It’s been two months since Red, White & Royal Blue dropped on Amazon Prime Video, and it seems the romance still has quite the chokehold on audiences.
Yes, we all fell in love with watching “First Son” Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar-Perez) and Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) fall in love, but in this age of everything streaming everywhere all at once, we want more!
And while Amazon hasn’t green-lit a sequel yet (we’re still waiting for author Casey McQuiston to write their follow-up!), they’ve been keeping fans fed with plenty of bonus content, like a blooper reel and even some deleted scenes.
On that tip, their latest peek at cut footage is a real doozy, one that has folks all up in their feelings.
To set the scene, the fireside moment occurs when Alex and Henry steal away to the Claremont-Diaz vacation home in Austin, Texas. They’ve had a great time hanging with their friends and Alex’s dad—cooking, swimming, drunken karaoke-ing—but on a rare quiet evening, Henry gets introspective…
“Once upon a time,” he begins, telling a fairytale about a “young prince” who sounds pretty familiar. He goes on about how this prince was different from all the other royals and “felt things acutely.”
Afraid people would see who see who he really was, the prince’s family gave him a suit of armor to protect him—but “the price he paid for his safety was his freedom.”
That is, until he met a “handsome peasant boy” who helped him feel alive, and the armor fell away. “With every tug, the boy made a space between the prince’s armor and his heart, and in that space… the prince’s heart could beat freely once again.”
Cue the waterworks!
Okay, so obviously Henry’s telling a story about himself here, but it’s a beautiful one in that it shows the typically guarded prince opening up in the only way he knows how. So why’d it get cut? Well, that remains unclear, but the final edit of Red, White & Royal Blue is nearly two hours as-is, so maybe the filmmakers thought they could save some time by excising an emotional beat they could show us instead of telling us outright. As Amazon notes in a follow-up tweet, since the scene didn’t make it into the final cut, it’s “not finished, mixed or fully color corrected.” “There’s nothing that I could show you that you can’t see on PornHub or OnlyFans,” says the ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ filmmaker. But who needs special effects when you’ve got an incredible, emotive performance from Galitzine, who, in these few minutes, really proves why he’s the movie’s MVP, making Prince Henry’s journey of self-acceptance the heart of the story. Over on I wasn’t emotionally prepared to feel all the feelings I just felt 😩pic.twitter.com/W98rc2mCAV But others seem a little frustrated learning this scene could have been part of the movie. One fan even pointed out that Henry’s fairytale actually gets referenced later in the movie when, after their relationship’s been exposed, Alex flies back to England to make his tearful plea: But we needed this! Connection of dialogue is everything. It’s communication, it’s connection, it’s everything! #RWRBMovie @RWRBonPrime pic.twitter.com/m4pZJdwamv Of course, Amazon could probably release every deleted scene, every storyboard, every scrapped line from the script, and yet the hardcore Red, White & Royal Blue fans would likely still be hungry for more: This scene is really beautiful..🤧 now we want more..🥺 😭🫠🥹❤️❤️❤️ thank you for this @PrimeVideo…now release the scenes were their on the woods when Henry is wearing the pink shirt, the full scene museum, the breakfast at KP and i know there’s more of the hotel when Zahra send Henry back to England also a 4k edition is a need now But you know what that means: Guess they’re just going to have to get to work on a sequel, stat! Manifesting a Red, White & Royal 2 announcement any day now! When we call for a greater diversity of representation on screen, that includes more hirsute heinies!
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Twitter X, the clip has opened a floodgate of emotions from fans. There’s a common theme connecting the overwhelming majority of reactions:
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Baron Wiseman
Bonus content!!?!!
We could barely get through the original movie. It was like a bad, gay Hallmark movie. My friend who chose the movie that night, ended up texting the two of us later with apologies for his bad movie choice.
Fenwick22
Couldn’t agree more – it was awful! I was laughing, but not in a good way. I actively discouraged others from wasting their time.
CaseyBlackCAUSA
Maybe you – Jaded, party of one, and the other above respondent – Bitter, party of one, should share a table together, “Jaded & Bitter, party of two, your table’s ready.”
Let us all guess, you, two, perfectly & completely identify with 1970’s, “The Boys in the Band.”
