Terry Hu dishes on their prom night surprise, iconic Disney moment & the sapphic movie that had them in a chokehold
Zombies 3.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Not only did Hu’s role as the blue-haired alien A-Spen make queer history as Disney’s first live-action openly nonbinary character, but it also meant they got to film one of their very own iconic Disney Channel bumpers, announcing to the world, “I’m Terry Hu, and you’re watching the Disney Channel.”Seriously, if you came of age in the 2000s, you can’t tell us you didn’t want to wave that magical wand and make mouse ears, too!Well, Hu can say they did—and that was just the beginning of what’s sure to be a fantastic career.
This month alone, they have a recurring role in Max’s political dramedy The Girls On The Bus, and make a key supporting turn in the raunchy teen rom-com Prom Dates, which just dropped on Hulu this past week.With great now projects now streaming and to help us kick off Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, we invited Hu to the be the latest guest in our rapid-fire Q&A series, Dishin’ It.
In our conversation, the actor shares their funny and fun prom memories, gushes over their “mouse ears moment,” and confesses their childhood cartoon crush—that’s still going strong to this day.A post shared by terry hu (@huisterry)Is there a piece of media—whether a movie, TV series, book, album, theater, video game, etc…—that you consider a big part of your own coming-out journey, or that has played an important role in your understanding of queerness?
Why does it stand out to you?This might be cliche now but…the movie Blue Is The Warmest Color had me in a sapphic CHOKEHOLD when I first saw it my freshman year of college, when I wasn’t fully out yet.
