The Project - Darren Criss Interview November 2012

This was a web exclusive video only available on The Project's website, which is only available for viewing in Australia - so I decided to upload it on YT for international viewers.
(Sorry it gets a little choppy near the end - my recording software decided to mess up).
Disclaimer: I do not own The Project or Glee - both shows are property of their respective networks.
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[@AntarcticGiant]

I didn't realize the differece between Darren and Blaine until I saw this. Beautiful.

[@amandinejht96]

Darren is really amazing. It's incredible how he transformed in Blaine so quickly. He is fantastic

[@paulalove587]

Not necessarrily. Like Darren said he is very different from Blaine. For instance he curses like a sailor and is generally "rougher" around the edges. and while they share alot of the same qualities Blaine is younger than Darren and has a very soft mentality when he isnt performing. It makes sense that his voice is softer. Personally, I love that Darren goes to that level to distance himself from Blaine. It gives Blaine so much more character.

[@nataliekarin5440]

Haha I loved when you "transformed" in Blaine :P

[@nataliekarin5440]

I know, he's a cutie! ;)

[@taurie55]

that was so cool

[@bettysusiezany4930]

"Blaine, it's lovely to meet you" "Likewise" HOW DOES HE SHIFT SO EASILY BETWEEN BLAINE AND DARREN IT'S MAGIC

[@abby8339]

it's called ✨ a c t i n g✨

[@oshritlaufer7178]

It's pretty amazing the way he became Blaine...they are so different Darren is goofy and Blaine pretty serious.loved how he transformed from Darren to Blaine and back in front of my eyes pretty amazing.gotta love Darren criss he is deffinetly the coolest and most talented guy I have ever seen!!!

[@Godlovesyouall12]

I never realized Darren made his voice higher for Blaine This brought such a big smile to my face, i love him

[@LoopyPeoplezz1]

This is my favorite thing I've ever seen. I never realized he changed his voice for Blaine.

[@xoxojuuliee]

never realized he changed his voice..... just blew my mind!

[@randomgal13]

"Hello" "What's up, man?" "Um, very good to see you again, Darren." "Likewise." "I've nev-, I've only ever seen you as Darren." "I know, and now I'm in Blaine mode with the hair and everything...." There you go :)

[@thecupcakestealer101]

Watching the transformation is really kind of disconcerting.

[@Jetblackwildflower]

Darren stop killing me god damn I hate the person interviewing I love how Darren turned into Blaine 😂

[@yasmingannon5047]

Cok

[@SkySilverFire]

I just keep watching Darren to Blaine and back to Darren again... I just can't stop. 0_o...

[@annacriss1257]

When he does the higher voice, i cant

[@DarrenCrissLvr]

god its actually insane how different they are! like ur really dont notice it that much, especially when darren turns blaine when he's talking but that was crazy; like when he took off the glasses, buttoned his shirt and channeled blaines voice it was insane to see the difference!

[@C1U2]

Awesome. When he's changing his voice I'm thinking…wow is this his voice? It's so great! :) I love Blaine, I love Darren. :)

[@neos1234125]

Darren is Harry Freakin' Potter.

[@janitajasmin]

Crazy talent!

[@kelseynorman5526]

My same exact thoughts. Like, I flipped my shit when he just crossed his legs and talked in a higher voice. I was like "Ahh! It's Blaine!" :)

[@Neokitty55]

I like how Darren "transforms " into Blaine, it kind of reminds me of the technique Christopher Reeves in Superman II when Lois finds out he's Superman. All he does is take off his glasses and straighten his posture, so simple and yet so affective.

[@Ministf]

that is perfect. Darren is a astounding actor

[@emmmmmmmo]

The button...AND IT's ALL GONE!!! XD

[@moogul21d]

He's such an enthralling speaker. Like, the way in which he speaks is so capturing. What I would give to speak to him in person!

[@ne333]

thank you so much for uploading it! us international gleeks and Darren fans in general appreciate it :D

[@anjanaumapathy]

3:10 was from swan song!!!! Brittany talking to Sam!!!!! omg Dare you are so right! It was blatantly directed to the fans!

[@emilily109]

wow, his transformation from Darren mode to Blaine mode is creepy as hell o_o i never notice how his voice is a little bit higher when he's Blaine

[@chloandcal]

Wonder what happens when he unbuttons more buttons?

