Here’s what the show’s stars had to share:
Jane Lynch, on Sue Sylvester: “There’s a real person beneath the bravado who wants to be accepted and loved although she would never show that. In her narcissistic view of the world, everything’s about one-upping and victory. I had an acting teacher in college we called the Dragon Lady. She taught through shame and humiliation, and when she walked down the hall, people would part like the Red Sea.”
Lea Michele, on why she’s drawn to playing Rachel: “The minute I read Rachel Berry, I felt such a connection to her. Her drive and passion for singing and performing – that’s my therapy in life. It helps me learn who I am. Rachel’s on that same journey.”
Chris Colfer, on mastering the “Single Ladies” dance: “Being told to dance one of the most iconic dances in pop culture when you can barely tap your shoes? Yes, I was proud of myself.”
10+ pictures inside of the Glee cast inside Emmy magazine…and shown below
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We gave the Glee actor a digital camera and let him loose on the set to snap uncensored photos of co-stars Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch and more. Bonus—and Spoiler Alert!—a sneak peek of the June 8 finale episode vocal showdown!
Jane Lynch! She came to the set, because she's one of the Regionals judges. She is—and I'm not the only person that feels this way—one of my favorite people on the planet. When she wasn't shooting, she was sitting fifth row center watching us perform Bohemian Rhapsody. She was obsessed with that number. She could not stop watching it. And she would applaud when it was over. She literally watched it all day long. I think we had one scene together the entire season, and we never have onscreen interaction. Right before we took this picture, I said, "Jane Lynch, how did we make it through this whole season without having a scene together?" She was like, "I know!" She's so ridiculously nice off-camera that it makes you uncomfortable.
This is the biggest dance number they've ever done on the show. It took 3 days of rehearsal. This is our first day at Stage 21 on the Paramount lot. They used to shoot The Lucy Show here. The choreographer is back there with the hat on, and the girl with the red hair is the assistant choreographer. There were about 6 or 7 dancers and myself—sort of like a skeleton crew—rehearsing 8 hours to get the basic stuff down before we did two full 8-hour days with all of the dancers.
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Dancing with Vocal Adrenaline was definitely the hardest thing I had to do on Glee. I'm not a dancer. When I was unemployed in New York and auditioning for theater, I would go to the "singer who moves well" auditions, rather than the "dancer who sings well" auditions. [laughs] So the dancing—especially because there's lots of lifting and throwing girls around—was a totally new skill for me. We're rehearsing Bohemian Rhapsody, which is our final number. This was—[singing] "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for meeee"—so on the me's, they put their hands in the center. I'm representing the devil here. There's supposed to be an evil look in my eye as everyone surrounds me, before we explode into the big guitar solo. The day that we shot this number, one girl broke her pinkie. One girl twisted her ankle. One girl slammed her head into the camera. And I still have a 7-inch long scar down my bicep from a girl's heel.
Matthew Morrison and I were doing theater at the same time in New York, so I knew him from the theater community before I met him on Glee. He's awesome. Such a good leader of the company, because he really takes care of everyone and is so supportive. I really really dig him.
This is Erin, and she's in charge of make-up. She's really kooky. Her outfit is pretty subtle here, but Erin always comes to set decked out in a totally different outfit. Between takes when you're sweating and whatnot, they hold fans up to your face to dry you off, and they have to reapply your makeup so you look like you didn't just do a 6-minute number. And she's right there every single time doing exactly what she's doing in the picture. Which would drive me crazy, but that's her job and she loves it.
I'm showing you my pit stains. And I think I changed my shirt maybe four or five times throughout that day, because I have a huge, huge armpit sweating problem. It's good for you, right? I thought maybe DETAILS would photoshop those out, but I have a feeling that's not going to happen. [laughs] Lea Michele and I did Spring Awakening together on Broadway for two years, and she will tell you that I dripped all over her and spit in her face, but I never smelled.
Here, the roaming camera guy is getting a close-up of me singing. [sings:] "Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now's he's dead..." This was a nerve-wracking take for me, because it was close-up on the hands. I read in the script that I had to play the piano—"Jesse plays the piano à la Freddie Mercury," so I was like "Fuck." I called the PA and asked for a piano lesson, so they set up meetings with Brad, the music director. He taught me how to play, unbeknownst to the director. We got to shooting that day and he was like, "Wait a second, you're actually playing it! Well, let's get some close-up shots of your hands." I think we got the shot in one take.
By the finale, I've gone back to Vocal Adrenaline, totally pissed Rachel off, and severed all ties with her. I've been really mean to her. Lea was there, all dressed up in her costume, because there's a close-up shot of her watching our number. Then she just hung around and watched us do the number all day. I think we were taking a 10-minute break here or something, and she just hopped up onstage to chat.
