Glee star Chris Colfer has hailed Christina Hendricks as a "full on Disney princess".

The 21-year-old actor has written and stars in his own coming-of-age comedy movie Struck By Lightning, co-starring the Mad Men beauty as his stepmother and West Wing's Allison Janney as his mum.

Chris said: "I have no words to describe them. They were both so amazing.

"Allison has this one scene in the movie, I've seen it like 48 times and there's still this one scene that Allison does that makes me cry like an infant every single time I see it.

"And Christina is literally just a living Disney princess. It's great to be around her and her energy on set."

Chris is nervous about Struck By Lightning being released on the big screen and is hoping it will be embraced by audiences

He revealed: "I just saw the final cut of it and I'm really, really excited.

I think it's good. The fact that I wrote it and I'm in so much and I can stand it I think says a lot because usually I can't stand watching myself.

"I am so close to it I don't even know if it's really good or if its bad, but we'll see. I'm sure people will let me know."