1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,439 Speaker 1: And That's what you Really missed with Jenna. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,119 Speaker 2: And Kevin and iHeartRadio podcast. 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Welcome to and That's what You Really missed podcast. Today 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: is a unique and sad episode, if you will. This 5 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: is season five, episode three. This is the Quarterback. Now. 6 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: When Kevin and I started this podcast, we knew we 7 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: were not going to recap this episode from the very beginning, 8 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: and that was really driven by, I think Kevin correct 9 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong, the immense grief that we had 10 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: to experience while shooting this episode on camera. So while 11 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: we were grieving Corey behind the scenes, we were also 12 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: then put in front of the camera on this episode 13 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: to grieve as our characters and grief Finn and it 14 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: was not a great experience for anybody. 15 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 2: And I think what also sort of made us feel 16 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: not crazy for feeling that way was when we had 17 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 2: Ryan on this show. Initially, he talked about that exact 18 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 2: same thing and how if he could have gone back, 19 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: he wouldn't have done that episode, And like we talked 20 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 2: about together, there was sort of no it was a 21 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 2: lose lose of how to do this correctly. So having 22 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: the control of the situation now as we do, we 23 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 2: decided to do a different format for this episode. Yes, 24 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: because we all love Corey. Fans love Corey and Finn 25 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: and one of the best Experien says about doing this 26 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: podcast so far has and if you've listened every week, 27 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: every single person, almost every single person has a Corey story. 28 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: And mentioned him as the one who they felt the 29 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: most connected to or felt the most seen by, the 30 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: heard by, or whatever it was. Corey is always, if 31 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: you listen, mentioned as like that guy. 32 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 2: Always and like the the way he would quietly go 33 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: about making everybody feel comfortable and safe. Truly was you know, 34 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: for lack of a better word, the quarterback of the 35 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: show in that way. And it's been surprising and in 36 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: some ways to hear some of these stories that you 37 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 2: know that we've heard over the past two years, but 38 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 2: also not surprising in the same sense because like, if 39 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 2: anyone is going to be that way, of course, it 40 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 2: was him always looking out for everybody. So we thought 41 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: for this episode, will go through it a little bit, 42 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 2: but we're not going to break down the episode because 43 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 2: we're not watching it. 44 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: That's the main pointing. 45 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: If you want, and I know it for some people 46 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: that bring some sort of comfort and solace that is great. 47 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: I'm glad that it is there for you. For us, 48 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 2: we want to highlight some of these stories, and we 49 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: have some new stories that people sent in. Talk about 50 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 2: our memories. We'll talk a little bit at the top 51 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 2: of this about the actual filming of the episode. But 52 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: that's how we're going to lay this out. And I 53 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 2: hope you know you will ride with us on this 54 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 2: and really have it be a celebration of Corey's legacy 55 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 2: more than anything. 56 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: Yes, that is right. Well, let's get past all the info. 57 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: This was directed by Brad Faulchuk. Uh couldn't have done 58 00:03:53,160 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: it with anybody else. And there's some songs Seasons of 59 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: Love performed by all of. 60 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 2: Us by You by Mercedes. 61 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: Fire and Rain by Arnie and Sam Young by Santana, 62 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: No Surrender by Puck. 63 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 2: And make You Feel My Love by Rachel. 64 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: Tell me about the empisode. 65 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: Sorry, So the McKinley high family, present and past joined 66 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 2: together and remember and celebrate the life of Finn Hudson. 67 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, so this is interesting because we were we found 68 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: out that that Finn was going to also pass in 69 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 1: the show. That wasn't a decision that came lightly. I remember, 70 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: you know, the writers really kind of mulling and agonizing 71 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: over what to do, how to move the story forward, 72 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: and where do we go from here? And we also 73 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: were given the option to either do the episode or 74 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: not do the episode. I never felt and Kevin never 75 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: felt like we didn't want to be there. There was 76 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: just a certain group of people in this bubble who 77 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: understood stood what we were going through, and we really 78 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: didn't leave each other sides for a long time after 79 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,279 Speaker 1: this happened Corey's passing in July, and I would have 80 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: felt like, I don't know, in hindsight, maybe you know, 81 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: we wouldn't have done it, but there would have been 82 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: something missing from the episode if somebody didn't do it right. 83 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, And it also just felt like there wasn't a 84 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 2: lot of time to consider, like the schedule of how 85 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: this happened, as Corey passed away the early middle of July, Yeah, 86 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: and normally we'd start shooting around that same time, probably 87 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,039 Speaker 2: within a couple of days of that. They pushed it 88 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 2: back ten days to two weeks, and then we immediately 89 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: started at the very beginning of August, which is still 90 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: very recent and an episode takes eight to nine days 91 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: to shoot, so we did two episodes and then went 92 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: straight into this episode. We had a break after this episode, 93 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 2: but there is still not a lot of time when 94 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 2: we get into this episode, so it was all very 95 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 2: very fresh, and I think because we sort of just 96 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 2: jumped back into doing the show, it didn't feel like 97 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: and I don't think this is anybody's fault, but like 98 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 2: for medn't it felt like a false choice of do 99 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 2: we actually say no to this, or get to say 100 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 2: no to this, or does it feel right to say 101 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 2: no to this? 102 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 3: Right? 