Just a warning - the following contains spoilers from Thursday night (April 11)'s episode of Glee.
Last night's episode of Glee was one of the most intense episode of the series as someone fired a gun within the walls of McKinley High School and we saw our favorite characters experience the pain and watched them struggle to cope.
Cast member Jacob Artist may be a newcomer this season, but he has quickly become a leading character in the show as Jake. He talked to Just Jared Jr. all about his reaction to Glee taking on school shootings.
"When we read the script, we were all really excited because we heard there was this new subject matter we were going to be doing. And once we read it was a school shooting, we were all really intrigued to see how it was going to play out," Jacob said about his first reaction to reading the script. "I actually haven’t seen the episode yet, but I think our director Bradley is phenomenal and I’m sure he did such a great job at just handling the episode with all these new elements to it."
"I think we were all honestly a little bit nervous about it because obviously, this is much heavier than what we’re normally used to," he added.
Meanwhile another storyline Glee has been doing over the past few episodes is Ryder's online relationship with a girl named "Katie," who appears to be "catfishing" him. In last night's episode when that became obvious Ryder immediately accuses Jake and Marley of pretending to be Katie. Jacob offered his thoughts on why that is.
Last night's episode of Glee was one of the most intense episode of the series as someone fired a gun within the walls of McKinley High School and we saw our favorite characters experience the pain and watched them struggle to cope.
Cast member Jacob Artist may be a newcomer this season, but he has quickly become a leading character in the show as Jake. He talked to Just Jared Jr. all about his reaction to Glee taking on school shootings.
"When we read the script, we were all really excited because we heard there was this new subject matter we were going to be doing. And once we read it was a school shooting, we were all really intrigued to see how it was going to play out," Jacob said about his first reaction to reading the script. "I actually haven’t seen the episode yet, but I think our director Bradley is phenomenal and I’m sure he did such a great job at just handling the episode with all these new elements to it."
"I think we were all honestly a little bit nervous about it because obviously, this is much heavier than what we’re normally used to," he added.
Meanwhile another storyline Glee has been doing over the past few episodes is Ryder's online relationship with a girl named "Katie," who appears to be "catfishing" him. In last night's episode when that became obvious Ryder immediately accuses Jake and Marley of pretending to be Katie. Jacob offered his thoughts on why that is.
"I think at this point, he’s been dealing with it for a little bit and it’s really starting to show his cracks," Jacob said. "I think he is so anxious to find out who this person is that he’s been connecting with and I think he’s looking at everybody as a suspect and he really thinks that it’s us there for a second."
And it turns out that not even the cast knows who Katie really is quite yet.
"I don’t know. I’m so anxious to see who this person is," he said. "Everyone’s like, 'Who is this Katie girl? Somebody just tell us please' (laughs)."
"I heard they have initially written in with who was going to be in mind," he continued. "Now they legitimately have no idea who it’s going to be. With this show, we’re surprised all the time. I don’t know! I think it would be really funny if it was Principal Figgins (laughs)."
Who do you think "Katie is? And what did you think of the way Glee handled the subject of school shootings?
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And it turns out that not even the cast knows who Katie really is quite yet.
"I don’t know. I’m so anxious to see who this person is," he said. "Everyone’s like, 'Who is this Katie girl? Somebody just tell us please' (laughs)."
"I heard they have initially written in with who was going to be in mind," he continued. "Now they legitimately have no idea who it’s going to be. With this show, we’re surprised all the time. I don’t know! I think it would be really funny if it was Principal Figgins (laughs)."
Who do you think "Katie is? And what did you think of the way Glee handled the subject of school shootings?
Posted By: Joe
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