Mary & George's Nicholas Galitzine and Julianne Moore on gay sex scenes and Red, White & Royal Blue

Ahead of the launch of Mary & George, Attitude sat down with the show's leads, Nicholas Galitzine and Julianne Moore to discuss the queer historical fiction drama.
The stars touched on the show's depictions of LGBTQ+ characters and gay sex scenes as well as the possibility of a Red, White & Royal Blue sequel.
All seven episodes of Mary & George will launch on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW on 5th March.
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[@t7957r]

Queer as Folk was on TV 20 years ago why does everyone in the media forget about that ground breaking show? IT was the First to depict gay life and culture honestly and openly.

[@kitsworld]

I agree. But the answer is that it broke TOO MUCH ground. It was too honest and open. The media, run by cis straight people, will only ever present an image of queer life that is palatable to cis straights. We can be gay - just not TOO gay. And we mustn't have sex in any way that can not be accepted and understood as depicted through a straight lens. And as a group we must be pretty, young, and vanilla. No shameless fat old queens, please! And our relationships (and mess) must be represented in exactly the same way as straight relationships (and mess) - just with same sex couples. Nothing that challenges, questions, or broadens. Nothing that would make a vapid, narcissistic, teenage Valley girl say "Ewwwww!" Honestly, I believe we have gone backwards. That's why the straights now think queerness is old news, and that the need for PRIDE parades has passed. The media has created an "acceptable" homogenised way of representing us, and woe betide anyone who presents differently from the accepted paradigm!

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

@@kitsworld quite a speech. And opinions. OK. All helps

[@misswendyjane4992]

I wouldn't say honestly - even the actor who played Justin said the show was more like a soap opera and unrealistic. Still had the hottest sex scenes though. 😆

[@vickyfisher2139]

The original UK version of QAF written by Russell T Davies was incredibly groundbreaking and challenging to heteronormativity, and (from my understanding) attracted a pretty broad audience, both queer and other (ok, maybe a lot of straightish women 😅). The US version seemed, to me, to be more soap opera-like and played to more niche audience. Both definitely had a role in paving the way for greater queer representation on TV.

[@TheRg191]

Plus Julie Anne Moore was referring to the portrayal of gay family life (two gay parents and children) as a normalised dynamic as ground breaking.

[@carlymckenna]

I can’t get over Julianne saying “mmmmm I know!” so messy LMFAOOO they’re so funny together

[@Maaagada]

This interviewer is great!! He did an amazing job with the questions and the delivery of the questions

[@MrAlastairJames1]

Thanks!

[@tedfaun2159]

How dreamy is Julianne?? For the level of acclaim and experience, she's just so chill. Has clearly been instilled with good values.

[@angelinabrown3142]

I love that Julianne is a fan of Nick's. "OK, when's it on?" She's already planning the watch party.

[@sp00kyd0ll]

I would sell my kidneys for having Nick as Achilles and Tay as Patroclus in a screen adaptation of TSoA 😍❤️

[@skah12]

They would also fit Captive Prince so well

[@sp00kyd0ll]

@@skah12 yes!!! 😍 They'd be great as Damen and Laurent as well! ❤️

[@skah12]

At this rate, just cast them in all the queer movies please 😂

[@nikkiXx19]

no edvin and omar from young royals fit them much better

[@Erin-Thor]

Excuse my ignorance, but what does TSoA stand for?

[@pambambi1]

a salary raise for the interviewer, please. thank you sir.

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

the best so far

[@taybong]

I can see Nick getting offers for the roles he wants very soon, maybe he already is working on some of those! I am so excited for his acting in Mary&George, he is so talented and beautiful

[@keltus_warrior6491]

Having come out in May 1968, I must say how refreshing it is to give witness to the gay-positive films now being offered. Nicholas is simply delicious! Julianne is ravishing. Being gay is abnormal only to those who think it is. It is quite normal to the rest of us.

[@Je_suis_belle_27]

But Nocolas isn't gay 😊

[@keltus_warrior6491]

@@Je_suis_belle_27 I know this.

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

It took Attitude Magazine to deliver the best (so far) interview with these two, THANX

[@Pablorcct]

Get him the role of Achilles & Taylor as his lover, we need more of those 2 together besides the RWRB sequel, thank this man for asking the best and most accurate questions 🙏🏻👌🏻❤️❤️

[@PokhrajRoy.]

NICHOLAS GALITZINE AS GREEK GAY IMMEDIATELY

[@mimicat9368]

AS ACHILLES

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@mimicat9368 Omg yes

[@binaryvoid0101]

I M M E D I A T E L Y

[@calvind2054]

Clearly there’s a high demand for this. So get on with it. I just like watching Nicholas, doing anything, as long as it’s him.

[@prefon13]

Somebody needs to adapt "The Last of the Wine" already. Gods.

