Uma Thurman has been roped in to play U.S. President Ellen Claremont in the upcoming film based on Casey McQuiston novel bestselling novel of the same title, ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’. The casting news was disclosed by Deadline. Thurman was last seen in the role of Arianna Huffington in ‘Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber’.
Uma Thurman Joins The Cast Of ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’
Uma Thurman is an award-winning actress who has starred in popular films like ‘Pulp Fiction’, ‘Batman & Robin’ and ‘Kill Bill’, among others. Now, she will be seen in‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ directed by Matthew López.
Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will produce the upcoming film, with López, McQuiston and Michael McGrath serving as executive producers. The rom-com will go into production this month in the UK and will be released on Amazon Prime Video upon its completion.
The film’s cast also includes Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Clifton Collins Jr., Stephen Fry, Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, Ellie Bamber, Aneesh Sheth, Polo Morin, Ahmed Elhaj and Akshay Khanna.
What’s The Story Of The Rom-Com?
‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ follows the Mexican-American Alex Claremont-Diaz (played by Zakhar Perez). After his mom (essayed by Uma Thurman) gets elected President of the United States Of America, Alex is treated as the American equivalent of a young royal. As per Deadline, he is “handsome, charismatic, brilliant―his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There’s only one problem: Alex has a long-running feud with his royal counterpart across the pond, Prince Henry (Galitzine). And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between the two, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.”
They added, “Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instagramable friendship grows into something more meaningful than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could complicate his mother’s re-election campaign and upend two nations, and begs the question: Can love save the world after all?”
Also Read: Rachel Zegler To Play Lucy Gray Baird in ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
