So, are they staying or going?
The upcoming class of seniors on Glee were given their public goodbye papers last week. At least, that’s what we were told.
However, the show’s executive producer, Brad Falchuk, was singing a different tune Sunday at Comic-Con.
“Here’s the exact thing: [Rachel, Kurt and Finn] are seniors, so they’re graduating,” he said. “But because they’re graduating doesn’t mean they’re leaving the show. If you have Lea Michele under contract, you don’t say, ‘We’re gonna let you go.'”
OK–color me confused since that is in complete contradiction of what Murphy had told the press less than two weeks ago.
Those characters “are not going to be back at all for Season 4,” he had said. “You can keep them on the show for six years and people will criticize you for not being realistic, or you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year.”
OK–so, your guess on who will stay past next season is as good as anyone else’s.
There seems to be some agreement on the fate of Chord Overstreet. “We wanted him back because we like Chord personally and had some good stories planned for him and with Mercedes,” Falchuk said. “He decided he would have opportunities elsewhere that he would like to pursue, and we can’t force him to work, so we wished him well.”