103 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 2: There was no way to, like for me at least, 104 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 2: like check in with myself because this is like a 105 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 2: very unprecedented situation. 106 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: And there was no time to really check in with yourself. 107 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 2: No, And we were at work, and it's like we 108 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 2: were just saying yes and you just go and like 109 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: if everyone's doing it, then let's all do it and 110 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: be there together because surely if we're all together, yeah, 111 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 2: that will be better. 112 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: Yeah. 113 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:08,679 Speaker 2: But the experience of shooting some of this, especially when 114 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 2: we got the song list of what songs were going 115 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: to be in this episode, and it. 116 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: Is just b it was not great. 117 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 2: It was really really hard. 118 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: I remember, and and and that's the thing, like when 119 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: we were shooting the episodes of The Beatles, there was 120 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: like a solemness to back behind the scenes that we 121 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: were still grieving and going through all this together, but 122 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: we were shooting something joyful that gave I think our 123 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: cast and crew moments of levity where we could sing 124 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: happy songs and kind of find joy for those moments. 125 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: And even with like Katie Gaga right after this episode, 126 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: it's like there were there were just brief seconds of 127 00:07:54,880 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: like a deep breath where you are not thinking it 128 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: just for just one second. And during the Quarterback episode, 129 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: I mean, we were joking around Off's camera on camera. 130 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: You know us, we're crazy and you know we'd love 131 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: to laugh and dance and joke, but like this episode 132 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: is so was so different that there was like you 133 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: could hear a pin drop in between takes, You could 134 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: hear a pin drop when you showed up to set. 135 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: It was so gravely different as it as you would assume, 136 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, like obviously, but it was 137 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: not our show. We were not shooting our show during 138 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,239 Speaker 1: this time. That's what it didn't feel. 139 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 2: Like that, and I don't think any of us realized 140 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 2: that's what was going to happen in the sense that 141 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 2: as soon as the first take rolled around, I felt like, oh, 142 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 2: this is Kevin on camera. It was the first time 143 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 2: I had you know, we joke about how, oh they 144 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 2: started writing for our characters, blah blah blah blah blah. 145 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 2: This is very very different. It felt very much like 146 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 2: this is me sitting in the room where I spend 147 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 2: so much time with Corey, and the camera's on my 148 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 2: face and I feel very much like I am being 149 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 2: exposed in a way, or like the camera is capturing. 150 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 2: And although they set it up in a way where 151 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: like it's Brad doing it, it's our family and this 152 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 2: crew doing it. So it was the safest space possible, 153 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 2: but there was no way. I was just hyper aware, 154 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 2: and I think we all became hyper aware of like, oh, 155 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 2: millions of people are going to see this in a 156 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 2: different way than shooting a Beatles episode or any other 157 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 2: episode where it felt like an intrusion. Yes, totally into 158 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 2: like a really private experience, and we were having to 159 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 2: figure out how to deal with that anyways. You know, personally, 160 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 2: this was the first time I had lost somebody close 161 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 2: to me, and then he's a very famous public figure 162 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 2: at that time. Yes, and there was I don't know 163 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 2: exactly when we went on the Teen Choice Awards. I 164 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 2: know it sounds so silly. 165 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: But a couple of months it was it was like 166 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: it after this, yeah, yeah, because Lee asked us to 167 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: show up for her. 168 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 2: Yes, And we hadn't been doing any public appearances obviously, 169 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 2: and so these things that would be public facing were 170 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 2: very hard to navigate because it's hard enough losing somebody. 171 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 2: Then it's additional things of having it be talked about 172 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 2: everywhere you went. You go into a grocery store, convenience store, 173 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 2: it's on the cover of all the magazines. And so 174 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: this was like the first public facing thing we were 175 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: doing it, yes, and putting it out into the world. Yeah, 176 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 2: And it was just very hard to conceptualize what that 177 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 2: was going to be and feel like until physically in 178 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 2: the chair the camera in your face. 179 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: Yes for me, that's right now, that's totally right. Total. 180 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 2: I mean, when we were shooting some of these numbers, 181 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 2: I don't think there was a scene or specifically a 182 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 2: musical number where somebody didn't run out of the room. 183 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: Crying after they called caught. Yes, somebody would run out 184 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: crying and like need a second to like gather themselves, 185 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: like not just tears, but like full you know, you 186 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 1: get it. 187 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I did. What broke me was Amber singing. 188 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 2: And here's the other thing, Like I think all these 189 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 2: songs mean different things to all of us. So for 190 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 2: me it was all stand by you like broke me right, 191 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 2: and for other people it was other songs right, And 192 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:52,559 Speaker 2: like I had to run. I walked out of the 193 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 2: choir room and like sat out on the dock, and 194 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 2: I think Brad came and talked to me. Yeah, And 195 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: Brad is also just like he's the person you do want. 196 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: There, yes, sounding bored, the. 197 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 2: Gentle under completely understands like we're all there to do 198 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 2: this job, which feels silly under the circumstances. And in 199 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 2: that moment, I was just like I'm not giving I'm 200 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 2: not giving you anything else. Yeah, because I'm going to 201 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 2: like I'm not for me to get through this episode. 