In 2009 Chris Colfer rocketed to stardom as the out and proud Kurt Hummel on Fox's Glee, a role that nabbed him two Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe, and the adoration of legions of fans worldwide. This week the 22-year-old actor, singer, New York Times bestselling author, and screenwriter makes his feature film debut in Struck By Lightning, in which he stars as an ambitious small town teenager killed by a bolt of lightning, a coming-of-age story which he also scripted.
Like Colfer's Glee alter-ego, Struck By Lightning's Carson Phillips is a restless young man with a yearning for what lies beyond the confines of his high school hallways. But the Glee comparisons fade quickly. For starters, there's no singing — just a little blackmail, used by wannabe journalist Carson to coerce his rivals into joining an extracurricular program that's bound to score him points on his college applications. More importantly: Struck By Lightning, a story Colfer first wrote in high school, never acknowledges its hero's sexual orientation.
"I don?t want to do another orientation story!" Colfer exclaimed to Movieline. "I don?t care what it is... I didn?t want an orientation to take away from someone learning the lesson of [Carson's] story."
Colfer spoke with Movieline about his feature acting and writing debut, the real life upbringing in Clovis, CA that inspired Struck By Lightning, his burgeoning literary career, and more. (The film is available On Demand and hits limited release today.)
Struck By Lightning is a project that?s been with you since high school ? what was the original seed of the idea that inspired you to write this as your debate project?
Even back then I knew I wanted to screenwrite eventually one day, so I started writing it…
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