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"Chris Colfer has opened up about being cast in Glee several years ago. The actor was cast as openly gay glee club member Kurt Hummel in the Fox series in 2009, eventually earning a Golden Globe for his work on the show.  Speaking to August Man, Colfer suggested that he landed the role of Kurt because he showed honesty in his audition. &amp;quot;I think I was cast in Glee because I was authentically believable,&amp;quot; Colfer explained. &amp;quot;I could have been one of the kids on the show... in fact, I was.&amp;quot; Colfer has since branched out into film by writing Struck By Lightning, the story of a high school student who blackmails his classmates to build his college application. &amp;quot;For the last year or so, I&amp;#039;ve been the 22-year-old kid that people pat on the head and said, &amp;#039;Oh, Chris, that&amp;#039;s nice&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; he said of the initial reaction to the film. &amp;quot;No-one was paying attention to me unless I was Channing Tatum. With this film, I want to be taken seriously.&amp;quot; Struck by Lightning - which also stars Sarah Hyland and Christina Hendricks - is now playing in US cinemas. Glee returns Thursday, March 7 at 9/8c on Fox. Watch a trailer below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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