202 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 2: I'm not going to be able to do this every 203 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 2: take and it's not like I'm performing, it's just real 204 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 2: and I can't allow myself. If you want me to 205 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 2: like get through this episode, I'll show up. But yeah, 206 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 2: I don't think I can allow myself to emotionally invest 207 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 2: like I have to sort of associate a little bit. 208 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all started to do that. I 209 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: think I also remember doing maybe one or two takes 210 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: of each scene and song. 211 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 2: Yes, it was a. 212 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 1: Very short process. We shot this episode very quickly. It 213 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: felt like a long time, but we everything was so 214 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,599 Speaker 1: honest that there was no other options, you know what 215 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: I mean. You weren't giving people options. The director like 216 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: brad option. It was just shoot it, get it over with, 217 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: let's move on. 218 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: And there was sort of this craig if I'm wrong, 219 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 2: but there was this consensus. It felt like if it 220 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 2: felt like they wanted to go again, we were like, no, you. 221 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: Got yeah, yeah, we're good. Yeah. 222 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 2: It was totally Obviously the set as a whole was protective, 223 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 2: but then with each other we were even more. It 224 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 2: was an extra layer of protection. Totally no, no, no, 225 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 2: she killed this. We need to move on. 226 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: Yes, exactly, you got it. 227 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 2: What you got is what you got, like I don't, Yeah, 228 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:59,439 Speaker 2: just use it. I also remember at some point I 229 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 2: think I got a little like angry with the situation. 230 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 2: I think so, and I remember the camera turning to me, yeah, 231 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: and you being like because they knew I was having 232 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 2: a hard time at one of the scenes and then 233 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: the camera turned to me, and I looked into the 234 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 2: camera and just go, no. 235 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, uh yeah, you had done you had it, 236 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: you had had it. 237 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 2: I know you're all doing your job, but I'm not 238 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 2: doing this. 239 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: And blessed that that crew and our are like camerat 240 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: A and B, like Dwayne and Andrew Mitchell who were 241 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: also graving the loss of their friend. And you know, 242 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: coworker crew was just as devastated as we were, as 243 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: they felt the most hard and felt seen by Corey. 244 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: But just to have to do that and understand that 245 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: they have a job to do as well, right, Like, 246 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: it was very hard because sometimes he would push in 247 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: on you just weeping, just fully weeping. I remember, like 248 00:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: there's a camera. I mean, I like put my head 249 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: and I was like, I have nowhere to hide right now, 250 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: I have nowhere to hide, And remembering like, don't get 251 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,479 Speaker 1: angry at the people who are doing their jobs. 252 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 2: Correct. 253 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: I felt bad about that too, because everybody was just 254 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: doing their best. 255 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean between takes, say would have tears 256 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: in their eyes. 257 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: No, it's just it was really awful. 258 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think, you know, to like Ryan's point, 259 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 2: about if he could do it all over again, he 260 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: would do it differently. It is one of those things 261 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 2: where you don't know until you start doing it. Because 262 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 2: I understand we all talked about it, like what would 263 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 2: an ideal episode in this situation look like to us? 264 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 2: And nobody came up with a clear well answer that 265 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 2: was any different and it was just like, Okay, yeah, 266 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 2: here will see how this goes. And it wasn't not good. 267 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 2: I mean, like I really dreaded recording Fire and RAINA. 268 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: Was that really hard or did you just kind of 269 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: like also dissociate? 270 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 2: I think what's crazy is I mean the lyrics of 271 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 2: a lot of these songs are so fitting. Yeah, and 272 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 2: I think I did have to like associate, like let 273 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 2: me just technically figure out how to do this, and 274 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 2: and it's like a beautiful song, like and everyone is 275 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 2: really like doing a beautiful job on all of these 276 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 2: songs for usual. Yeah, but yeah, it was less about 277 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 2: I'm not going to like cry on the track, you know, 278 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 2: like let me just totally let me just feel good 279 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 2: about what I'm doing professionally, but like get. 280 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: Through it, get through it exactly. 281 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't remember a lot outside of like those 282 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 2: things I just shared it was sort. 283 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: Of like a big battler. Yeah, this season feels like 284 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 1: a big battler. You said stand By You was one 285 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: of your favorite Quory numbers or that got really got 286 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 1: you when Amber sang it. What songs remind you the 287 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: most or come to mind when you think about Corey 288 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: from that he's sang on the show has been? 289 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 2: I mean I think sort of the classics like Jesse's 290 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 2: Girl I still have a hard time listening to. Like 291 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 2: when I hear that song out in public, I'll stand 292 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 2: by You is definitely like I can't listen to that song. 293 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 1: Oh wow, Okay, that's like a never never do don't 294 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: play it? 295 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 2: Yeah no, no, what about you. 296 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 1: Losing My Religion? Yeah, that's the one. I can now 297 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: listen to it or if I hear it on you know, 298 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:44,479 Speaker 1: the original like in a store, I can bear it. 299 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: But Corey's version really gets me. Yeah, Cory's version is 300 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 1: still hard to listen to. And and of course Jesse's 301 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: Girl mostly the tour, yes exactly. Yeah, yeah, those are 302 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: the cheer that really stick out to me. 303 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 2: Both of those songs, This is my Religion and Jesse's Girls, 304 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 2: like he cared so much about what he was doing 305 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 2: on those songs. 