It’s been more than a decade since Glee first premiered, but the cast remembers it like it was yesterday.
Lea Michele appeared this week on the first episode of the Showmance podcast, hosted by her co-stars Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz, to discuss the pilot episode of the series which premiered on May 19, 2009.
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The trio reminisced about the tight-knit cast of young adults and how they immediately formed a bond with each other. Michele, who moved in with castmate Dianna Agron during the first season, shared:
“We were really having the time of our lives.”
McHale later added:
“That’s what people don’t understand. We would work all day together and then actively want to hang out afterwards.”
Though the Rachel Berry, Artie Abrams, and Tina Cohen-Chang portrayers look back fondly at their time on the show, they also got real about how emotional it now is to look back, given the tragic passing of Cory Monteith in 2013. Lea shared:
“The moments that made me so emotional were not anything that ever has made me emotional before about the show. One of them was when he took you out of the port-a-potty. There were so many moments that you see the whole arc of a character for a whole season in one moment. Him taking you out of the bathroom, and you see Finn’s heart. Oh my God.”
McHale also looked back at the scene as one of the “most memorable parts” of filming:
“He and I are like, ‘This is insane, isn’t it? We are going to remember this forever. This is special.’ It was just the two of us. I’m like, ‘Yeah, this is really wild.'”
As you may be aware, Miz Michele pays homage to her late boyfriend on the anniversary of his death every July, but refuses to dwell on any negative feelings. The Christmas in New York songstress revealed that following the wrap of the series finale, several cast members stuck around for a period of reflection:
“People will always focus on the negative. It’s just one of those things to show you that you always come back. I’ve always felt that way about the show. I always look back. It was just the best.”
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