Prince William actor shrugs off right royal wedding film slating

The actor playing Prince William in a US television film of the royal romance has defended the project after critics slated it.

The Daily Mail review of Lifetime TV's William & Kate: Let Love Rulelabelled the film "truly terrible: a shoddily cast, poorly executed, badly edited and surprisingly boring account", while the Guardian's ownStephen Bates found it "toe-curlingly, teeth-furringly, pillow-bitingly ghastly".

But Nico Evers-Swindell brushed off the attacks on what he considers a "fun, whimsical and romantic" script. "It was always intended to be a fun ride, a light romance, a love story at the heart, and just a jolly good time,"he told the Hollywood Reporter.

He suggested he had expected some adverse reaction, saying: "You're dealing with the golden boy and golden girl of Britain right now … This wasn't a British production, Tom Hooper didn't direct this, this isn't The King's Speech. This isn't an in-depth look at the royal family."

Camilla Luddington plays Kate Middleton in the film, which was shot in 19 days in Los Angeles, airs in the UK this Sunday on Channel 5 and will soon be available on DVD.

"Had we filmed in England, it would have been a very different production," said New Zealander Evers-Swindell. "We would have been hounded more by the media if we filmed there.

"We were really lucky with the weather: it was cold and wet and miserable.

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