I first experienced the power of a Jonathan Groff performance in 2007 when I caught him, alongside Lea Michele, in Broadway's Spring Awakening. Since then he's dazzled on stage and screens of varying sizes, but no project has more perfectly captured his ability to evoke empathy than C.O.G., his new movie which kicked off the 2013 Outfest Film Festival in Los Angeles on July 11.
A poignant story of self-discovery, C.O.G. soars above the standard coming-of-age tale as a direct result of Groff's deeply resonant and emotionally bare performance. It made for the perfect opening night feature at Outfest, which is where ETonline caught up with Groff to talk C.O.G., The Normal Heart and his upcoming HBO series, which he hopes everyone continues to think of as "The Gay Girls."
ETonline: How do you describe C.O.G.?
Jonathan Groff: C.O.G. stands for Child of God. It's the first time a David Sedaris short story has ever been turned into a...
A poignant story of self-discovery, C.O.G. soars above the standard coming-of-age tale as a direct result of Groff's deeply resonant and emotionally bare performance. It made for the perfect opening night feature at Outfest, which is where ETonline caught up with Groff to talk C.O.G., The Normal Heart and his upcoming HBO series, which he hopes everyone continues to think of as "The Gay Girls."
ETonline: How do you describe C.O.G.?
Jonathan Groff: C.O.G. stands for Child of God. It's the first time a David Sedaris short story has ever been turned into a...
- 7/12/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
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- 12/9/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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