The final episode of one of the most widely renowned and commended television shows, Glee, is gradually becoming a tangible reality for the fans and followers of the musical series as interviews on the characters' last performances are flooding the small screen, according to TV Guide.
In an interview aired in The Ellen DeGeneres Show, some of the Glee cast members shared their experiences as they worked towards ending the series that ran for six years and had six seasons.
"It was really cathartic," Darren Criss, who plays Blaine Anderson, shared. "Everyone's always like 'did you cry? Were you crying?' Of course, of course I'm gonna cry. There were moments where I didn't feel the need to cry, but then everybody else was so I felt like a jerk for not crying and then I would join and go 'Oh My God this feels so good to cry it out.' It was so nice," he added.
Joining Criss in the interview were Lea Michelle, who plays the phenomenally talented Rachel Berry and Chris Colfer, who portrays one of the most groundbreaking characters of the show, Kurt Hummel. Jenna Ushkowitz, who plays the stereotype breaker Tina Cohen-Chang, and Chord Overstreet, who brought to life the 'trouty mouthed' heartthrob Sam Evans, were present during the guesting on Thursday as well.
"We were watching Matt Morrison sing us all a song so we were very much in our own world experiencing this," revealed Criss, 28, describing their final filming day. "And one take they pulled a fast one on us, they took Matt out of it and put basically the entire crew and production there looking at us," he said.
As for Ushkowitz, she shared that the effort was heartbreaking and touching at the same time. "It's as if you take every family member and friend that you've ever loved and that you have to say goodbye to and put them all in front of you at once," she explained, adding that the director had to yell 'Cut!' as everyone was basically crying extremely hard.
When DeGeneres brought up Cory Monteith, it was Overstreet who provided a response for the group.
"There's a moment in the last episode that we have," he said, referring to the question on whether the cast and crew integrated a scene to pay tribute to the late Cory Monteith. "And obviously when we wrapped we all took a moment together," he added.
"He was there, though," asserted Colfer, describing the moment they spared for their departed cast mate. "We could feel him. He was there," he further shared.
