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Taylor Zakhar Perez has been 1 of the caller stars successful Hollywood to ticker for years now, and he’s having a genuinely breakout infinitesimal with Red, White & Royal Blue. The 31-year-old histrion stars arsenic Alex Claremont-Diaz, the First Son of the United States, who falls successful emotion with a British prince. The highly-anticipated film, based connected Casey McQuiston’s best-seller, volition premiere August 11 connected Prime Video.
Taylor Zakhar Perez astatine the Versace amusement successful March 2023. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)
Taylor has starred successful galore notable projects implicit the past fewer years. This dreamy hunk is astir to instrumentality Hollywood by storm. Get up to velocity connected each things Taylor arsenic Red, White & Royal Blue makes millions of viewers swoon.
Taylor is 1 of the leads of Red, White & Royal Blue.
Casey McQuiston published Red, White & Royal Blue successful 2019, and the publication became an instant hit. Readers instantly started instrumentality casting Alex and Prince Henry. Taylor and Nicholas Galitzine were officially announced arsenic the actors who would represent Alex and Prince Henry successful June 2022. “What an unbelievable grant to bring Alex Claremont-Diaz to the large screen. We won’t fto you down,” Taylor captioned an Instagram post astir his casting.
In the publication and film, Alex is simply a bisexual Mexican-American. He is the lad of President Claremont, the archetypal pistillate president of the United States, played by Uma Thurman. The movie was directed by Matthew Lopez.
Taylor intially thought helium would prosecute a aesculapian career.
Taylor swam competively increasing up and was adjacent offered a swimming scholarship. He turned it down to spell to UCLA and survey biology. His volition was to spell into dermatology. “It killed my dada for a agelong time,” Taylor told GQ astir his determination to crook distant from a aesculapian profession. “I conjecture a batch of my choices whitethorn [have].”
Taylor precocious mislaid his sister.
The histrion announced connected June 4, 2023, that his beloved older sister, Kristy, had passed away. “Losing my oldest sister has plunged maine into a realm of profound sorrow and longing. She was not conscionable a sibling, but a pillar of strength, guidance, and unwavering enactment successful my life. Kristy taught america compassion, patience, and unconditional love. She was the eldest sibling of 8, she watched each of america travel into this world, but sadly we had to ticker her permission it. The dependable near by her lack is immense, and each time feels similar a conflict to navigate a satellite that seems little vibrant without her,” portion of his statement read.
He captioned his post, “She was the proudest sister, knew each quote, dance, and opus from my projects, and was truthful looking guardant to seeing RWRB that I can’t ideate it premiering without her. She volition stay our usher walking with america done beingness and celebrating america arsenic we proceed to turn with her successful spirit.”
Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine successful ‘Red, White & Royal Blue.’ (Prime Video)
Taylor bared (almost) each successful Minx.
One of his astir notable projects close aft The Kissing Booth movies was the TV bid Minx. The histrion stripped down for his relation arsenic a sexy firefighter who becomes the screen exemplary for a feminist magazine. Taylor famously wore a prosthetic penis successful his nude scenes, but he’s not opposed to afloat frontal nudity.
“I’m each for it. If the task and the scenes telephone for it, wherefore not?” Taylor told EW. “But I deliberation conscionable to propulsion a bare-chested pistillate oregon ass-out feline into the country without it making sense, past it’s gratuitous and takes distant from the prime of the content.”
Taylor tin sing.
Taylor proved that close distant successful The Kissing Booth 2 erstwhile his character, Marco, performed The Romantics deed “What I Like About You” portion playing the guitar. Taylor was not a guitar subordinate earlier The Kissing Booth 2. He spent hours honing his skills earlier filming began.
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