Lea Michelesees a newfound poignance inGlee‘s storylines, six and a half years after thedeathof boyfriend and costarCory Monteith.
“We were just, like, so happy,” she said of their early days making the show, which eventually propelled the cast to superstardom. “We were really having the time of our lives.”
“He and are like: ‘This is insane, isn’t it? We are going to remember this for forever. This is special.’ It was just the two of us,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Yeah, this is really wild.'”
Upon rewatching the episode for the podcast recording, Michele said the unlikeliest scenes hit her the hardest.
“The moments that made me so emotional were not anything that ever has made me emotional before from the show, and one of them was when he took you out of that port-a-potty.”
She added: “… Him taking you out of that bathroom, and you see Finn’s heart — oh my God. … It’s really profound and very emotional.”
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Monteith was 31 when hedied of a heroin overdoseon July 13, 2013. Last summer, marking six years since his death, Michele honored her late boyfriend with asweet tributeon social media.
“The light always remains ❤️,” she captionedthe poston Twitter.
Michele — now married toZandy Reich— met Monteith on set in 2009 and was in a relationship with him until his sudden death. Michele also commemorated him when she got aFinn tattoolast year on her upper thigh.
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Gleeks everywhere rejoiced earlier this month when it was revealed that McHale and Ushkowitz, 33, wouldhost a podcastto recap every episode of the popularRyan Murphyseries, which ran on Fox from 2009 to 2015.
The two started recordingShowmancelast March to chat about their relationship on- and off-screen. But the subject ofGleewas raised so much, they decided to recap the show for season 2.
“Throughout the season, it just felt like all of it wasGleelove,” Ushkowitztold EW. “OurGleefans followed our careers afterGlee, and our listeners just wanted moreGlee, so we decided to give them what they were asking for.”
She added: “It won’t be too structured. There should be so many new things [to talk about]. Personal moments, reflections now that we may not have wanted to share before. We have such vivid memories about what we were feeling then.”
source: people.com
