Alex and Henry's first date is in Paris, France, and it was also the first day of filming for the cast and crew.
"I remember thinking it was a perfect scene to start with because Alex and Henry are a bit nervous with each other as it's their first date and they're trying to present in the world as just two friends having lunch together in Paris, but the truth is they're on their first date and they're very nervous.
"It was my first day filming as a filmmaker ever while Taylor and Nick had just spent two weeks rehearsing with each other and were just getting to know each other well. In Sidney Lumet's book on filmmaking he says something along the lines of, 'your first day of filming can be somewhere in the middle of the movie because the actors don't quite know who they are yet and that's okay because the audience is still figuring it out too'."
Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor is Prince Henry's full name in the book, but Matthew made the decision to change Henry's last name on screen to Fox-Hanover-Stewart, simply because Mountchristen-Windsor was too closely associated with the real British royals.
The scene comes during Henry and Alex's first date in Paris, but Matthew shares that it was a simple directorial decision: "Before we even started to get into rehearsals, Nick and I were talking and I decided I didn't want the audience to think about the actual British Royals. If people are watching this film and they're thinking about the Windsors, then it would have taken them out of the film, and it would have broken the fairytale."
"Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor is Prince Henry's full name in the book, but Matthew made the decision to change Henry's last name on screen to Fox-Hanover-Stewart, simply because Mountchristen-Windsor was too closely associated with the real British royals. "
Look who just woke up- is that DANNY GRIFFIN? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s PRINCE HENRY FOX-MOUNTCHRISTEN-WINDSOR/ HANOVER-STEWART-FOX from RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE. I heard they are 22 and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, he still gives off a TWISING YOUR SIGNET RING ON YOUR FINGER, BEING THE SPARE AND HEART OF YOUR COUNTRY, PIANO NOTES RINGING THROUGH OPEN WINDOWS, A LOYAL BEAGLE GREETING YOU WHEN YOU COME HOME, & BEING INVOLVED IN A CAKE SCANDAL impression. In Sydney they work as a YOUTH SHELTER PATRON They’re known to be quite INSIGHTFUL & COMPOSED, but have a tendency to be GUARDED & SELF SACRIFICING on their bad days. (doe)
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I'm confused in the Hello interview they say that Henry's last name is Fox-Hanover-Stewart but in the movie it says it's Hanover-Stuart Fox did they end up changing it again or did the interview get it wrong?
Oh I didn’t catch that! I’m gonna go with Hanover-Stuart Fox since that’s what’s in the movie, perhaps the article got it mixed up.