BLAINE ANDERSON
☆ FULL NAME: Blaine Devon Anderson ☆ GENDER: Cisman ☆ PRONOUNS: He/Him ☆ AGE: 26 (April 5th, 1998) ☆ TYPE: Half sibling; solo ☆ HOMETOWN: Dallas, Texas ☆ JOB: Actor (Stage, screen and voice); Singer-songwriter; PSU Musical Theatre & Music Theory and Composition Guest Lecturer ☆ SCHOOL: PSU Alumni ☆ SEXUALITY: Homosexual ☆ FACECLAIM: Anthony Keyvan
ABOUT BLAINE
tw: homophobia, assault, cheating
Blaine Anderson was the product of yet another one of Paula Anderson's short-lived affairs, but at first glance, no one really noticed. A young Blaine was the spitting image of his mother, both in appearance as well as in his passion for music, and the fact that he also showed a lot of interest in his father's craft made no one question whether Blaine was biologically his. He started to sing as soon as he learned to talk, could spend hours sitting at the piano and loved putting on plays for anyone who would watch. While Blaine explored all kinds of interests and tried several sports as a kid, music and acting were what he was most passionate about, and what he excelled in. His parents enrolled him in piano lessons when he was five, which were soon followed up by singing and dancing lessons as well as several other instruments, and Blaine performed at local talent shows quite frequently. Most of his summers were spent at theatre camp, as long as it didn't conflict with any of the other trips the family had planned, and he got involved in local theatre, starring in his first regional production at the age of nine. Blaine started dreaming even bigger after that and he begged and begged his parents to let him audition for a Broadway show, but the answer was always no, due to New York City not exactly being around the corner. So Blaine decided to try the next best thing: acting in front of a camera. He followed in his older brother's footsteps, but after appearing in one commercial and guest starring in a couple of Disney shows, Blaine realised that it didn't quite compare to the feeling that being on stage gave him, and he stopped auditioning.
But while having a famous father had its perks, that certainly didn't mean that being an Anderson was always easy. Dealing with critical siblings who loved to boss him around, an emotionally unavailable father who wasn't around very often and the pressure that came with having to live up to the Anderson could be quite challenging, especially when you're still trying to figure out who you are. Blaine always felt a strong need to please everyone and to make sure he was perfect at anything he did, and he is still very much a perfectionist and people-pleaser to this very day.
The relationship with his father seemed to become even more strained once Blaine had reached his teenage years, although he couldn't quite put his finger on why. He wondered if it was the fact that he had just come out, or if his father perhaps saw stage acting as inferior to screen acting. Or maybe their personalities simply clashed. There had been some attempts at bonding, like the summer when they had rebuilt a car together, but Blaine couldn't help but wonder if his dad thought getting his hands dirty might somehow magically make him straight. No matter how hard Blaine tried, he felt like he could never do things right in his father's eyes. It started to feel like this constant balancing act where Blaine felt like he was either too much or not enough, not just to his father but to his entire family.
The fact that his peers started to bully him just made things even more complicated, and things got especially bad when Blaine came out. When he asked another boy to the annual Sadie Hawkins dance months later, it ended in disaster when the two of them were attacked in the parking lot after the dance. After being released from the hospital, Blaine transferred to a different private school. He took up boxing and self-defence and attended weekly therapy sessions, but the many hours he spent scribbling down song lyrics in a notebook were especially cathartic to him.
While Blaine had been counting the days until graduation so he could finally follow his own path and make his great escape to New York City, he ended up following in his siblings' footsteps and attending PSU instead because it was the college his then-boyfriend had chosen to attend. The guy broke up with him barely two months into his first semester, but while Blaine was heartbroken, PSU had already started to feel like home, so he ended up staying. He double majored in Musical Theatre and Music Theory & Composition, and his following on TikTok and YouTube, where he posted covers and the occasional original song, started to increase during his time at PSU.
After graduating, Blaine finally made the move to New York that he'd been dreaming of for so long, and the city instantly felt like home. While he didn't regret his decision to study at PSU instead of in New York (except for the reason why he'd decided to go there in the first place), the city truly felt like the place where he belonged. It wasn't long until Blaine made his Broadway debut, portraying Doody and understudying Danny Zuko in the revival of Grease. He soon got to take over the role of Danny, and later starred as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Tony in West Side Story and most recently as J.D. in Heathers. After landing a record deal, he also found the time in his busy schedule to work on his first solo album, which was released earlier this year.
Up until recently, Blaine had never really considered giving screen acting another try. But when he got the opportunity to audition for a new musical TV show that would revolve around a college glee club, both his agent and boyfriend insisted that he should at least give it a try. Little did Blaine know that his boyfriend may have had ulterior motives when he encouraged Blaine to audition. The very same day that he got offered a role in the show, his boyfriend broke up with him, which came out of nowhere for Blaine. The two of them had been together for three years (minus a few short breaks) and Blaine, who couldn't picture a future without him anymore, had even started preparing a proposal.
After the messy breakup, Blaine suddenly felt desperate for a change of scenery. So while he initially hadn't been sure if he even wanted to go back to LA to be part of the TV show, he found himself on a flight there as soon as he could, after trying his best to keep himself together for the final two weeks of performances of Heathers before its closing night. He's only been back in LA for about a week now, and rehearsals for the TV pilot will start soon. While his emotions are still a little all over the place, he's happy to be reunited with so many familiar faces, and he's ready for his next adventure.
FAMILY BACKGROUND
When Paula dela Cruz, an up and coming singer, met then C-list actor Max Anderson at an industry party, sparks flew instantly. With them both being busy trying to catch their respective big breaks, real love blossomed between the pair, and they did their best to make a long distance relationship work. When Max’s first leading role in an independent film became an instant cult classic, landing him his first Emmy and Oscar nominations, things started to escalate quickly for his career while Paula was still performing as an opening act for bigger artists. But regardless, she stuck by his side, which was why he ultimately proposed and then married the love of his life. They were barely married for a full year before they started growing their family. Her music career took the back seat as she raised the couple’s children, and over the years, she found herself feeling like a single mother with how little time Max was able to spend at home. As their children grew older and they spent less time together, both of them found other ways to be happy, even if it has landed them on TMZ from time to time.