Chris Colfer confirmed on The Daily Beast’s “Obsessed: The Podcast” that he is having conversations about returning as Kurt Hummel in the “Glee” reboot that is now in development at Disney+ and Hulu. News of the revival broke in late October, with Variety reporting soon after that original cast member Lea Michele is set to return as Rachel Berry. Considering the close bond between Kurt and Rachel, “Glee” fans have been wondering if the reboot would also bring Kurt back.
While stopping short of confirming his return, Colfer cryptically said he’s had a “nice conversation with someone” about the “Glee” reboot and “I’m gonna have more conversations soon,” adding: “From what I heard, it sounded very funny and it sounded like a good idea. So we’ll see.”
“At this point I’m just curious,” Colfer said about the reboot. “We did so much stuff that was that was revolutionary and groundbreaking at the time. I’d be very curious to see how they keep that up.”
Colfer starred as Kurt on all six seasons of “Glee,” which ran on Fox from 2009 to 2015. His performance won him the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a television series and earned him two supporting actor nominations at the Emmys. The character wrapped the series married to his longtime boyfriend Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss), with Rachel as the surrogate for their child. If Kurt does return to the reboot, Colfer said he wants to see the character “in a place of power.”
“I would love to see him like a Miranda Priestly-type, running his own fashion blog or a magazine,” the actor said. “I could also see him on tour with Chappell Roan, styling her. There’s a lot of fun avenues they could explore.”
The reboot might also plan to explore Kurt and Blaine’s lives as parents, to which Colfer said: “I’m sure he and Blaine would have very different parenting techniques. I think Blaine would be a gentle parent, and Kurt would not. I think Kurt would punish his children with scathing looks.”
Colfer was also asked about the prospect of making a “Glee” reboot in the wake of so much tragedy that has befallen the cast. Cory Monteith, who played Finn Hudson, died after Season 4 from an accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol, while Santana Lopez actor Naya Rivera died in 2020 at 33 years old after she drowned while saving her four-year-old son.
“It was really hard going back to the show after Cory passed, and I’m sure it’d be really difficult, especially now that Naya’s gone too,” Colfer said. “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? There’s a lot to think about with it.”
Head over to The Daily Beast’s website to listen to the full podcast interview with Colfer.