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Evening Standard
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El Hunt

Red, White & Royal Blue director Matthew Lopez, ‘It’s possible to ask, how far from reality actually is this?’

“You need to understand, my head is reeling,” Matthew Lopez says, attempting to make sense of the popularity of his first feature film Red, White & Royal Blue.

Since its release earlier this month, the Florida director and playwright’s feel-good adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s LGBTQ+ 2019 romance novel of the same name has been met with similar levels of fervour to its source.

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