I just listened to the latest episode of and that's what you really missed on Glee. As always the guest episode are so much better than the recaps.
Samuel auditioned for Sam and got invited to be part of The Glee Project later. First he didn't want to do it, because he was on American Idol. But then he changed his mind and used his experience for his advantage. He was just good enough to get through, but not so good that he couldn't give them more when they asked for it. (I couldn't do that. I would totally panick. I'm impressed that with just 19 years old he had a strategy and the focus pull that off.)
It was good to have Damian there when he started on Glee. Samuel was just so happy to be there. He felt that he had an important message with his storyline. (God squad). But he was frustated that he never had a solo. (He has a point. The other 3 – Lindsay, Damian, Alex – all had solos.)
In season 4 he was just there. He wasn't that important. He was just rounding up the classroom.
Being on Glee helped him mostly, but it hurt him as well. There were times when people wanted him for a movie or something and they're like „yeah, but you're on Glee.“
For every new guy that came in Cory was just the best. He would take him to lunch. It was really easy to feel welcome with him. Samuel could tell Cory was paying him exta attention to make him feel welcome. That was huge for him. And he saw Cory do it with others as well. (Jenna and Kevin were so caught up in their own drama that they didn't even notice what Cory was doing.)
Glee's favorite dreadlocked, barefoot character is on the pod! Samuel Larsen got the role of Joe Hart after co-winning Season 1 of "The Glee Project." Now, he is opening up to Kevin and Jenna about his experience on both shows, including how he really felt about co-winning with Damian McGinty, Cory taking him under his wing, the deal with Chord, and some of his favorite memories working on Glee. Plus, Samuel answers fans' questions, shares what he is working on now, and confession time . . . Kevin admits he was intimidated by Samuel's coolness, and Samuel admits he was fanboying the whole time!!
After We Collided is a gloriously ridiculous drama, a film that makes the Twilight franchise seem subtle and realistic. It’s professional-looking, free of bad special effects and devoid of cringe-worthy performances but the plot is so loopy it’ll have bad movie fans howling. You'll laugh twice as hard if you catch this sequel right after its predecessor, 2019’s After.
Though it appeared that Tessa (Josephine Langford) had forgiven Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) after she discovered he only began dating her on a dare, they've broken up. One month later, Hardin is a mess and Tessa is beginning a prestigious internship at Vance Publishing, working alongside the handsome Trevor Matthews (Dylan Sprouse). Desperate to win her back, Hardin approaches Tessa. Despite her best efforts, she finds herself drawn to him once more.
You know this movie is in trouble when it begins Alien 3 style and retcons away the finale of the previous story. Hardin’s got a heartbreak so severe he’s hanging out with bums. He’s stumbling to his favourite tattoo artist to immortalize the pain he’s feeling. Meanwhile, Tessa has won the professional lottery. On her first day at Vance Publishing (wasn’t that where Anastasia Steele worked too?), she’s given a simple assignment: read 5 manuscripts by the end of the week and let her boss (Kimberly, played by Candice King) know if any are good. What does she do? Read all 5 in one night, at the office. The owner of Vance Publishing (Christian, played by Charlie Weber) finds her sleeping at her desk the next day. He’s so impressed, he brings Tessa with him to a club in Seattle so she can sweet-talk a potential investor. She gets to stay in a company-paid hotel, gets a new wardrobe and is practically on her way to owning the business. It's even more impressive once you realize she only completed one year of university.
A big shocker with this film is the grown-up content. After was PG. It’s only been a year but obviously, the audience for this movie has "matured" and so has the rating. This sequel is rated R, complete with more sex scenes than the entire Twilight franchise and a shot of Hero Fiennes Tiffin’s butt. Tessa just pulled down his shorts and she’s looking hungry. I bet the teenage girls who are watching are about to burst too.
I want to direct your attention to the film’s writers. I don’t recognize Mario Celaya (at the time of this review, this is his only writing credit on IMDB) but I recognize the other name: Anna Todd. The book’s writer is now the screenwriter, and it shows. It’s like NOTHING from the book has been cut unless it was absolutely necessary. We meet a whole bunch of characters whose dialogue and interactions with Tessa tell you we’re supposed to care about every detail of their life, but we don’t. The film is so crammed it jumps from wild development to Tessa and Hardin breaking up, to sex scene, to new development, to breakup - with no pauses in between.
There’s so much to ridicule it's hard to pick the funniest aspect of After We Collided but if you ask me, I’d choose Trevor. He’s supposed to be this series’ Jacob but from frame 1, you can tell there’s no way he and Tessa are getting together. The movie tries so desperately to make him the desirable good guy it’s kind of pathetic. The man’s got no personality except being kind and helpful. He’s a robot’s idea of what a boyfriend would be like - and if you weren’t convinced, the post-credit scene will.
After We Collided is not a good movie. In fact, it’s probably among 2020’s worst but one thing’s for sure: it’s never boring. Delightfully ridiculous, melodramatic and tonally inconsistent, it’s got plenty to offer to bad movie enthusiasts who know what they’re getting into. There are two sequels in the works and I can’t wait. (March 19, 2021)
What a totally lovely guy Samuel is. Even when he was overlooked for solos - Damien had four - he still was accepting and positive about the others. I really liked him in this interview.
I liked him too. I didn't even notice he had no solos before he said so. Maybe it was bad luck for him that he joined season 3 so late. He had the storyline with Quinn, but there wasn't time for more. At the end of season 3 Alex joined the cast and I guess Unique was more interesting for the writers.
And in season 4 they had the newbies who got storylines. The writers kind of forgot Joe and Sugar.
Loved our conversation with samuellarsen 🫶 Samuel originally auditioned for the role of Sam on Glee before appearing on The Glee Project!! And knew he wasn’t going to get it 😂 Listen to the full episode - out now at the link in bio ✨🎙️