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5 Years Since "Glee": E! News Rewind
Kevin McHale isn't beaming with Glee about Artie's comeback.
Fans of the long-running Fox series might beryllium excited astir the anticipation of a revival, but don't expect Glee nine subordinate Artie Abrams, primitively played by McHale, to beryllium successful the mix. The instrumentality favorite, who played Artie connected each six seasons of the Fox series, spoke to Insider about the imaginable reboot and explained wherefore helium wouldn't play the aboriginal movie manager again.
"I don't cognize if Artie could beryllium successful it," McHale told Insider Nov. 16. "Knowing what we cognize now, I don't deliberation I should beryllium playing a quality that's successful a wheelchair. So, if they fto maine turn retired of my beard and play a antithetic character, I'll bash it."
During the series, Artie explained that helium had previously experienced a car mishap that resulted successful him being successful the wheelchair. But reflecting connected the relation years later, McHale says helium and the Glee team present "know better."
"What were we thinking?" helium reflected connected the role. "I can't play that part."
But a Glee revival mightiness not beryllium truthful acold off. Series co-creator Ryan Murphy discussed the thought of a reboot successful November, saying "there's been capable time" successful betwixt the archetypal ending and contiguous day.
"Maybe we should truly re-examine it arsenic a brand," helium explained connected the And That's What You Really Missed podcast, hosted by McHale and Glee co-star Jenna Ushkowitz. "You know, should we bash a reboot of it successful immoderate way? Should we bash a Broadway philharmonic of it successful immoderate way?"
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In the meantime, you tin ticker Glee is disposable to watercourse connected Hulu.
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