[@mustlovebooknerd]

What a fantastic interviewer! His questions are so good and you can tell how engaged the actors are with what he's asking.

[@KristineMaitland]

In terms of gay stories we've forgotten Maurice with Hugh Grant, James Wilby and Rupert Graves. That came out in 1987 and it had a happy ending for the love story which was rare for a long while.

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

Absolutely RIGHT

[@jadefire2817]

And also "Bright Young Things" and "Wilde" both with Michael Sheen.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Mr. Galitzine out here living every bottom’s dream.

[@victoryv116]

I see you everywhere

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@victoryv116 Happy to see you here!

[@anaalmada2835]

Galitzine 🇷🇺🇬🇧😡😡🤮🤮🤮

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@anaalmada2835 SHUT UP

[@JC-qb2qj]

@@anaalmada2835wtf ?

[@renzame1489]

I can't wait to see Mary and George Thanks for this wonderful interview ❤️

[@dhgemein2]

It's high time someone adapted one of Mary Renault's ancient Greece novels for the screen. Nicholas Galitzine would be great in something like that.

[@treesny]

Not to mention her WWII gay novel, The Charioteer.

[@dhgemein2]

Great idea!

[@errolpletcher9186]

Funny seeing this comment. I just finished reading The Persian Boy and was thinking it'd make a great TV/limited series.

[@jjt917]

Very good point.

[@nathaliateixeira6934]

Ok, now we know they're both up for a sequel!! YES, JUST WRITE THE SCRIPT AND LET'S GOOOOO! hahah

[@B.B-Ghost]

Sex is still being used as a weapon in this present day! What an articulate Nicholas Galitzine! He is not afraid to be typecast! I hope he doesn’t! These two are comfortable with each other!

[@mimicat9368]

PLS PUT HIM IN SONG OF ACHILLES

[@Bklyngurl85]

Only if Taylor can play opposite him.

[@lpr6585]

OH MY GOD I like your brain !

[@arthurcoomes2942]

Nicholas and Julianne are absolutely royalty to me

[@MeganL518]

Nicholas "I'm Greek" Galitzine 😂

[@valyriaas]

how do we get a TSOA adaptation with nicholas and taylor zakhar perez

[@Himthepoet]

just amazed by how seamlessly they interact, an incredibly talented pair 👏✨👏✨👏✨

[@ntwn94]

Ancient Greece obviously Achilles and Patroclus

[@allisonk89]

Julianne is all of us after Nicholas said he wanted to play a historical Greek 😂🥵

[@asdabir]

He’s working with Julianne frickin Moore, lucky man

[@user-xy8gy4co6l]

The way Nick loses his composure at 5:38 makes me smile every time!

[@sshh_itsaxis]

Damn, Nick's arms do be looking buff

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Many thanks to Ms. Moore and Mr. Galitzine! ❤‍🔥

[@abelon0214]

I can see Nicholas as a Greek God Adonis😍 make a movie for him please ❤

[@blue4747]

I love the interviewer, I love Julianne and I love my Greek god Nicholas Galitzine

[@ntwn94]

The proudest Greek person

[@lorraine.v]

or even Russian!😜😜

[@Liliaburdett]

He is going to be a Achilles isn’t he 😭🫶🏻

[@softieg_]

ACHILLES AND PATROCLUS LETS GOOOOOOOO

[@arasilky]

Hey Nick, I'd totally support whatever Greek god you'll play in the future! 1000% 😅

[@michelcomenta]

they both made incredible queer films 🥰🩵

[@michaelkrupar9808]

Alexander and Hephaeastion or Achilles and Patroclus.

[@bullzdawguk]

I'd love to see a story about Emperor Hadrian and his young lover, Antinous. It's a tragic love story because Antinous drowned after falling a ship when he accompanied Hadrian to Egypt. Hadrian mourned his loss deeply and named the area where he drowned after him, which still bears the same name. He also had him deified and his cult was hugely popular and widespread in ancient Rome. In fact, of all the statues discovered that depict actual historical figures, the overwhelming majority depict Antinous. When you think about it, he was histories first gay god. Anyway, I think you could tell a great story about them. Hadrian is recognised as one of Rome's best emperors. What is it about ancient Rome's actual history that makes for great storytelling?

[@marilynlovezhe1609]

WOW NICHOLAS SO HANDSOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Mela27h]

RWRB SEQUEL LETSS GO!! or another project with taylor, dont waste their chemistry!!! Also cant wait to watch mary and george omggg

[@yeimyxacily6996]

Thank you so much for this interview ❤

[@MrAlastairJames1]

Haha! Thanks!

