If Glee's TV popularity was all about being underdogs or "Gleeks", then Glee: The 3D Concert Movie demonstrates how this bunch of would-be misfits have come full circle, almost like rock stars in their own right.
Nothing underlined that fact more than the glittering star-studded premiere of their movie, for which fans lined the streets and camped out for nights.
"I've never really understood the camping thing, although I'm truly honoured for somebody to sit outside all night to wait for us - that's incredible. I want to just bring them a pillow or something," Cory Monteith, who plays Finn, says.
Lea Michele, who plays Rachel, agrees. "It was amazing and I think we were so excited to actually go to a premiere for us, and not just crashing someone else's premiere like we have in the past," the 24-year-old says. "We've been to so many other movie premieres but only as guests. This one was all about us."
When _The West Australian _caught up with the cast at a Los Angeles hotel, following the premiere last week, Monteith, who turns 30 next year, addressed the rumours that he and fan favourites Michele and Chris Colfer are graduating from the series and being replaced by younger actors.
"Everyone knows I'll be 30 very soon," he smiles. "I don't write the show and I've been happy so far, so it's really just a matter of 'How long do you want Finn to be in high school for?' Do you know what I'm saying?"
"It's known that a handful of us are seniors," 24-year-old Heather Morris, who plays Brittany, adds. "So people are like 'And then they're gonna graduate and they're not gonna be in the show anymore'. But they can still be in the show - they can go to New York and we can follow them - just like anybody else."
"I think that everybody got really ahead of themselves," Michele adds.
"And then I think everybody stopped talking about it. What we're forgetting is that we have a whole season ahead of us and we really want to give it our full attention before we could even think about anything else.
"I don't even know if that's true or not but, all I know is, I have to focus on my show and that's what I'm going to do - no matter what the truth is.
"And honestly? I feel like the luckiest girl in the world, like I have the greatest job in the whole wide world, and I'm so happy right now."
Amber Riley, 25, who plays Mercedes Jones, says: "The reality is that it's not going to last forever.
"So you strike while the iron is hot and you enjoy what you're doing, every day that you're doing it, and you just remember."
In truth, all the cast are exuberant at the prospect of returning to the studio to start shooting Glee's third TV season.
But if the show all ended tomorrow, the one thing everyone agrees upon is the massive social impact they've achieved in two seasons. "Glee is much bigger than a musical television show," Riley says. "This show has a message that's really reaching people and making a difference."
"Glee has also been so influential on the issue of gay and lesbian rights, to human rights," Monteith adds.
"I've been front and centre on the issue and although the show is very allied with the gay and lesbian community it actually moves beyond sexuality issues. It's about human rights for me and that's what really piqued my interest in the movement.
"Glee is providing an example to an entire generation of people that might not have otherwise accepted that or seen that as a part of society.
"And it's just showing people that they are human - just like us. It doesn't matter what your orientation is or what your gender is. I'm just happy to see how good the show has been in uniting people and bringing together people with the same challenges. I feel like I have a lot in common with many of the fans."
The finished film, pulled together from footage of their blockbuster Glee Live! In Concert! North American tour, is a joyous live extravaganza but Michele admits to having trepidation about being projected with an extra dimension.
"I thought the hands would be reaching out of the screen. Instead, the 3-D makes you feel like you're actually there rather than having things flying at your face. It makes you feel like you are in the stadium with us."
The film features footage where Rachel is teased that her idol Barbra Streisand will attend a show, but sadly her dreams aren't realised. It was different for Michele in real life, though.
"I did get to go to this amazing event where all these fantastic performers sang Barbra's greatest songs and I just so happened to sing in it as well," she says.
"At the end of the show she (Barbra) thanked everyone for coming and then she said 'And a big thank you to Matt Morrison and Lea Michele and Darren Criss from Glee for coming and singing tonight. I just showed my nieces Funny Girl and they said, Barbra, why are you singing songs from Glee in Funny Girl?'"
Michele adds: "I almost peed my pants. I thought that was just the craziest thing I've ever heard in my life."
'It was amazing and I think we were so excited to actually go to a premiere for us, and not just crashing someone else's premiere like we have in the past. This one was all about us.'
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie opens Thursday and is in cinemas for two weeks.
source: The West Australian
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