306 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: He loved it. When he like loved you could hear 307 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: the love of the music and of his role on 308 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: his job and like everything, he just felt like there 309 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: was passion behind all of his stuff. And even on set, 310 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: like there were times that Corey would have his moments 311 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 1: which we all had where you're like, my character wouldn't 312 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: do that, or does this doesn't fully make sense to me? 313 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: Why would I be here? Why would I walk there? 314 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: Or whatever? It was like when Corey did it, it 315 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: was always like very intentional and it was also very earned, 316 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: and it's because he cared. He wasn't just trying to 317 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: be difficult, which he didn't come across that way ever, 318 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: But like you know, there's some actors out there that 319 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 1: you've heard stories that just they want to be difficult 320 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: and they why would I stand here? And can cry 321 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: just stand here instead? And why would I say this line? 322 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 2: My character wouldn't do it? 323 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 1: Like Corey really knew Finn and he really cared so deeply, 324 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 1: and so when when those moments came up, it was 325 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: like people listened, you know what I mean, Like people listened, 326 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: and he because he cared and the way he. 327 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: Would always approach things and I think you hear that 328 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 2: in the stories that we've heard on this podcast. Everything 329 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 2: was always from a place of respect in general and 330 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,919 Speaker 2: genuine care. So nothing would ever come out of his 331 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 2: mouth that you'd be like, he's being advts Like no, 332 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 2: totally ever, totally ever be something associated with it, also. 333 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: Carrying a show in his back like why wouldn't you 334 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: make decisions and intentional ask questions and challenge people? And 335 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,360 Speaker 1: you know what I mean like that, I. 336 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 2: Think that's the beautiful leader. Like juxtaposition from Finn to Corey. Yeah, 337 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 2: well Finn was sort of this puppy dog, I'm just 338 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 2: sort of bumbling through life trying to do the right thing, 339 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 2: where Corey could absolutely have those moments. Yeah, but as 340 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,479 Speaker 2: a person was so much more like focused and serious 341 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 2: and intentional when it came to the work or caring 342 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 2: about your friends or making sure everybody's taken care of. 343 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 2: That was his focus all the time. 344 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, And he like stayed out of the drama and 345 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: he like laughed at it and just like he was 346 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: such a good leader. He was such a good leader. Yeah, 347 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: and without really having to like say anything about it, 348 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: do you know what I mean. 349 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, we all just sort of accepted that he was 350 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 2: the leader, like yeah. 351 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, he was. 352 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. 353 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: I think some of one of the best things that's 354 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: come from this podcast, like you said earlier, was like 355 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: every time we have a guest on, they have to 356 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: mention Corey, And I think that was part of really 357 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: why when we had decided we weren't going to recap 358 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: the quarterback, it felt like a no brainer to honor 359 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: him in some way because like everybody had something nice 360 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: to say, or something new we didn't know, or a 361 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: lot of that, like Samuel Larson saying that he took 362 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: him out to lunch and like welcomed him in just 363 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: makes I could burst into tears at this very moment 364 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: because like it's so generous and kind and speaks to 365 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: Corey and his character, his integrity, not his character, fim 366 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: of like who he was and like caring for everybody, 367 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: and nobody had to know about it except for Samuel 368 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: to feel like he had an ally on that set. 369 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's to think about the people, like the 370 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: stories that we don't know yet or haven't heard the 371 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 2: amount of times, because it's a pattern that wasn't a 372 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 2: one off, like Max Rowler was talking about how welcoming 373 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 2: Corey was, like went above and beyond for him on set, 374 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 2: and like, when you're coming into this gigan, having somebody 375 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 2: be the anchor that you can go to and having 376 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 2: it be someone who was the star of the show 377 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 2: like him, totally, it is really really valuable. 378 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: Totally. We revisited some of our old episodes and I 379 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: think there were just some highlights that we jotted down 380 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 1: because you know, there were just such notable, important people 381 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: to the show that had such notable moments and memories 382 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:35,719 Speaker 1: about Corey that I thought we should mention, like Ryan 383 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: saying that Corey felt like his own child, yeah, and 384 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: how hard of a time he had when he was 385 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: going through all of that, you know, his his stuff, 386 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: and then when he passed away. 387 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 2: I also really enjoyed like when Robert Oric, the casting director, 388 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 2: was talking about how Finn and Mercedes were so hard 389 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,239 Speaker 2: to cast, but seeing Corey's audition tape, even without him 390 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 2: singing yeah, was so magical, Like there was something about 391 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 2: him yeah yeah, and there was there was like all 392 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 2: the parts that you love about watching Finn are very 393 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 2: much there there from the very beginning. Yes, like that 394 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 2: magic he had with that role was totally unbelievable. 395 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: And then you have like you know, when we had 396 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: Mark malkoln On, Michael Assiello, you know, our publicist from Fox, 397 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: Tracy Rafferty, all of them saying how kind he was 398 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 1: at every interaction, which was a lot of interactions, and 399 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: like taking the time on set when they would come 400 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: to set and sit there for hours and be there 401 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: for a special shooting day or a tribute episode, and 402 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: him taking the time from which which is hard, like 403 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: there are some people who just you know, cannot kind 404 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: of socialize while they're on set or are too tired 405 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: or whatever. But always Corey always took hours and just 406 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: talked to them and made them feel welcome, un said, 407 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: and you know like became their friend. And then Tracy too, 408 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: like she spent so much time with us and so 409 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: much time with Corey, and she had such fond memories 410 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: of like deal, you know, experiencing his joy and his 411 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: person and then also having to deal with all the 412 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 1: stuff that came from when when the fallout happened. 