• 4 months ago
Join producer Sara Schechter, director, co-writer and executive producer Matthew López, and actor Taylor Zakhar Perez in the Variety FYC Streaming Room presented by Prime Video for an exclusive “Red, White & Royal Blue” conversation.

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00:00Taylor, what was, can you talk a little about your audition process?
00:03Yeah, well, what Sarah failed to mention was that
00:05I had auditioned for her for probably the last seven years, nonstop.
00:11David never showed me your tapes.
00:14Ever, ever. He always said.
00:16No, I was going to step out of the room for a moment.
00:18Yeah, I'll be right back.
00:19You should definitely keep the cameras going.
00:23So finally, you know, I think when I had my first, my first call with Matthew,
00:30February, maybe sometime.
00:32And so it was like a five month process.
00:34And I want to say, May, I'm on the East Coast.
00:39And I'm at my cousin's wedding.
00:42And David Rappaport calls me.
00:44And he said, hey, Sarah Schechter wants you,
00:48wants to chat with you about this project.
00:50And I said, oh, I got auditioned for that so long ago.
00:52And like, I met with Matthew.
00:54And he's like, yeah, it's like, they're really going.
00:57They're trying to find their Alex.
00:58And they're like, they need to, they want to talk to you.
01:01I said, OK, so stepped out of my cousin's wedding.
01:04Like, I think I might have missed.
01:06I now pronounce you husband and wife because Matthew was in London.
01:10And I, you know, just the timing.
01:11I was like, you guys, I'm so sorry.
01:13So I had a great chat with Sarah.
01:15I had a great chat with Matthew.
01:16And then I flew back two days later.
01:19And and had the camera read with Nick on Zoom in my sister's apartment.
01:23I remember setting up my laptop on her kitchen island with like four books underneath it.
01:28And I was like, just be quiet.
01:29Just be quiet.
01:30And and then they said, hey, the next day, can you get to London?
01:36Like in four days?
01:37I think it was like three days.
01:38Like, can you get there?
01:39It was fast.
01:40It was very, very fast.
01:42We were trying to get you to London without you going back to L.A.
01:45But you were like, I need things.
01:47And I was like, I guess you did.
01:49And I brought three suitcases.
01:51And I'm glad I did.

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