Red, White & Royal Blue star Nicholas Galitzine feels “guilt” over his queer roles
Nicholas Galitzine has expressed “guilt” over taking on queer roles “as a straight man”. The British actor has become one of the most notable faces in queer storytelling over the past decade, boasting five gay/bisexual roles to date.
Galitzine’s first-ever queer performance was in TNT’s short-lived crime drama Legends (2015), which was later followed by his semi-breakout role as Connor Masters, a closeted rugby player, in Handsome Devil (2016), and as a bisexual bully in The Craft: Legacy (2020).
He found further mainstream success as Prince Henry, a closeted gay royal, in Prime Video’s acclaimed adaptation of Red, White & Royal Blue, and as a queer king-fucker in Sky Atlantic’s raunchy period miniseries Mary & George.
All of the above have garnered Galitzine a devoted following, particularly within the LGBTQIA+ community. In a recent interview with British GQ, the star was asked if he’s had to combat “people conflating him with his characters”, to which he responded “I think I have” and “I am Nick, and I’m not my role”. “I identify as a straight man, but I have been a part of some incredible queer stories,” he went on to say. “I felt a sense of uncertainty sometimes about whether I’m taking up someone’s space, and perhaps guilt.
