More News from Ryan Murphy

In further research about the Hollywood Radio & Television luncheon held a couple of weeks ago I have found out a few fun facts about Glee that some may not have known as well as some history for Glee genius Ryan Murphy.

According to Greginhollywood.com, the original script for the pilot of Glee had no Sue Sylvester!  Can you imagine the show without her?  Thank goodness Fox president Kevin Reilly realized that a villain was needed and sought out Ryan Murphy's thoughts as to who this villain should be.  Murphy immediately gravitated towards Jane Lynch but was worried that it would be hard to nab someone like her for this role.  He was able to get creative in the character description for Sue's part and tried to make the character in to someone Jane would like to play.  He used the words, "Sue Sylvester, probably on horse estrogen" and was hoping she would be intrigued by that and of course, the rest is history!

I'm sure Jane's not sorry she took the role considering the fact that she is nominated for a Golden Globe, Satellite Award, and SAG award!  Oh and mark my words...she will absolutely be nominated for (as well as probably win) an Emmy for her portrayal of Sue Sylvester.


Here's a little fun fact about Ryan Murphy, he always wanted to be an actor!  “When I was a kid, when I was growing up, I initially wanted to be an actor, I kind of had the lead in all the musicals,” he said. “I kind of got to college and I started writing musicals and I was, I think, too self-conscious as a performer. But I desperately loved performing but more than that, I remember being that age and thinking that how much potential there was, anybody could be a star. I wanted to tap into that [with Glee] because I love that feeling.that anything is possible.”

I'm sure Ryan would have been a terrific actor but I'm very glad that he set up shop behind the camera to bring all of us his Glee-ful creation!

To read the full article go here.

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