While Glee has more than its fair share of gay characters, Mike Chang, played by Harry Shum Jr., is one of the straight ones. However he’s getting his gay on in the indie flick White Frog, which is due to play at Outfest in LA on July 21st.
He’s been talking to Frontiers Magazine about the movie and says, ‘This is actually my first independent film. It was a great experience. They are two different beasts. You have Glee and the pace is constantly moving and on to the next thing as quick as you can—it’s so hectic. Independent films you don’t have a big budget. But what’s fun is you can play around more and develop the character. That was an interesting experience for me. I loved playing a different character.’
Shum plays Mike, a young gay man who isn’t out, but is extremely popular. When he dies, his brother Nick (Booboo Stewart) struggles to carry on. While Chaz’s parents (B.D. Wong and Joan Chen) have their own problems coping with the loss, they all have to come to terms with his secret life.
When talking about equality, Shum says, ‘You start to realize we have more similarities than differences. In my eyes, life is simple; people make it complicated. I never looked at the differences too much. I grew up in Costa Rica where I was the only Chinese kid in a Latin country, then I moved to San Francisco where I only knew Spanish and lived with Chinese kids. I was in a different world.’
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