413 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 2: You know, I mean to that too. I think you 414 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 2: know Caylin Gorman, who was the behind the scenes producer, 415 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 2: she said something very similar to like when we were 416 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 2: all tired and had long days, and she would be 417 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 2: there trying to pull us away to do behind the 418 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 2: scenes stuff, like she could always count on Corey to 419 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 2: do what she needed to do, like his battery for 420 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 2: being sociable or professional. Those of us that would run 421 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 2: out be tapped out. He never tapped out. Yeah, they 422 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 2: would always do it. He was always there. 423 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,120 Speaker 1: And then also I would like, like I said about 424 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: Samuel Larson being taken out to lunch but by Corey. 425 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,479 Speaker 1: I also didn't know that Angie Warner on tour they 426 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: would have special coffee dates. 427 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 2: This was my favorite story. 428 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: And like get him coffee because he would spend all 429 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: the time with the fans and see all the fans, 430 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,240 Speaker 1: you know, in the lobby of the hotel, or like 431 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: at the theater or at the venue, and like he 432 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: she would bring him coffee. And then it was a 433 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 1: tradition that they kept going after the tour was over 434 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: back in la which I love too. I thought that 435 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: was so special. I had no idea they had that relationship, 436 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 1: not that we needed to, but again, like everybody felt 437 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 1: so connected to him. 438 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 2: He had more hours in the day than we did. 439 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: He made them like he made them. 440 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 2: Like what was he had that clock of like his 441 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 2: his day was twenty six hours long. 442 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't know, yeah where those extra 443 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: two hours come from and that energy comes from and 444 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: to like care for others, you know. 445 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 2: And you always felt like it was that type of 446 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 2: person too, that never made you feel like he was 447 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: doing you a favor or wasting his time. No, you 448 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 2: were always the only person in the room. You were 449 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 2: the most important person in that moment if you're having 450 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 2: that conversation or having that coffee, whatever it may be. Yeah, 451 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 2: and would never make you feel bad about taking his 452 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 2: time for anything. 453 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: Someone like The most like vivid memories of Corey that 454 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: I have are like when we were waiting for him 455 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: in the Pilot because he got stuck without a visa 456 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 1: and he was cast and we knew we knew who 457 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 1: Finn was, but we didn't get to meet him for 458 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: like weeks before he came in like and we started shooting. Essentially, 459 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 1: he made it. And we had been rehearsing for like, 460 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: you know, been together doing music and costumes and dance 461 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: and all of these things with Zach and you know, 462 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: the five of us, and we were just waiting for 463 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,360 Speaker 1: like our our like hero to come. Yeah, and we 464 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:17,239 Speaker 1: were like so excited when he came. And we were 465 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: on set doing something at the cabrio where we shot 466 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,000 Speaker 1: like the pilot before they built all of our sets, 467 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: and there was like cake one of the first days, 468 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: and we sat out in the courtyard at the picnic 469 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: tables and we were like eating cake and we were 470 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: all taking pictures of each other. I had like all 471 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 1: these pictures of all of us like hanging out. He's 472 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 1: in that blue striped sweater that he's in in the 473 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: beginning of the show. And then when we had rap 474 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,719 Speaker 1: parties were always a weird thing and they never you know, 475 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: some years they were really good. In some years, like 476 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: we were doing tour and there was a lot going on, 477 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 1: and so they kind of like fell by the wayside, 478 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: especially as we got later into the seasons. And one 479 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: year was like they had a crew wrap party and 480 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 1: a cast rap party, but not one together. And Corey 481 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 1: was like very upset about that, and so he decided 482 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: to throw a rager rap party at his house for 483 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: everybody to join together because we all wanted to be together. 484 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 1: And he's he didn't really come down. He wasn't drinking 485 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: at the time. Again like he he came up. He 486 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: was up on the railing of his house looking down, 487 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 1: and I remember like all of us looking at being 488 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:30,679 Speaker 1: like he's Gatsby. 489 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 2: He doesn't. 490 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 1: He like entertains and like revels in the joy of 491 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: other people. And I remember going up and like talking 492 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: to him for a while. We hung out on the 493 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: banister with him, like on the you know, on the balcony, 494 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: but he really didn't come down, but he was just 495 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: so happy that everybody was there having fun. And then 496 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: the photoshoot was the last time I ever saw him. 497 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: Was this photo shoot for season five with all the 498 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: Maybies and us and yes, and I mean we had 499 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: no idea, like we had, we had no clue, but 500 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: he was. He was there, and I remember saying to 501 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: him something about his watch, because he had a sub 502 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: Mariner and relex that I loved like a lot, and 503 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: he's had if he had for a long time. I 504 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: don't know if it was a family thing or if 505 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: he had had it himself. But I was thinking about 506 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: buying myself one. And we had joked about Rolexes obviously 507 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: a lot because Glee, you know, we got Rolexes for 508 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: as a gift on tour, and like some Brad had 509 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: one that he wore all the time, and so they 510 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: were just kind of like circulating around us, and I 511 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: was like, I think I'm gonna buy one for myself. 