Ryan Murphy may have written a script for a potential Glee revival, but Chris Colfer says no one has told him anything about it — and returning as Kurt Hummel without Naya Rivera would be difficult.
If a Glee reboot really is taking shape, that appears to be news to Chris Colfer.
The Golden Globe-winning actor, who played openly gay fan favourite Kurt Hummel throughout the musical comedy’s six seasons, says he has not been approached about returning.
“I know nothing and have heard absolutely nothing,” Colfer told Bustle. “I wish I did.”
That is notable because Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed that he, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan have already written a script for a possible revival and have discussed the idea with around 10 members of the original cast.
Murphy said those cast members had questions but were enthusiastic about the possibility.
Colfer, apparently, was not among them.
Returning without Naya Rivera
Colfer is not ruling out stepping back into Kurt’s designer shoes, but says the absence of some of his former co-stars would make returning emotionally complicated.
“It was a really tough show to do, and it would be really hard to do it now that Naya is gone,” he said.
Naya Rivera, who played lesbian cheerleader Santana Lopez, died in 2020.
During the show’s run and in the years since, the Glee cast has also lost Cory Monteith and Mark Salling.
Despite his reservations, Colfer knows how intensely fans remain attached to the show.
“I do know that Glee fans would probably come after me with pitchforks and jazz hands if I said ‘no,’” he joked.
“So, I don’t know, but hopefully I’ll have more information and I can actually think about it.”
So, not exactly a yes — but definitely not a no.
Kurt and Blaine still have fans talking
Few Glee relationships inspired more devotion than Kurt and Blaine, played by Colfer and Darren Criss.
Their relationship became one of the show’s most prominent queer storylines and helped make “Klaine” one of the defining LGBTQ+ television couples of its era.
Colfer says the passion surrounding the characters sometimes spilled uncomfortably into real life.
“A lot of fans thought Glee was a documentary, and they really, really wanted Darren and me to be in a relationship in real life,” he told Bustle.
He said some fans went too far by incorporating elements of his actual personal life — or invented details about it — into fan fiction about himself and Criss.
“Sometimes those people would cross a line and make me feel a little uncomfortable,” he said.
Colfer nevertheless understands why Glee inspired such intense identification among queer viewers.
He believes part of the series’ success came from young people seeing themselves represented on screen at a time when characters like Kurt were far less common on mainstream television.
That connection, he says, is part of why new generations continue discovering the series and creating stories around its characters.
Chris Colfer returns to acting
While his Glee future remains uncertain, Colfer has already returned to acting after spending much of the past decade focused on writing.
This month he stars in campy queer horror film The Restoration at Grayson Manor, his first film role in nearly a decade.
Colfer plays Boyd Grayson, a wealthy gay heir whose toxic, co-dependent relationship with his mother, Jacqueline, is played by Alice Krige.
After Boyd loses his hands in a freak accident, his mother has them replaced using experimental technology — only for the new appendages to apparently begin acting on his murderous subconscious.
“I really missed acting,” Colfer said.
“I had so much fun doing The Restoration at Grayson Manor that I hope I get to do it again soon.”
He has already lined up another project, appearing in Rebel Wilson’s upcoming film Girl Group.
So is Glee actually coming back?
For now, there is a script — but no confirmed revival.
Murphy has said he wants to write more material and hear what the original cast thinks before anything progresses further. Colfer has not read the script, has not been approached and says he needs considerably more information before deciding whether he would return.
But after years spent largely away from acting, the man behind one of television’s most influential gay characters is back on screen.
Whether that eventually means another trip to William McKinley High remains to be seen.
