogue, for having me.
08:22 I am Nicholas Galatine and these were my firsts.
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