512 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: He was like, as you should, Jenna, as you should. 513 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: And we always my husband and I always say as 514 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: you should, know, and I've always taken that with me 515 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: because he'll always say like as you should, like Corey said, 516 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: because it's like take the trip, do the thing, buy 517 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: the watch, go, you know, like skip work, go do 518 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: your thing. It was just something that like I took 519 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: that I didn't even intentionally take. I just took it 520 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 1: with me. Yeah, So that was like those are a 521 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: couple of my favorite, like very vivid memories of Corey. 522 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 2: I remember that same photo shoot. We hadn't seen him 523 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 2: since he went to rehab, right, and so I just 524 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 2: remember like hugging him and being like I'm so proud 525 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 2: of you and he's like, oh, thanks, b and like 526 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 2: grabbed me and like squeezed me, and I was like, okay, 527 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 2: here we are, like we're back to right normal. Obviously 528 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 2: I didn't know what was going on, but like, right, 529 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 2: you would never know. Yeah, there were times like he 530 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 2: we were in New York and he took me out. 531 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 2: It was probably the only time like we hung out 532 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 2: one on one's New York Yeah, and we went to 533 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 2: like the Soho House and we just sat out there 534 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 2: and it felt so funny because I also felt like 535 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 2: he was like the big brother, like the jock, like 536 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 2: the he's the cool guy, and I'm like, I'm like 537 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 2: the little weirdo, quirky day kid. And obviously that dynamic 538 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 2: would there was never any separation between any of us 539 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 2: like that, but it felt really funny for us to 540 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 2: just be there by ourselves because I remember being like, 541 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 2: what are we going to talk about on this one? 542 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 2: I had known him for a couple of years, but 543 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,959 Speaker 2: it was like, I don't know what, We've never had 544 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: a one on one And obviously it was great and 545 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 2: we had like just such a nice time hanging out. 546 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 2: I think it was I think it was during tour, 547 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 2: the second tour, and it was nice to just like 548 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 2: have a moment and like catch up and like he 549 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 2: was checking in. You know now, in hindsight, like talking 550 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 2: to all these people, it's like that his way to 551 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 2: sort of like check in, yeah, or vice versa be 552 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 2: able to like check in with me about himself totally, 553 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 2: which felt nice as well and special and like it's 554 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 2: nice for not taking these relationships for granted. Yeah, and yeah, 555 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 2: I think when we were around each other that often 556 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 2: and then you're on tour and you're shooting to be 557 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 2: able to make special one on one time for people, 558 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,800 Speaker 2: clearly was something he was really good at and really 559 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 2: enjoyed and meant a lot to all of us. 560 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: Yes, definitely. So we wanted to share a couple of 561 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: our favorite stories told on this podcast because I think 562 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: they're just like really special moments. So first is from 563 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: Vanessa and GI's reflecting on one of her favorite Glee memories. 564 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: So let's listen. 565 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:02,479 Speaker 4: I have I have a really good memory of Corey 566 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 4: and I and it was like we were in the 567 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,800 Speaker 4: in the holding room and there were set chairs everywhere 568 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 4: and almost everyone was napping in a different in a 569 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 4: different position. There were people lying on the floor. There 570 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:16,800 Speaker 4: are people who had chairs set up in a row 571 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 4: of three and were sleeping on that, and it was 572 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 4: everyone was sleeping and Corey was sitting. Corey was the 573 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 4: only one awake, and I was sitting next to him, 574 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 4: and like I said, you know, we had been friends 575 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 4: from before, but it was very trippy. He was looking 576 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 4: at everyone with this kind of loving papa vibe. And 577 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 4: I remember we had this talk about his experience that's 578 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,959 Speaker 4: that that you know to that point on Glee, and 579 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 4: he was talking about each of you as you slept 580 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 4: with so much love, and and it was it just 581 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 4: was a cosmic conversation I don't know how else to 582 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 4: describe it, where I really just saw his hold of 583 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 4: everyone and silently. You know, he wasn't he wasn't a 584 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 4: man of many words, but that conversation really stands out 585 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 4: to me. 586 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 5: Wow. 587 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, the consistency. Also, if you haven't listened to that 588 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:20,720 Speaker 2: episode with Vanessa, she talks just beautifully about Corey at 589 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,200 Speaker 2: great length throughout that episode. So you should go back 590 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 2: and listen to that because her memory is incredible, and yeah, 591 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 2: exactly the way she so eloquently speaks about him is 592 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 2: just it was really beautiful. 593 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: And then I also mentioned a couple of times about 594 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: that Samuel Larson a story that like just took me 595 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 1: out of my body. 596 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 2: It's beautiful. 597 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: So this is Samuel Larson, who joined the show in 598 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: season three. 