Nicholas Galitzine was grateful to shoot the “Red, White & Royal Blue” sequel after filming Peter Berg’s epic World War II drama “The Mosquito Bowl.” “It was a slight change of pace doing that movie compared to doing this movie,” the actor told me Thursday night at “The Mosquito Bowl” world premiere during AFI Fest in Hollywood. Details about “RWRW” are being kept under wraps. Instead of following Prince Henry and Alex’s wedding, the movie reportedly features the wedding of Princess Beatrice.
Prime Video has not announced a release date. Returning cast also includes Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, Clifton Collins Jr. and Stephen Fry. While preparing for the Battle of Okinawa, they play in the Christmas football game Mosquito Bowl.
The ensemble cast also includes Ray Nicholson as Tony Butkovich, Bill Skarsgård as George Bauman and Broadway star Tom Francis making his feature film debut as Dave Shreiner. The drama also marks sports talk show host Pat McAfee’s acting debut. The film is an emotional, terrifying and very graphic depiction of the harsh realities of war combat.
It’s also highlighting this generation that we’re all really proud of, these really young men who were just boys … We wanted to pay homage to them whilst showing the realities of war.” The film is based on the 2022 Buzz Bissinger book “The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II,” about the Mosquito Bowl game played during World War II. It premieres on Netflix on Nov. 25. Galitzine also teased that his hair color on Thursday was shades darker than usual because he’s in preparation for an upcoming project.
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