Chris Colfer was Struck by Lightning

Jan 05, 2013

By: Lynn Barker

Adorable Chris Colfer who plays Kurt Hummel on TV?s ?Glee? is a man of many talents. He acts, he sings and he?s a very good writer! He wrote book and script for Struck by Lightning, the semi-autobiographical story of a high schooler who is determined to get out of his small town to be a famous writer. Carson Phillips will stop at nothing, including blackmail, to get his fellow students to participate in a literary magazine that will help him get into his dream college.

We?re with Chris at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills to talk about his high school days, love of writing and amazement at the cool cast he got for his movie!

Kidzworld: When you were in high school in a small, California town, was life about the destination..getting out and maybe to NYC or Hollywood for you?

• Chris: Oh I definitely wanted to get out but I wanted there to be something to go to. I didn?t just want to go.

Kidzworld: Were you so all about getting out that you didn?t enjoy your high school days?

• Chris: I definitely regret living so much in the future or the future that I thought I?d have. I kind of regret not having more fun with friends and making more friends in high school and being young. I was in such a rush to grow up and so impatient. I think it?s so good to have that drive but don?t take the present for granted.

Kidzworld: Can you describe how you are like your character Carson and how very different?

• Chris: I think Carson is who I wish I was. He?s very sarcastic and says what he wants. I think I?m quick on my feet like him but I always internalize. He never internalizes anything. He just says it. He?s who I wish I was in high school but he?s kind of a jerk. I?m kind of a wimp so he?s more mean than I am.

Kidzworld: You did run a book club and a literary journal in high school. I assume you didn?t blackmail anyone to participate??

• Chris: Oh, I did! (we laugh). That?s true but I felt guilty about it for years and he didn?t feel guilty once. I?d find receipts in people?s cars. People are such big mouths in high school. It?s like ?Well, if you don?t want your parents to know, why are you telling the whole school?? But, it worked out.

Kidzworld: Both you and Rebel Wilson have been in films or shows with tons of singing, you ?Glee? and she in Pitch Perfect. Was it weird or refreshing that both of you didn?t sing at all in this movie?

• Chris: We shot this film right before she went off to film Pit

Source: http://www.kidzworld.com/article/27767-chris-colfer-was-struck-by-lightning

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