[@LouiseLollipop]

excellent interviewer! they play so well off eachother, its enjoyable to watch

[@yamilaabdala9148]

I love him !!!! he's amazing.

[@taurie55]

yeah he is

[@CookieCrusherz011]

I cant stop smiling all throughout this interview.

[@marcita739]

my beautiful Clark Kent.. best superman ever !!!

[@kelseynorman5526]

Ok, I'm a huge Darren/Blaine stan. But I usually don't see that many differences between the two besides the obvious ones. (Gelled hair and preppier clothes etc.) BUT when he says "Yeah, I can" and then proceeds to become Blaine and raises his voice an octave, I was like "Ahh! It's Blaine!" It was so cool to see that like right in front of me. Darren, I will eternally love you. That is all.

[@keinakajima4593]

Darren and Blaine are two different personalities but we (fans) will always love and support them.

[@Fatnajj]

Glasses! Could've fooled me! He's like clark kent!

[@TheDeeSDeeS]

Wow! :D The transformation between Darren and Blaine was really wonderful!!!! :)

[@ILoveJohnGrimesx]

He's talking about when Brittany and Sam are talking about getting together and she says something like "there's tons of lesbians who are obsessed with me and santana and have blogs" or something along that line, she's basically addressing Brittana shippers :)

[@vaniadesmonda]

Darren added this video to his own playlist!

[@zozinette]

No problems. You really help me here!! Thank you so much for your help

[@steallingmyheart]

Oh my god I love Darren criss ! This transformation to Blaine .. Wow he's an amazing actor!

[@singingstar56]

i never knew that darren changed his voice a little bit for blaine!

[@abby8339]

his glasses are so cute omg 🥺 darren ahhhh

[@LouiseLollipop]

blaine/darren wouldnt look out of place in the 1950s! also that interviewer is excellent, so engaging to watch and him and darren bounce off eachother so well!

[@carolyntaylor9630]

Is it possible to love someone that is so far removed from your world that you aren't even good enough to shine his shoes

[@svizerana]

omg, this transformation was so hilarious. Got to love Darren!

[@crunchyspot13]

does anyone know what scene he is talking about when he says there is a scene where a character is concerned about what is being said about her online?

[@Tadutoka]

Blaine-Darren, Darren-Blaine. They are both perfect ♥

[@RussWMCoons63]

Sebastion and hunter do as well. Watch the video deleted scene from Micheal ep. Blaine says" none of that was classy." Or when he tells sam " I'm not for sale". He's very upper crust. Slimming it at McKinley

[@HaunaMyKiki]

I think another part of it has to do with Blaine being a genuinely "good" character with pure intentions. There's never really been a time where he was manipulative in a situation. He's also very oblivious in situations, to the point where it is almost childlike. He's not perfect, but he wears his heart on his sleeve and genuinely believes the best of people. So maybe Darren chose a voice to match that personality?

[@babiedelrey222]

he's unreal

[@ascottparisi]

Darren drops his voice an octave when he's "becoming" himself, and also notes the higher voice for his character. I think this speaks to our social perspective of what it means to be a gay man.

[@kc_ul8r]

I'm glad I'm not the only one! It seems so obvious when you hear the two voices together but I never saw it before! :L

[@davidtran9608]

he soo.... omg you guys already know... BEAUTIFUL

[@pally2channy]

OH MY GOSH. DARREN'S PINK AND BLUE WATCH MAKES ANOTHER APPEARANCE.

[@xoxojuuliee]

I agree with you and I really did not even notice that Darren changed his voice for Blaine!

[@wdf12345678]

I'd just really like to shove this in the face of the people claiming Darren can't act and just say "I'm sorry, what was that you said about Darren not being able to act?"

[@RedHead1495]

Heather is the one concerned that people are going to hate her now because of Bram. :(

[@starkidbubble2000]

You don't understand, you're a legend man to us all!

[@abby8339]

guys finish the sentence: *you know you're a gleek when*

[@cydnyalarcon5689]

When you keep visiting videos from 8 years ago that involves the glee cast and still watch glee today 😳😂

[@ailene_e]

fascinating to see him switch in and out of character omg, it's crazy.

[@joecoolio6303]

I'm confused cuz Darren is blaine and blaine is Darren

[@randomgal13]

No problem :) All you international gleeks are very welcome!

