Once you've received your diploma and sidled out of the auditorium to the flourish of "Pomp & Circumstance," it's unlikely you'll return to high school until the dreaded 10-year reunion (which may be closer for some of us than we'd care to admit). But that wasn't the case for "Fame" star Paul McGill who filmed scenes for the musical in the halls of his alma mater.
Paul, a Broadway veteran who plays dance student Kevin in the remake, said coming back to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts to shoot parts of "Fame" was naturally an odd experience. "It was a bit weird because I hadn't been back there in a while, so there was a lot of those memories," he recalls. "Plus, I was doing something new with higher stakes."
Before being cast in "Fame," Paul's biggest claim to, er, fame was playing the young version of tightrope walker Philippe Petit in "Man on Wire." Click play on the clip below to hear more about his surreal experience returning to high school.