[@yannhollister9091]

can't wait for this series, it's gonna be hot

[@pohaikalani]

❤great interview. Nicks attire in this clip is so attractive. He may be starting a fad. Nice see through sweater over a tank. It helps that he is buffed. The movie is phenom. Bravo👏👏👏

[@rameshnayak311]

I hope Nicholas doesn’t get type cast, he is a great actor, handsome and very articulate, great interview.

[@Andreaalvarcila]

THEY BOTH KNOW THINGSSSSSSS!!!

[@jh-fl6ph]

Oh the scenes were most definitely salacious.

[@arithasu9069]

Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer for fellow travelers pls

[@lilibethvilella]

Anyone here divorced? Published a book on finding true WHOLENESS after divorce for women called “THE SUN ALWAYS PIERCES THROUGH”

[@rabbitfishtv]

“The Kids Are All Right,” revolutionary queer family drama… where the only sex is between Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo.

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

True

[@TF-vb9us]

Yeah I lost a bit of respect for her when she mentioned it in this interview…. Is she not aware that among the gay community that movie is considered some of the most insulting, pathetic het drivel 😂 Not revolutionary, she should be embarrassed by her participation in it😂

[@ajeykul]

Those arms ❤😊

[@vitaflood6677]

i just died after the first ep INSANEE

[@kaitlyn4248]

Julianne saying “oh I know” ??? Hmmm RWRB sequel ???? 🙏

[@zynslt]

i literally cannot wait

[@simenonhonore]

A curious film, partly ludicrous, partly very insightful. Once you get beyond the willy-fest, it's a tale of sharp observations on the road to power and influence - its dangers, its uncertain path, its cost. Julianne Moore is masterful as the central character, portrait of a woman pursuing her ambition in a hostile world, to be respected if not liked.

[@tshaa]

who else didn’t know nick was greek

[@helenryder8999]

His mum is Greek, dad is English.

[@tshaa]

@@helenryder8999 I was being sarcastic 😭

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

@@helenryder8999 dad comes from a noble (whatever that means) Russian family

[@Belaugh]

​@@bcnmanhattan5022That means the Galitzine family were aristocratic and hugely influential in Russian life for centuries, in the military, the creative arts and the diplomatic service. The family suffered very much during the Russian Revolution, murdered, exiled or simply escaped to other countries. It is a long, varied and complex story.

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

@@Belaugh My point was, were they "noble" people or just as you say aristocratic.?

[@57monks]

I love Julianne Moore, but never more than in The End of the Affair…she was ravishing!

[@sugarx6687]

i wanted a mary and george sequel so bad....but my 2 favorite charcaters died T.T

[@eleonoracecconi__]

What if one of the actors of the cast interviews the other two or three or many? ❤ Anyone agrees?

[@patarq6-iv3wk]

I love that cardigan that NG is wearing. Anyone know where he got it? or where I could find one like it?

[@davidjamessussex1671]

God this is painfully pious questioning.

[@donnalthood3102]

It took me 5 minutes to realize he was Henry....even though I recognized his name! What is wrong with me? He does look more filled out and his hair is darker, but still.

[@CPWHUNTERGUY]

Will it be aired in the USA? I suppose if we see the actors promoting it, silly me.

[@user-wb2yv7ll9d]

It's on Starz and Hulu, first two episodes so far

[@CPWHUNTERGUY]

@user-wb2yv7ll9d ThankU. Hulu here I come!🫶

[@ozvoyager]

What is Galitzine on about?! The relationship between James and George grew into something "pure and beautiful". No it didn't. It was clearly always transactional, as the series - for all its flaws (and there are many) - can't help but show. It was also all about power and exploitation. George and Many were devious, grasping nasty pieces of work. And according to the series they didn't even care much for each other. In any case, there's not much "pure and beautiful" about any of the relationships in "Mary & George". It's cynicism all the way. But maybe someone, or just Galatzine, decided that wasn't much of a selling point.

[@123benny4]

I don't know how honest the portrayals actually were. We don't know what happened way back then. There's no recorded history of any of what is portrayed. And, another thing, I'm sure they didn't look all that handsome or beautiful back then either.

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

The "beauty look" has changed of course. But Georges was called the most handsome man in the realm. I guess they had to make THAT believable nowadays.

[@Belaugh]

Tony Curran looks scarily like portraits of King James. There is only one existent portrait of Mary, in the National Portrait Gallery in London but it is very stylised fir the era. There are portraits of George. He may not look like Galitzine, but was very handsome for the period's standards.

[@SpaztasticSheep]

SO EXCITED

[@nimaarg3066]

Where the fuck is April 5?

[@chaerflrt]

i love watching two straight people answer questions on queer representation they’re trying so hard but they’re scared😭

[@Belaugh]

That is not evident from the roles they have played. Nor their readiness to discuss.

[@PosthumousAddress]

​@@Belaugh is Nick straight? Has he ever said so?