This is when it was all said and done. We got together for a picture. We were so relieved. This is at the end of—Wait. Oh God, is my hand on her ASS there?! My hand is totally on her ass. That's our assistant choreographer, Brooke. I love her. The end of a long day.
They're rehearsing before shooting. The time was so tight that they're literally rehearsing in the lobby of the theater as they set up. There's Cory and Lea and Amber and Jenna and Nia and Chris and Kevin. They're singing a Journey medley. The people on Glee could not be more open and sweet and genuine. It was really hard to leave them.
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Jane Lynch! She came to the set, because she's one of the Regionals judges. She is—and I'm not the only person that feels this way—one of my favorite people on the planet. When she wasn't shooting, she was sitting fifth row center watching us perform Bohemian Rhapsody. She was obsessed with that number. She could not stop watching it. And she would applaud when it was over. She literally watched it all day long. I think we had one scene together the entire season, and we never have onscreen interaction. Right before we took this picture, I said, "Jane Lynch, how did we make it through this whole season without having a scene together?" She was like, "I know!" She's so ridiculously nice off-camera that it makes you uncomfortable.
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Mark, 27, and Audrina, 25, both hit the red carpet earlier in the day. They first met at a party in November.
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It's summertime in saltbleached Laguna Beach—and that means surf's up. But it's not just the breakers that are peaking; we're also seeing a resurgence of super-authentic surfwear labels both old and new. Here, Mark Salling from 'Glee' catches a wave.
On Glee, Mark Salling plays a high school badass who refers to the glee club as "homo explosion" (and then can't help but join in on the geeked-out fun). This wasn't exactly the kind of music Salling expected to make when he moved from Dallas to Hollywood eight years ago with his acoustic guitar strapped to his back, searching for a record deal. When asked if he'll get to perform any of his original tunes when the Glee kids go on tour this summer—they're playing sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall, among other venues—he says, laughing, "I think Fox would probably shit a brick over that."
We can't blame the network for wanting to protect its breakout hit, whose mix of power ballads, show tunes, and ironic tween hip-hop has led to a Golden Globe win and serious music-biz sales. (Four and a half million iTunes downloads and counting!) In April, the cast hit the publicity "bifecta," appearing on Oprah and singing for President Obama's Easter party. Yes, the irrepressible show has become visits-to-the-White-House kind of big. And in a cast of misfit characters, Salling, 27, may be the one to watch. His Puck is prime-time cougar bait, a football star turned Neil Diamond crooner who outshines the goody-goodies; think Emilio Estevez in The Breakfast Club, but with a lovely tenor. As for the perks of fame, Salling says he doesn't get recognized nearly as much since he shaved his character's trademark Mohawk. And though he's enjoying things like photo shoots with bikini-clad surf girls (see these pages), unfortunately he doesn't really remember this shoot. "I was right in the middle of one of those cleanse fasts," he says. A cleanse? Sounds like something Puck would call a "homo explosion."
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On Glee, Mark Salling plays a high school badass who refers to the glee club as "homo explosion" (and then can't help but join in on the geeked-out fun). This wasn't exactly the kind of music Salling expected to make when he moved from Dallas to Hollywood eight years ago with his acoustic guitar strapped to his back, searching for a record deal. When asked if he'll get to perform any of his original tunes when the Glee kids go on tour this summer—they're playing sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall, among other venues—he says, laughing, "I think Fox would probably shit a brick over that."
We can't blame the network for wanting to protect its breakout hit, whose mix of power ballads, show tunes, and ironic tween hip-hop has led to a Golden Globe win and serious music-biz sales. (Four and a half million iTunes downloads and counting!) In April, the cast hit the publicity "bifecta," appearing on Oprah and singing for President Obama's Easter party. Yes, the irrepressible show has become visits-to-the-White-House kind of big. And in a cast of misfit characters, Salling, 27, may be the one to watch. His Puck is prime-time cougar bait, a football star turned Neil Diamond crooner who outshines the goody-goodies; think Emilio Estevez in The Breakfast Club, but with a lovely tenor. As for the perks of fame, Salling says he doesn't get recognized nearly as much since he shaved his character's trademark Mohawk. And though he's enjoying things like photo shoots with bikini-clad surf girls (see these pages), unfortunately he doesn't really remember this shoot. "I was right in the middle of one of those cleanse fasts," he says. A cleanse? Sounds like something Puck would call a "homo explosion."
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"Two If By Sea" has been edited for Vogue.com; the complete story appears in the June 2010 issue of Vogue.
The season's hottest duos are Glee's Matthew Morrison and model Raquel Zimmermann, and swimsuits paired with daywear.
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Photographed by Mikael Jansson.
These stills from the Pilot episode. 17 images.
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