Chris Colfer In “Conversation” About ‘Glee’ Reboot

As the Glee-boot takes shape, one of the New Directions is considering an encore performance as his beloved character.

Chris Colfer, who earned a Golden Globe for his performance as Kurt Hummel on the Fox series, teased that he’s had a “nice conversation” about a potential return, with more talks to take place soon, after Disney+ and Hulu gave the reboot a series order last month.

“Honestly, at this point, I’m just curious. I don’t have much information about it,” he said on Daily Beast’s Obsessed podcast, noting that he’s been busy traveling to promote his new movie The Restoration at Grayson Manor. “So, I haven’t had a chance to talk to anybody about it, but I recently had a nice conversation with someone, and I’m gonna have more conversations soon.”

Colfer continued, “But from what I’ve heard, it sounded very funny, and it sounded like a good idea. So, we’ll see.”

The actor joked that he’s “secretly campaigning for Mr. Schue [Matthew Morrison] and Sue Sylvester [Jane Lynch] to do ‘WAP’. That might be what gets me back to it.”

Following co-star Cory Monteith’s death in 2013, Colfer recalled it was “really hard going back to the show.” And after Naya River’s death in 2020, he imagines it will “be really difficult” to return for a reboot, but he doesn’t see that as a reason not to do it.

“But I guess you have to think, are you going to let the loss of two people you love very much prevent you from being around a dozen other people you love as well?” he explained. “So, there’s a lot to think about with it.”

As for where Kurt is in the reboot, Colfer noted, “I would love to see him in a place of power. I would love to see him like a Miranda Priestley type, running his own fashion blog or magazine. I could also see him on tour with Chappell Roan, styling her. So, I think there’s a lot of fun venues they could explore.”

With the 2015 series finale “Dreams Come True” revealing Kurt and Blaine (Darren Criss) as dads, Colfer imagines they have “very different parenting techniques,” adding, “I think Blaine would be a very gentle parent, and Kurt would not. I think Kurt would punish his children with scathing looks.”

Following Glee‘s original six-season run from 2009 to 2015, series co-creator Ryan Murphy ended years of speculation about a reboot when he revealed in September that he finished writing a script for the project.

A month later, the reboot got a series order from Disney+ and Hulu, with Lea Michele, Heather Morris and Chord Overstreet in talks to reprise their roles.