[@Belaugh]

@@PosthumousAddress Yes, frequently. If you do some research you will see that from his very first interview, ten years back, he casually referred to his girlfriend in a way any nineteen year old would. There have been similar references ever since, casually in passing, without pressure. In a recent interview with L'Officiel magazine that got picked up and widely repeated, he explains how he has lost girlfriends due to the demands of being away from home for long periods due to work. An in depth interview last week to promo Mary And George he explained he had recently learnt Spanish so he could talk to his girlfriend's parents, who had no English. Also in a range of new interviews, he has explained how important he feels it is to represent the Queer community, having many queer friends ( as normal working in creative arts especially) and listening to their views, especially supportive of his role in RWARB. He clearly does not feel sexuality to be a big issue to be addressed as he is confident within himself and his own identity, as well as always mature and discreet. Characteristics which have been constant and evident over the years.

[@eliaesparza]

Yes, I heard a past interview that he’s straight. He’s a fabulously talented actor. Can’t wait for The Idea of You costarring with Anne Hathaway.

[@stigmara]

julianne is so pretty damn

[@Knightowl1980]

NG arms are huge

[@anaalmada2835]

Taylor zakhar perez ☹️☹️😔😔😔

[@MissPerriwinkle]

omg he delish

[@PokhrajRoy.]

It was a fun trailer! Julianne Moore in more fun things plz

[@maiapicco2929]

NECESITO PELICULAS GRIEGAS GAYSSS❤

[@simongoodwin5253]

Nicholas has bulked up a lot! He has sloping shoulders I notice.

[@lorraine.v]

Yes, I notice the same thing, he has matured a lot!

[@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc]

*John Felton intensifies*

[@JC-qb2qj]

Was a bit disappointed in the tv show, was done watching after episode 3

[@SeiuMitsui]

Not sure about Nick as Achilles and really don't think Taylor would be a good fit as Patroclus. Tho Antinous on the other hand, Nick is at the perfect age to portray him. The producer just needs to find the right Hadrian.

[@greentombdive]

He might want to cut out the endemic “YOU KNOW”s …. Meanwhile, it was curious he thought the opening query was only for his role .. HELLO!?

[@dalestaley5637]

QUEER AS FOLK! I realize nobody there on set was alive or a child, but research a topic b4 comments are made as fact. Television was ahead of films talking about homosexuality.

[@kismit100]

It’s not queer IT IS GAY

[@RicardoPM777]

So cute

[@Logan-dn6uv]

❤

[@tjdomerny4847]

Maybe not salacious, but definitely erotic

[@1900intz]

Much ado about NOTHING.

[@R3nzoKhamm]

[@memoonakhan3946]

Interviews are great but the show is a waste of time and it’s horrible 🤮

[@serinodiaz4140]

Woke all is normal!

[@wkcty]

Moore’s English accent is atrocious😮

[@Belaugh]

Well I am English, and I assure you it isn't.

[@markusdufus3679]

Nick could have his pick of str8 roles, but he finds taking gay roles like taking candy from babies, leaving gay actors out of work. If u care about gays irl, please don’t watch content w/gay-4-pay actors.

[@deadpoetstodd]

considering he was contacted directly by the creator of this show for this part..(a gay man btw) its fine.. he's good at what he does and people see it.

[@natf7942]

Lol gay 4 pay. What about American for pay or playing princes for pay. You know you can't tell someone's sexuality by looking at them right? It isn't the same as ethnicity or gender. And queer people who don't want to come out should be able to play queer roles without having to reveal their sexuality to the world.

[@markusdufus3679]

​@@deadpoetstoddIt's fine for u, cuz u put ur needs for entertainment above real life rights for gay actors. I can't talk u into being a better person, so i did the next best thing & turned off ur notifications. Byeee.

[@KellyMacgillberg]

I think these are made more for the ladies anyway to get bigger audiences. They like the eye candy and aren't thinking about your valid point. Fellow Travelers on the other hand is for gays, and expect smaller audience, so they cast all gay actors.

[@natf7942]

@@markusdufus3679 lemme guess, you're one of those people who harassed Kit Connor until he was forced to come out when he didn't want to. A+ looking out for the gays on that one.

[@MrChrisablett]

The series is a load of inaccurate displays of that particular time, with nobility swearing etc. and horrible dark photography, not to mention bad acting from all those concerned. It should have been an interesting series, based on fact, but instead is a load of rubbish.

[@anaalmada2835]

Nicholas Galitzine 😡😡😡

[@deadpoetstodd]

why do you keep posting angry things on nicks stuff all the time….. weird

[@PatrickBurgoon]

you are very weird

[@anaalmada2835]

@@PatrickBurgoon Nicholas Galitzine 💀💀💀🇬🇧🇷🇺😡🤮🤮

[@pradorodriguezruy1911]

Sequel RWRB ♥️🤍💙 me respira 🎉