Fenwick22
@CaseyMay – the fact that you reference a movie made more than 30 years before I was born is hysterical. Notable you attacked instead of defending a low quality, poorly acted piece of drivel. Move along old man.
SoPluckyWhat
Soooo, you watched the whole thing THEN decided it was too Hallmarky at the end? I figured that out at the opening credits! Maybe you are just too thick in the head?
LumpyPillows
I thought it was quite good. Perhaps, Baron, are a bit too bitter in life. And Fenwick, you really are a nasty person.
Raphael
You two CHOSE a romantic comedy to watch, what the hell did you expect!? An insightful drama about the meaning of life!? Don’t blame the movie for your own stupidity.
Jaesly
Yes, the acting was often Hallmark-level cheesy, but it was a rom-com. I always grade the acting on a curve. I laughed a little, teared up a little and was glad I watched. Not every movie has to be Oscar-caliber for me to enjoy it.
Fenwick22
BumpyWillows has a thought……oh, no, he lost it. Your IQ is as mediocre as the movie.
stevieboy3362
Who the hell hurt you so bad? Jaded cynic much?
montegutdude
I loved it. Watched it again a week later and still loved it. I don’t even understand these petty comments. The film was quite enjoyable and the dozen or so gay folks I’ve spoken to about it all agreed it was great.
nm4047
@Fenwick22 the fact the (play) was written in the 70’s you may recall there was a remake in 2020 with a gaggle of gay A listers, Bomer, Parson, Quinto etc. Story is still relevant 50 years later. 🙂
Diplomat
This movie is what all gay rom coms will be measured by from now on. This movie blows the heart open, unless you’re emotionally stunted or god forbid, AI.
SoPluckyWhat
Like Fenwick and Baron?
ingyaom
I think it’s obvious why they cut this scene – total cringe.
1967Man
Perhaps it was cut because his misspeaks and says, “His grandfather, the King, sent the suit a prince of armor.”
joefsh
Listen – stop it all you haters – the film is what it is, a cute make believe fantasy. It was not meant to be ground breaking or Emmy worthy. but just a fluff piece to make us smile and laugh. then move on
Ronbo
THIS!
SoPluckyWhat
Some people just like to ruin the party.
LumpyPillows
I really didn’t think there would he such hatred for a cute movie like this. Tragic how unhappy and nasty some people are. It was very much like a Hallmark movie…and I liked it. Not your cup of tea? Oh, well.
Fenwick22
Droning on to end with”oh well”. Such conviction. Moving on.
Baron Wiseman
What I don’t understand is all the unnecessary, insulting comments on people that have a different opinion. I thought diversity was our strength?Calm down, it’s only a movie. People should be allowed to have a difference of opinion without all the ridiculous vitriol.
Diplomat
Agreed however the guys were really hot wouldn’t you say? What is your skin color?
Baron Wiseman
@Diplomat
Yes, they were cute white guys.
I’m white and generally date my Latin brethren.
Diplomat
Cool
Fahd
Well, imdb dot com has Bros rated at 6.4/10 and Red, White and Royal Blue at 7.0/10. I’d say that’s about right, if perhaps a little high. Let’s keep that money flowing for more and more gay-themed rom.coms, so there is a wider range of storylines, and that 8.0/10 or better gay romcom can emerge. I look forward to the day that Oprah will be screaming, “you get a movie” and “you get a movie” ad infinitum.
1967Man
Bros should be rated .4; it was awful and unbelievable, as no one would fall for Billy Eichner’s character, much less someone with eyes as beautiful as Luke Macfarlane.
bachy
For straight romantic comedies, the Hallmark style is obviously very popular and has made a shlt-tonne of money. It has just recently begun to be used for gay romantic comedies and apparently it is popular with a large swath of the gay audience as well.
The style is not to everyone’s taste – but what is?
It is what it is – more akin to a pop song than a symphony in four movements.
Just.my.opinion
This was a beautiful scene. Thank you for sharing. To those of you who failed to see the beauty in this film, I hope you eventually find whatever it takes to melt your cold, cold heart.
JTinToronto
This scene has a blooper in it. He says “the king gave the suit a prince of armour.” Maybe that’s why they cut it.