I'm nearly positive that this hasn't been posted.
This is a quite a long and EXTREMELY interesting interview with Kevin McHale. I've read MANY other Kevin interviews, and he talks about some things here that I haven't read anywhere else. I highly recommend it.
A sample:
So did the backstory you created (Artie's reason for being in a chair) mesh with the one on screen?
Kevin: Well, the debate was always whether or not Artie was born that way or became paralyzed, and I figured it happened later in life, which was right. I'm happy Artie's storyline got to be in this episode, which was one of the best in my opinion. Not like I'm biased or anything. I'm not the guy who's like, "you know the episode named after my character? I reeeally like that one
There has been some controversy that a wheelchair-bound actor wasn't given the role. Thoughts?
Kevin: You know, I'm just doing my own take on it. It wasn't up to me whether or not I got the role -- I can only do my part and if the producers liked me for it, great. Usually when you audition, there's a character breakdown with their ethnicity on it and whatever, but with Glee there wasn't. It didn't say that Tina had to be Asian -- they wanted a diverse cast but whoever was right for the part got it. From my understanding actors in wheelchairs did audition, but luckily they felt I was right for Artie.
Full Interview
This is a quite a long and EXTREMELY interesting interview with Kevin McHale. I've read MANY other Kevin interviews, and he talks about some things here that I haven't read anywhere else. I highly recommend it.
A sample:
So did the backstory you created (Artie's reason for being in a chair) mesh with the one on screen?
Kevin: Well, the debate was always whether or not Artie was born that way or became paralyzed, and I figured it happened later in life, which was right. I'm happy Artie's storyline got to be in this episode, which was one of the best in my opinion. Not like I'm biased or anything. I'm not the guy who's like, "you know the episode named after my character? I reeeally like that one
There has been some controversy that a wheelchair-bound actor wasn't given the role. Thoughts?
Kevin: You know, I'm just doing my own take on it. It wasn't up to me whether or not I got the role -- I can only do my part and if the producers liked me for it, great. Usually when you audition, there's a character breakdown with their ethnicity on it and whatever, but with Glee there wasn't. It didn't say that Tina had to be Asian -- they wanted a diverse cast but whoever was right for the part got it. From my understanding actors in wheelchairs did audition, but luckily they felt I was right for Artie.
Full Interview
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