Chris Colfer revealed that when he was filming the primary season of Glee, he was suggested to not speak about his sexual identification.
The actor made an look on The View, the place he opened up about his expertise.
“I grew up in a really conservative city the place being brazenly homosexual was harmful,” Colfer mentioned on the present. “I keep in mind after I acquired on [Glee] the position was written for me, and I didn’t know what the position was gonna be, and so I opened the script and after I learn the script for the primary time was after I noticed that it was an brazenly homosexual character and I used to be terrified.”
Colfer performed Kurt on the Ryan Murphy-created sequence. His character struggled with coming to phrases together with his sexuality and the reception his associates would have of him.
“After I began filming the present I had lots of people inform me, ‘Don’t come out no matter you do as a result of it would spoil your profession.’ So I hid for a bit of bit,” he mentioned. “However I additionally informed them, ‘I can’t conceal it with my voice… I’m extra effeminate than most individuals. I can’t conceal it.’ They usually mentioned, ‘Don’t fear. So long as you by no means tackle it, you’ll be rewarded for it in the long run.’”
Colfer recalled the second he realized the constructive influence his position was having on individuals dealing with related challenges.
“We went on this huge poster signing tour proper earlier than the present got here out, and this little boy secretly slid me an envelope when his mother and father weren’t trying and I opened it up and it was a bit of be aware that mentioned, ‘Thanks,’” he recalled. “And there was a bit of paperclip chain that was the colours of the rainbow, and in that second I knew I’ve to return out.”
He continued, “On the time, I used to be pondering, ‘OK, yeah, if I’m an brazenly homosexual actor, yeah, I could by no means win a significant award. I could by no means get to play a superhero. However I believe being a beacon of positivity and offering that consolation for individuals is far more vital than consideration.”
