![]() McHALE: I like them – we’ve only had three in four seasons, and I think when they do it, it’s appropriate and it’s not forced, like they’re not just trying to fit in a dream sequence. Some days, I will just happily sit in there and be very thankful that I have a very comfy chair that nobody else has, but I don’t cramp up or anything.ĪX: Do you like the fantasy sequences where Artie gets up out of the chair and dances, or do you feel like too much of that would compromise the character? McHALE: No, I get up in between each take, I do. ![]() Do you ever have to jump out of the chair and run around for a little bit because your legs are cramping up, or do you feel an obligation to stay seated? Kevin and Joel McHale at the TEEN CHOICE 2011 Awards | ©2011 Sue SchneiderĪX: Artie is paraplegic and you spend the great majority of your scenes in a wheelchair. And when we got the first script, we were all so excited. And I love the whole transition between New York and McKinley. I can’t imagine the show without them now and how quickly they’ve kind of become GLEE. And it would have been so nice to be like, “No, they’re all rude and untalented,” but unfortunately, it’s quite the opposite. I feel like it would have been easy for all of to come on the show and be intimidated, because coming into a group that is so tight – because we’re so talented – but it went from us kind of feeling like older brothers and sisters to us even learning from them. KEVIN McHALE: Jenna and I had maybe a mini-breakdown at some point. Artie is in a wheelchair, though Texas-born McHale is not only able-bodied but admired by his fellow GLEE actors for his skills as a dancer.Īt a GLEE set visit arranged by Fox for the Television Critics Association, McHale takes some time to talk about where Artie and GLEE have been and how he feels about where they are now.ĪSSIGNMENT X: With some characters graduating, there are some actors who are still on the show but you don’t have as many scenes with, and there has been an influx of new actors this year … Kevin McHale plays Artie Abrams, who has been on GLEE from the beginning. Some of the main characters graduated last year the series follows them in their new adventures while continuing to follow events at McKinley High, where new students have joined the glee club. GLEE, the series created by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk about a small-town high school glee club with big dreams, is now in its fourth season on Fox, Thursdays at 9 PM. Try putting yourself in someone else’s shoes before you judge them.Melissa Benoist and Kevin McHale in GLEE - Season 4 - "Guilty Pleasures" | ©2013 Fox/Jennifer Clasen If I may, I’d like to offer you a suggestion that could greatly benefit you as well as those you interact with not only online but also in your life outside the digital world. Lastly I’m thrilled you live in a reality where coming out of the closet no longer has any risk of repercussion & that being homosexual in a predominantly heterosexual society can no longer have any negative impact on your career goals & that your safety is guaranteed, unfortunately not everyone lives in that reality with you which is why coming out still remains a personal decision that shouldn't be judged by a complete stranger that hasn't lived the other’s life. “And shame on "Glee" for not hiring a real person who is paraplegic to play the role of someone who is paraplegic.“Īs opposed to them hiring a fake person to play the role? You do understand what acting is right? How do your strict guidelines for casting apply to characters who don’t start out paraplegic but become paraplegic in a future storyline? Does the actor portraying the role get fired and replaced by an actor that is paraplegic? Also does the actor have to be paraplegic or will any injury that prevents the actor from mobility without the aid of a wheelchair be sufficient? Do these strict guidelines apply to characters who at the time of their first on screen appearance have broken bones too? Since anyone regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion & socioeconomic background can potentially become paraplegic & since a person’s race is fixed it’s not really the equivalent of a white actor donning blackface or Mickey Rooney’s absurd stereotype-laden portrayal of an Asian man in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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