Chris Colfer Was 'Terrified' to Portray a Gay Character on 'Glee'

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• 'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
• THE GAY ONE OM GLEE – POSIVE ROLE MOL OR DANGERO CLICHé?
• 'GLEE' STAR GRANT GT ON PLAYG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRIS SPARGOMARCH 7, 2012/10:53 AMBY CHRIS SPARGOMARCH 7, 2012 / 10:53 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'GLEE' STAR GRANT GT ON PLAYG GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-03-07T15:53:40.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-03-07T15:53:40.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEWT MEMBER OF THE EVER GROWG ST OF GLEE MAY BE ONE OF THE BT YET, GRANT GT WHO PLAYS THE NNIVG AND CREDIBLY SEXUALLY NFINT SEBASTIAN. NOT AAID TO STEAL A MAN OM HIS BOYIEND, EVEN WHILE THE TWO ARE ENJOYG A ROMANTIC NIGHT OUT AT THE GAY CLUB, OR THROW LYE THE FACE OF AN ADORABLE YOUNG MAN, THIS KID IS STRAIGHT OUT OF DYNASTY. AND WE LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUR BUDS OVER AT AFTER ELTON HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT WH GT ABOUT HIS NEW ROLE AND WHAT IS LIKE TO PLAY GAY ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WASN’T A AL BREAKER, OBVLY," GT SAYS OF SEBASTIAN'S SEXUALY. "I WAS EXCED TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER BEE I’M NOT GAY REAL LIFE, AND ’S FUN TO DO STUFF THAT’S DIFFERENT OM YOU. AND I MEAN THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY MORE OF A STIGMA TEN OR FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, BUT I THK WAS ALSO BEG GAY WASN’T AS ACCEPTED OUR SOCIETY. NOW ’S SOMETHG THAT’S JT, MY WORLD ANYWAY, CREDIBLY ACCEPTED. I KNOW ’S NOT THROUGHOUT THE UNTRY, BUT AS AN ACTOR FOR ANY TYPE OF ROLE YOU STEP TO YOU DON’T WANT TO BE PIGEONHOLED TO ANYTHG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE OF GT'S TERVIEW, CLUDG HOW HE LAND THE ROLE, WHAT HE THKS OF THE ST AND SOME EXCLIVE PHOTOS, HEAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERVIEW: GRANT GT ON HIS "GLEE" FUTURE. 'SEBLAE?' 'SEBTANA?' [AFTER ELTON]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET

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THE GAY ONE OM GLEE – POSIVE ROLE MOL OR DANGERO CLICHé?

Not only did he fy tradnal gay stereotyp by beg a football team ultra-jock, but Spencer was pletely shamels about his inty. "Glee" star Chris Colfer opened up about playg the openly gay character, Kurt, on a podst Thursday.

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"Glee" actor Chris Colfer, 32, opened up about his fear of playg an openly gay character on the h Fox seri durg Thursday's episo of the "And That's What You Really Missed", who portrayed a character named Kurt on the show om 2009 to 2015, shared that he was "absolutely terrified" bee he hadn't e out yet.

And back then, people told their clients, 'Don't play gay characters bee will your reer, '" Colfer said.