Nicholas Galitzine should be on your radar
Nicholas Galitzine should be on your radar
The British actor is building his resume
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Today I want to talk about an underrated yet versatile star, Mr. Nicholas Galitzine.
The British actor’s first mainstream appearance was in a musical adaptation of Cinderella, starring alongside Camila Cabello in 2021. After that, he did Purple Hearts and Red, White, and Royal Blue followed by Bottoms and now, The Idea of You.
His fans are taking note of his range. Within a year, he had a movie release where he played a broken Marine marrying a waitress and another where he was a British prince falling in love with the president’s son. He plays singing roles, serious roles, and silly roles. Sometimes, it’s a mix of all three.
In his latest Amazon Prime movie, The Idea of You, he acts alongside icon Anne Hathaway and in the TV show Mary & George, he stars alongside Julianne Moore. I mean, come on. He passed a chemistry read with Anne Hathaway.
Entertainment Weekly reporter Maureen Lee Lenker wrote “Galitzine is the ideal costar, his cut-glass cheekbones and sleepy eyes the epitome of boy band beauty. Still, it is Galitzine’s more soulful side, the inquisitive intelligence in his acting choices that makes his Hayes so enchanting. He’s both enigmatic and familiar, someone who feels capable of deeply vulnerable conversations while remaining unknowable.”
I didn’t know what to expect from The Idea of You (it is rumored to be based on a One Direction fanfic) but I was pleasantly surprised by both his and Anne’s performance. The movie could’ve easily been the cheesiest thing you’ve ever seen, and while it did have its fair share of cheddar, the experience was more enjoyable than cringe.
Nicholas is building a name for himself. By the internet, he’s been coined a “baby girl.1” His performances seem niche and inconsistent, but according to an interview with Backstage in May, that’s how he likes it.
“The throughline of his career to date is his chameleonic approach to acting. He thrives on the challenge of embodying characters who are compelling and vastly different from himself,” Ilana Kaplan wrote.
I’ve enjoyed his performances in every movie I’ve seen him in. Even when he has to work with cringey material, he sells his roles and blends seamlessly into the friction of the film. I look forward to his future projects.
“Whether he’s ready for it or not, the Galitzine era is upon us,” Kaplan said.
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Baby girl: Another way of saying “soft boy:” an endearing term for male celebrities