[@Alicat2911]

Now I realise it wasn't on the actual show, it was an extra that is on the website (along with a Chris Colfer interview.) They actually interviewed Dean Geyer on the show. :D

[@taetae2165]

i like darren with the glasses

[@jessmoser1659]

who loves darren...I doooooo

[@Jah_LEASE_yah]

I love his glasses. They are so cute.

[@SparrowBird369]

This is what Ryan Murphy does He sees all the happy Klainers on Tumblr Laughs Breaks Klaine up

[@deadandcontent]

true. also blaine is younger you know. it's normal for a boy in high school to have a voice with higher octave

[@deadandcontent]

i am sorry can someone tell me where i can watch the rest of this video as it's cut

[@Charlie.Weldon]

Wow the transformation was AMAZBALLS!!

[@LauraChewy]

i feel like if darren was wearing his old watch he could've transferred it to his right wrist for blaine too :3

[@jdlc9215]

Watching Darren become Blaine is like watching the Power Rangers morph. "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!!!"

[@vaniadesmonda]

@onceuponatimeroxs check out his youtube channel (Darren Criss not iclemeyer) and go to his Interviews playlist :)

[@ashleyespinoza852]

I Love you Darren

[@130kandy]

He blew my mind and i love him !!

[@avietee6323]

why is he so beautiful.. its an audacity

[@sarake-xx]

Hadn't noticed either. Naya does that too with Santana.

[@bekabee24]

I think the line between two characters that he mentions was in last night's episode. "Twitter update! Quinn Fabray is once again letting a man define her life!"

[@noam090170]

I love him I love him I love him so much!

[@TheSingingStarkid]

i don't think thats why he did it. 1) they might have told him to do it, and 2) I think Blaines character is suposesed to be a sweet sort of softer character, that came into Kurts life during a horrible time, when he was being bullied by a big "masculine" boy, and Blaine was suposed to be the opposite of all the pain Kurt was feeling. I defintly don't think it was suposed to be a sterotype.

[@crunchyspot13]

this is the best interview ever!! ahhh

[@foxnyangs]

Never noticed he changed his voice for Blaine!

[@mpfelipa]

back to Darren mode!

[@deempjeex]

Okay, this is FREAKING AWESOME!

[@randomgal13]

No worries - glad to help! :)

[@randomgal13]

"So that's an 'art imitating life' moment, for sure. And I don't think we can make any defenses about it because that's just the world we live in now, like no one's foolin' anybody." And after that I'm not sure because the next video on the playlist on the website I got this from started loading and wouldn't let me record the end of the video :(

[@mmeiling]

I LOVE DARREN SO MUCH OMG ♥♥♥

[@AnnaVout]

What a beautiful person! :)

[@redrose71237]

woah!! He changes his voice for Glee. I never knew that.

[@deloiola]

It's like Superman tranformation, but better because it's Blaine/Darren.

[@vaniadesmonda]

darren wore this shirt on the swan song episode, the little "i'm joining the bath house circuit" that's why he didn't wear tight pants! 3:10 is about the bram relationship!! "i think it means a lot to them to see 2 super hot popular girls in love [brittana shippers, duh]" and "i'm worried if they found out you and i dating that they'll turn on you and get really violent" fans send hate messages all the time when they disturb their fave ship xD

[@JavaDebo]

Darren speaks in riddles in my ears, I cant understand half of the words he uses. He so verbally diversed ( dont know or thats even a word )

[@CodyParsons21]

That was just awesome!

[@mzGLEElvr]

Lol I see klaine fan videos sometimes with pictures of chris and Darren while not acting and something goes off in my brain like that's not Blaine that's Darren :P

[@klaineisbetterthanu]

I love him so much omg

[@alluponeachother]

angel

[@wakataka99]

what was he talking about with the person who was worried about something online

[@Rimma393]

Tell me, pls, i'm not a native speaker and i don't understand what that guy asked Darren about on 00:20????

[@zozinette]

Oh yes. Me again. When does the interviewer does they both say at the beginning. Until 0:05 ? Sorry for the questions

[@Corinanne]

No I know, but that's just Darren, ya know? Cussing and being a general dork is what he does :)

[@IternalMuser]

1:02 c'mon Darren, tell the truth! You couldn't see without the glasses, right?? LOVE HIM.