599 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 5: For every new guy that came in. Corey was just 600 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,399 Speaker 5: the best. Corey would just completely take you under his wing. 601 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 5: I remember just always coming up to me. He's like, 602 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 5: what's up, TV star, how you doing? Take me out 603 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,799 Speaker 5: to lunch, and just really it was really easy to 604 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 5: feel welcome with him, specifically because I could tell he 605 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 5: was paying extra attention to me to make sure I 606 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 5: felt welcomed and that was huge for me. And I 607 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 5: saw him do it with others as well, Like I 608 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,680 Speaker 5: saw him do it when when Blake joined as well, 609 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 5: and I was like, I know what he's doing, Like 610 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,439 Speaker 5: that's his thing, and I think that's great and it's 611 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 5: and it brought up the best of me. Like I 612 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 5: see certain scenes. 613 00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 2: And I'm like, we filmed this like right. 614 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 5: After me and Corey just had lunch, and I think 615 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 5: that's why I'm doing better because I was more comfortable 616 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 5: having just hung out with him. 617 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 2: So the magic there too is to like, you don't 618 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 2: know the changes you know subconsciously, Like he mentions here, 619 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,880 Speaker 2: like after having lunch with Corey and then doing a 620 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 2: scene of all these little interactions right that he had 621 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,520 Speaker 2: with cast and crew over the years, how far that 622 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 2: goes to make everybody's experience and therefore the product that 623 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:09,399 Speaker 2: you're producing better because people are genuinely happy to be there. 624 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 2: You have this personal connection to everyone, and it wasn't fake. 625 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:16,080 Speaker 2: It wasn't because he was trying to do something. He 626 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,719 Speaker 2: just genuinely cared and I think we all benefited from 627 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:19,960 Speaker 2: it on so many different. 628 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:23,919 Speaker 1: Levels, yeah, creatively and personally. And we have some other 629 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,280 Speaker 1: really great voice notes that we had asked some people 630 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:32,920 Speaker 1: who I think we're very deeply touched by Corey and 631 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,440 Speaker 1: have spoken so in depth about him in the past, 632 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 1: and also who have worked very closely with him. So 633 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 1: we have Telei Kusakas who has been on the podcast, 634 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 1: who's a dear, dear friend of ours who worked very 635 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,880 Speaker 1: closely with Corey. He was on set while Corey was 636 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:52,800 Speaker 1: still around with us as APA and was our first 637 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: team whisperer. And then we have Vanessa Lunji's again who 638 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: graciously shared another her you know, voice note of some 639 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: of her memories of Corey h And then we asked 640 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:12,920 Speaker 1: romy Rosemont because she played Carol fnn's mom of course 641 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: on the show. Their scenes were so dynamic and so 642 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: powerful and impactful. Every time they came on screen together. 643 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: It's like you couldn't not cry, and I just felt 644 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:29,680 Speaker 1: like who better to kind of reflect on him in 645 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,719 Speaker 1: that way watching him work and then knowing him personally. 646 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: So here's Kelly, Vanessa and Roby. 647 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 6: There isn't really one memory that springs to mind, but 648 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,799 Speaker 6: more of like an amalgamation of memories and really just 649 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 6: like a feeling of being with Corey, which was he 650 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 6: was always so inviting, so accepting, so inclusive of everyone, 651 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,919 Speaker 6: no matter who they were, what they were doing, where 652 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 6: they came from. 653 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,680 Speaker 2: He had like an open door policy at his house. 654 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 2: He was always. 655 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:10,359 Speaker 6: Inviting us over for pool days and parties, and there 656 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 6: was just a sense about him. I would always catch 657 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 6: him in these moments just sort of looking out at 658 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 6: everyone having fun, and he just had this sense of 659 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:24,000 Speaker 6: pride and comfort in having everyone around and especially I 660 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:29,160 Speaker 6: think hosting everyone. I think a lot about how he 661 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 6: was with his fans, especially on the Glee tour. He 662 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 6: always took the extra time to you know, go out 663 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,759 Speaker 6: the stage door, talk to fans, sign autographs, take pictures. 664 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,880 Speaker 6: You know, I think we all probably collectively waited for 665 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:50,439 Speaker 6: him for hours. You know, he was usually the last 666 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:55,759 Speaker 6: person in the van, but you know, he never took 667 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:01,239 Speaker 6: any moment. For granted, he was so appreciative of where 668 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:08,400 Speaker 6: he was at and always acknowledging the people that, you know, 669 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 6: the people that were his fans and the people that 670 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 6: watched the show. And we also were both from Vancouver, 671 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,520 Speaker 6: so we shared a sort of you know, hometown bond 672 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:25,400 Speaker 6: in that way, we shared some mutual friends, and so 673 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 6: it kind of just Corey always felt like an old friend, 674 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 6: even if you just met him. I think after all 675 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:36,520 Speaker 6: these years, that's always what sticks with me first and foremost, 676 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,520 Speaker 6: Love you, Corey, Miss you always. 677 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:46,719 Speaker 7: I remember Corey being a larger than life forced to 678 00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 7: be around. I can remember his smile and his almost 679 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,279 Speaker 7: like beamed sunshine when I got to my first day 680 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,920 Speaker 7: on the set of Glee, and different days after that, 681 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 7: just this warmth and brightness that radiated off of him, 682 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:16,640 Speaker 7: and I felt like he had big Papa energy watching 683 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:22,080 Speaker 7: over the cast and the crew. He was very observant 684 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 7: and very playful, but also grounded and mature. He just 685 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,880 Speaker 7: loved everyone so much and cared for everyone, and I 686 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:43,160 Speaker 7: just felt him watching over everyone in a very protective 687 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:52,360 Speaker 7: and loving way. Yeah. It was a real special special 688 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,400 Speaker 7: being for sure. Miss him all the time. 689 00:40:56,200 --> 00:41:01,799 Speaker 3: The first time I met Corey was on the I 690 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,279 Speaker 3: think second episode of the show. We'd never met on 691 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:11,720 Speaker 3: the pilot, and the scene was teaching him to drive 692 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 3: and he hits the mailman and I go berserk. 