In an exclusive interrogation with E! News, Chord Overstreet shared wherefore his amusement Acapulco is specified a blast, the inspiration for his caller opus and wherefore Glee inactive resonates with audiences.
Chord Overstreet Channels His Inner Chad connected Acapulco
Chord Overstreet knows the New Directions volition ne'er spell retired of style.
The Glee alum, whose quality Sam Evans became the New Directions manager in the bid finale, has lone expanded his horizons since the beloved amusement ended successful 2015—but arsenic younger generations proceed to observe the show, the bequest of Sam lives on.
"When you bash thing that's that impactful, it's a compliment to the radical that are creating," the 33-year-old histrion exclusively told E! News. "The relation you person connected the amusement tin interaction people's lives. I deliberation it's truly chill that it inactive goes on."
With the full bid disposable to watercourse connected Disney+, its themes and groundbreaking practice are being seen and appreciated by a harvest of viewers that are arsenic young present arsenic the students astatine William McKinley High were erstwhile the amusement archetypal premiered.
"It helped a batch of kids and it dealt with a batch of issues that it was the person on," Chord said. "It was the archetypal clip a batch of these things got discussed. It's chill that it's sticking around."
These days, Chord has traded successful his McKinley letterman overgarment for popped collars and hairspray on Apple TV+'s Acapulco. On the series, which is presently successful the midst of its 2nd season, Overstreet plays Chad, the wide manager astatine Acapulco blistery spot Las Colinas Resort.
Set successful the 1980s, Acapulco allows Chord to instrumentality a glitzy measurement backmost successful time.
"It's truthful fun, honestly," helium said, "when you person 10 pounds of hairspray and everything's pinkish and you're successful the '80s taking pictures with Deloreans. I get to talk a small Spanglish. There's specified a bushed to the show. You cheque retired of reality."
Consider our bags packed.
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In summation to Acapulco, Chord precocious released his caller azygous "Sleepwalking successful the Rain." And the mystical opus is rooted successful real-life experiences.
"I've been known to bash a small sleepwalking," helium revealed. "One nighttime I had this dream. I woke up and I was successful my kitchen. I wrote down this rubric 'Sleepwalking successful the Rain' and I was like, 'I don't truly cognize what this means yet.' I stored it successful aged notes successful my phone. I went into a league and I was scrolling done notes and I was like, 'Oh I retrieve this and the emotion down it.' The chorus conscionable came out. It was 1 of those moments."
"Sleepwalking successful the Rain" is disposable present and caller episodes of Acapulco premiere Fridays connected Apple TV+.
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