Nicholas Galitzine Calls His Royal Wedding Shoot a "Nice Reset" After Mosquito Bowl

Nicholas Galitzine says shooting his next royal romance was "a nice reset" after months of filming a war drama that left him with "bombs blow up in my face for five months." He made the remarks to Variety on Thursday night, October 22, at the world premiere of The Mosquito Bowl during AFI Fest in Hollywood.

The war drama is the film he was promoting that night. Galitzine plays John McLaughry, one of four real college football stars who enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. The story comes from Buzz Bissinger's 2022 book The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II. AFI listed the premiere as a Red Carpet Premiere, with a screening time of 7:30 p.m.

The film reaches cinemas on October 30. It then arrives on Netflix on November 25, which gives viewers two ways to see it within four weeks.

The "reset" he described came next. Galitzine is returning to Red, White & Royal Wedding, a follow-up to the 2023 Prime Video romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue. He plays Prince Henry again, opposite Taylor Zakhar Perez as Alex Claremont-Diaz. Filming wrapped in March, according to Variety.

Lena Headey has joined the cast as Galitzine's mother. Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, Clifton Collins Jr. and Stephen Fry are also returning from the first film. Variety reported that the sequel centres on the wedding of Princess Beatrice, rather than the wedding of Henry and Alex that a reader might expect from the title.

Galitzine has more work lined up beyond the royal story. Variety reported in June that he is set to play the supermodel Hoyt Richards in an upcoming project.

For readers who follow actors across genres, the contrast is the appeal. One month he is in a grim wartime story, and the next he is back in a light-hearted royal comedy. The two films will reach audiences from very different corners of the calendar, with a theatrical release for one and a streaming debut for the other.