ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Congratulations on the new book and the tour.
Is there a memorable moment you had during the last tour?
It’s hard to pick just one because everything can be really memorable.
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It’s really wonderful to see that excitement in their eyes.
It’s kind of based on my experience as a screenwriter.
I thought that would be a fun element to bring to the series.
Oh, gosh, I would just apologize to them for making their lives so complicated.
You’ve delved into so many different fairy tale landsOz, Wonderland, Neverland.
Say you had the rights to any fantasy world, are there any you’d have your characters visit?
With more recent adaptations, the morals and the traditional stories have kind of gotten lost.
It’s really wonderful as an author to introduce a new generation to those stories.
Yes, number six will be the final one in the series.
But I still have a lot of spin-offs of the series coming out.
This October,The Land of Stories: Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales and Rhymescomes out.
Any news onThe Land of Storiesbeing adapted into a film?
Yeah, I’ve really changed my mind over the years.
And I would say, “No, I really want this to be a book.”
But it’s closer now than it has ever been.
Would you be in it?
So we’ll seethat might be a fight I lose.
How important do you think it is to incorporate LGBT themes into children’s literature?
We’re getting into an election season and people are being overly political everywhere.
Will we see LGBT characters inThe Land of Stories?
There already are LGBT characters inThe Land of Stories.
I guess I just haven’t made their orientation a part of the plot yet.
Acting wise, what’s going on with the Noel Coward biopic [directed by Joe Stephenson]?
Is that still happening?
I’m really hopeful that the stars align and it happens.
Can you tell me about your role in the upcomingAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie(out July 22)?
How did that come about?
I play Jennifer Saunders’s character’s hairdresser/social media consultant.
It could’ve been my Make-a-Wish, it really could’ve.
I think the movie is fantastic, I think people are going to love it.
You worked with Ryan Murphy onGlee, so will we ever see you onAmerican Horror StoryorScream Queens?
I’m not sure.
I don’t really like the sight of blood, so probably not.
[Laughs] I’m kind of a wimp when it comes to that.
Lastly, but most important, how areyour catanddoggetting along?
[Laughs] They’re good.
They both had to be put on diets, so the house has been a little tense.
They’re much healthier.