693 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,439 Speaker 1: But we never met. 694 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,680 Speaker 3: He didn't know my style, he didn't know how nutty 695 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:25,400 Speaker 3: cuckoo I can be. And when Ryan was kind of 696 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,359 Speaker 3: explaining what we were gonna do, he just kind of 697 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 3: looked at me and went go for it. 698 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,560 Speaker 2: And I said how big. He goes go for it. 699 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 3: And so we're kind of doing this the very beginning 700 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 3: of the scene, just you know, idle chit chat, and 701 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 3: then he hits the mailman, goes over the car and 702 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:46,440 Speaker 3: I went ape shit. I go like crazy, oh my god, 703 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:47,960 Speaker 3: oh my god, you killed him. The oh my god, 704 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:49,799 Speaker 3: You're gonna go to jail, you know, all the things 705 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,840 Speaker 3: that I said, and the look on his face. He 706 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 3: jumped so high and he was like Jesus. 707 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:55,960 Speaker 1: This lady is nuts. 708 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,319 Speaker 3: And when Ryan yelled cut, I just looked him. I 709 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 3: was like, ye okay, he goes yeah, and then we 710 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:04,520 Speaker 3: burst out into laughter. 711 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,640 Speaker 2: We just burst out laughing. 712 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:11,680 Speaker 3: And it was what an incredible introduction to playing mother 713 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:16,920 Speaker 3: and son and having this this beginning be like really 714 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,440 Speaker 3: really just guttural laughter. 715 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:22,879 Speaker 2: Oh, just adored him. 716 00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,920 Speaker 3: I was so lucky because I got to do so 717 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:31,280 Speaker 3: many emotional scenes with Corey and Corey as my scene partner. 718 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:32,320 Speaker 6: And. 719 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:35,200 Speaker 2: It was such. 720 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,960 Speaker 3: I felt such a beautiful bond with him that all 721 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:42,759 Speaker 3: I had to do to be in that situation was 722 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 3: to look in that boy's beautiful brown eyes filled with 723 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:53,080 Speaker 3: compassion and love and kindness, and it was like we 724 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:58,239 Speaker 3: were absolutely mother and son, and I got everything I 725 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:03,640 Speaker 3: wanted just by in his eyes. And what's extraordinary is 726 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:08,640 Speaker 3: he always thought that emotional stuff wasn't his forte. 727 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:10,360 Speaker 1: He didn't like it. He's like, I can't cry, I 728 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:10,920 Speaker 1: can't do this. 729 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 3: I said, yes you can, Yes you can. And I 730 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,239 Speaker 3: think some of his best stuff is kind of the 731 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:24,880 Speaker 3: quieter emotional stuff. He was a beautiful human, he really was. 732 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:29,640 Speaker 3: I feel so lucky that the majority of my scenes 733 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:36,360 Speaker 3: on Glee were just with Corey. It wasn't until later 734 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,040 Speaker 3: that I actually got to be with all of you guys, 735 00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:43,840 Speaker 3: which was also amazing because I adored. 736 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:44,359 Speaker 2: The entire cast. 737 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:50,160 Speaker 3: But one of my favorite stories was during the wedding 738 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:54,080 Speaker 3: of Burton Carroll and we were out at that church 739 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:58,279 Speaker 3: I think it was a church, and Corey was so 740 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:03,000 Speaker 3: away of either paparazzi or fans, and that he did 741 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 3: not want anyone to see me, or he didn't want 742 00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:10,239 Speaker 3: it to be revealed who was getting married. So anywhere 743 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:15,120 Speaker 3: I walked, whether it was to lunch or to set 744 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:20,000 Speaker 3: or wherever, he would take his coat off and either 745 00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:24,080 Speaker 3: just like wrap me in it his jacket or he 746 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:28,040 Speaker 3: would open it real wide and I would crouch down. 747 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,719 Speaker 3: I didn't have to crouch down that much because he 748 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,759 Speaker 3: was six or three and kind of walk alongside him. 749 00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:34,319 Speaker 3: He's like, I don't want anybody to know. I don't 750 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,440 Speaker 3: want anybody to know. It's going to be such a 751 00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:43,280 Speaker 3: good episode. And that excitement was always infectious. And when 752 00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:48,640 Speaker 3: we were standing up at the altar to be married, 753 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:54,040 Speaker 3: and I turned and I looked at him, I was 754 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:57,520 Speaker 3: kind of overcome with how fortunate I was to play 755 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:03,120 Speaker 3: his mom. That even though he was older than I 756 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:05,839 Speaker 3: think all of you guys, he. 757 00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,640 Speaker 2: Was the hell of about younger than I am. 758 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:15,920 Speaker 3: And the sweetness and the simplicity and the kindness in 759 00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:19,320 Speaker 3: his eyes with something I will never forget. 760 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:23,080 Speaker 2: You're just so sweet. 761 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:24,799 Speaker 3: God, I adore that boy. 762 00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:28,319 Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much again to Romey Vanessa and 763 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:32,720 Speaker 1: tell you for sharing some of your favorite Corey stories 764 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:34,840 Speaker 1: with us. It's really we're so grateful. 765 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:37,560 Speaker 2: And thank you all for sticking with us through an 766 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:39,920 Speaker 2: unusual recap episode. We just wanted to make sure that 767 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,640 Speaker 2: we got the chance to honor Corey when we first 768 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:46,680 Speaker 2: started talking about this episode, we also wanted to give 769 00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:49,640 Speaker 2: you guys, the fans, a platform to share your own 770 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:52,600 Speaker 2: memories about Corey because we know how much he meant 771 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:53,200 Speaker 2: to you as well. 772 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:56,799 Speaker 1: So yeah, we've received literally in outpouring of messages like 773 00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:00,800 Speaker 1: all over the world, so thank you so much for 774 00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:05,799 Speaker 1: taking the time to submit those. So we're actually just 775 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,920 Speaker 1: going to make that a separate bonus episode, so check 776 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,160 Speaker 1: back for that soon. 777 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:12,120 Speaker 2: And just you know, in honor of Corey, I think 778 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,320 Speaker 2: a message that we've clearly seen through all these people's 779 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,000 Speaker 2: stories is that a little time where someone can go 780 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:19,719 Speaker 2: a long way and mean a lot for them for 781 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:22,279 Speaker 2: the rest of their lives. So let that be a 782 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,000 Speaker 2: lesson to all of us to make room and space 783 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:24,560 Speaker 2: for everyone. 784 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,120 Speaker 1: Yes, I love you, Corey, Love you Corey. 785 00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:30,840 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening and follow us on Instagram at and 786 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,200 Speaker 2: that's what you really miss pod, make sure to write 787 00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:35,480 Speaker 2: us a review and leave us five stars. See you 788 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:35,960 Speaker 2: next time.