"History is sexy" - Nicholas Galitzine lifts the lid on Mary & George - video Dailymotion

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The Red, White and Royal Blue star teams up with Julianne Moore, in Sky Atlantic's new raunchy period drama. Report by Nelsonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Nicholas Galatine, hello mate.

00:02 How are you doing?

00:03 I'm doing very well, but I can't be doing half as well as you. It's been a mad 12 months

00:07 since the old Red, White and Royal Blue. How has life changed for you the last few months?

00:12 I mean, on the day to day, very, very little. But honestly, I think it's more just the amazing

00:19 doors that have opened, I think, because of the movie and the prospect of future work

00:26 is really, really exciting. So I'm just kind of bathing in it and enjoying it.

00:30 And the prospect of current work is pretty exciting as well. You're still less than a

00:35 stone's throw from Mr. Gamble, one of the greatest actresses of the generation. This

00:40 experience working with her on this brand new saucy little show, which we'll get onto,

00:45 I mean, that must have had your head spinning as an actor.

00:48 She's an icon. I grew up watching all of her movies. But I think you kind of have to forget

00:58 all of that when you're on set and build the chemistry between a mother and a son. I just

01:03 feel very lucky to be able to share the screen with her because you as an up and coming actor,

01:09 you're trying to absorb as much information as you possibly can. And she's so giving as

01:15 a performer and as a colleague. So yeah, it's great.

01:18 And there's been a real resurgence in recent years of kind of sexy period dramas. We had

01:23 The Great, we had Bridgerton. This has got, I'd say, a lot more bite to it than some that

01:27 we've seen. Who knew history was this much of a romp?

01:31 History is sexy. I mean, I think that is the elevator pitch for the entire project.

01:37 So tell us a little bit about this particular show. It's based on Mary and George. It's

01:42 this guy's relationship with his mother. How she's trying to kind of push the family forward,

01:47 push them into quite some dark territory.

01:49 Yeah. Well, so the family, the Villiers family, are kind of on the verge of oblivion, on the

01:54 verge of becoming impoverished. No sort of prospects. She sees potential in her son and

02:01 sends him off to France to become this renaissance man with the aim of coming back and seducing

02:07 the king of England, King James. And through that, they accrue all of this power and this

02:14 wealth and really help take their family from the verge of oblivion to basically being the

02:22 most powerful people outside of the king in the royal court. So very Machiavellian, lots

02:27 of intrigue along the way, lots of sex and fun. And yeah, it was such a blast to shoot.

02:32 What do you think your mum's going to think of it? Did it make you second guess your own

02:35 relationship with her?

02:36 My mum isn't probably as conniving as Mary is in this. She's a lot more giving with her

02:43 affection, thankfully. But no, there's a few scenes that the family in general probably

02:48 shouldn't watch. So yeah, we'll be watching it behind closed eyes.

02:52 And finally, doing this and Red, White and Royal Blue, has it given you an expensive

02:55 taste, in a way?

02:56 I've always had an expensive taste. I think, I mean, well, it's kind of the full perspective

03:01 in a way, because they don't come from much in the beginning. And I think the lesson is

03:07 very much, too much power can corrupt. And so it's kind of a bit of an Icarus story of

03:15 don't fly too close to the sun, otherwise you might get burnt.

03:19 A little bit of power is okay, though.

03:20 Yeah, this is a smidge.

03:22 A little bit. Congratulations, man. I'm really enjoying that. I'm sure other people are going

03:24 to do it as well. Have a great night.

03:25 Thank you. I appreciate you, mate.

"History is sexy" - Nicholas Galitzine lifts the lid on Mary & George

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