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Sky Madden, June 13th

We met up with our favourite starlet Kurt Hummel, to discuss the upcoming Born Rivals movie, his future plans, and, most importantly, his personal life.

GM: Hi Kurt! How are you?

KH: I'm well, thank you! Busy as usual, but I'm never sure what to with myself when it all calms down.

GM: That's great to hear! So most recently you've been working on the first movie of the Born Rivals saga, based on the first two video games in the series, Melody Night and Crystal Dawn. How is working on the movie different to Highlands?

KH: To start with I already knew my character quite well, since I voiced Prince Julio for the games. Of course, Elliot never needed to do any hand-to-hand combat and I never got to have quite the same adventure, but in terms of the process it's totally different. It was most weird to be away from home for so long while filming. But I'm an actor and I love doing what I do, whether it is for film, stage or TV.

GM: Speaking of TV, what can you tell us about Becoming Innocent?

KH: I've spent over a year working on Innocent and it still feels odd to think that it's being given to the general public now. It's basically a coming of age type story about a group of friends, somewhere bordering comedy and drama. It takes a lot of my own memories and reworks them for this kind of setting, which I love. It has its twists, particularly the more supernatural elements, but I won't spoil anything.

GM: Will you be playing anyone on the show?

KH: Possibly in the future, but I'm not one of the main cast members. It won't take me long to write myself in if I want to, but for the moment my hands are plenty full with the writing and producing.

GM: We look forward to its premiere! Have you enjoyed the writing process?

KH: Definitely! Like I said earlier, I have been working on this show for a really long time and I didn't show the scripts or anything to anyone, much to the annoyance of my friends and family. I just kept working on it until finally I was happy with what I had, and then I talked to my agent and got set up with a network right away. I'm staying based in New York, which is still odd for a lot of people, but, as much as I love LA, New York will always be my home.

GM: What about your work with the Wish Factory? Since your start as a supporter two years ago, things have changed around a bit; what can you tell us about the Blaine Project?

I'm still involved with my main role as a supporter of meeting with the sick teenagers, and I'm involved with some of their work in homes and hospitals, although that has sort of taken a backseat since the Blaine Project started. The Project was started as another support network for the teens. It focuses largely on the more social side of things, where there has been a lack in recent times. We fund support groups, host dances and parties in hospitals, allow youth to go to proms when they otherwise wouldn't be able to... there are all kinds of small things that we do. Another part of the project is WishNet, a social networking site for these teens and their siblings. It serves as an online support group when they don't have one close by or they aren't well enough to attend, or they can safely communicate with and make new friends.

GM: Where did the idea for the project come from?

KH: My boyfriend mentioned wanting to make a dent, changing a piece of the world. We talked it over a lot about how he wanted to go about it and what he wanted to focus on. He has his own connections with support groups and hospital dances so it was no wonder when that was where he saw he could have an effect. What the project is now had a lot of shaping by the Wish Factory and also Blaine's friends Sky and Olivia, who brought in new perspectives. Of course, it was only fitting that the resulting project be named after him.

GM: Congratulations on your recent engagement, too! Do you have any wedding plans you might like to share with us?

KH: Thank you! Blaine and I aren't in any rush, and while he's at college and I have all my own projects it can be hard to find a lot of time for us to put a block in the calendar for a wedding date, even. It will probably be a small wedding, with our families and friends, but nothing is set in stone. We have agreed on a few places we want to visit for our honeymoon, so as soon as we can secure enough time we plan to take a nice, long holiday. We're used to long distance, but for us to be together for a few weeks that aren't disjointed by work and school will be great.

GM: With both of your families in Ohio, do you think you will be spending much time here?

KH: We both owe Ohio a lot, but New York is where my heart is. In the future we might find ourselves visiting more when maybe our parents will be demanding to see their grandchildren, but for the meantime we're content with visiting for the holidays and not a lot more often.

Catch Kurt in Born Rivals: The Legends premiering on the 21st of June. Kurt's new show Becoming Innocent is set to hit our screens next month. And finally, keep a watch out for Kurt and Blaine, one of our personal favourite power couples of the moment.