WEBVTT - Heartbreak ("The Quarterback" S5 EP 3) 0:00:01.760 --> 0:00:04.439 And That's what you Really missed with Jenna. 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:07.119 And Kevin and iHeartRadio podcast. 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:13.840 Welcome to and That's what You Really missed podcast. Today 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:25.800 is a unique and sad episode, if you will. This 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:30.000 is season five, episode three. This is the Quarterback. Now. 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.920 When Kevin and I started this podcast, we knew we 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:37.479 were not going to recap this episode from the very beginning, 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.440 and that was really driven by, I think Kevin correct 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:49.440 me if I'm wrong, the immense grief that we had 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:57.080 to experience while shooting this episode on camera. So while 0:00:57.080 --> 0:01:03.200 we were grieving Corey behind the scenes, we were also 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:06.880 then put in front of the camera on this episode 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:12.560 to grieve as our characters and grief Finn and it 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.560 was not a great experience for anybody. 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:20.920 And I think what also sort of made us feel 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:23.520 not crazy for feeling that way was when we had 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:27.479 Ryan on this show. Initially, he talked about that exact 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:30.840 same thing and how if he could have gone back, 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:35.080 he wouldn't have done that episode, And like we talked 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.880 about together, there was sort of no it was a 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:43.200 lose lose of how to do this correctly. So having 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.360 the control of the situation now as we do, we 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:51.720 decided to do a different format for this episode. Yes, 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:57.080 because we all love Corey. Fans love Corey and Finn 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:00.920 and one of the best Experien says about doing this 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:05.760 podcast so far has and if you've listened every week, 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:09.800 every single person, almost every single person has a Corey story. 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:13.960 And mentioned him as the one who they felt the 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.440 most connected to or felt the most seen by, the 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.120 heard by, or whatever it was. Corey is always, if 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:23.679 you listen, mentioned as like that guy. 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:27.640 Always and like the the way he would quietly go 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:32.840 about making everybody feel comfortable and safe. Truly was you know, 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:36.600 for lack of a better word, the quarterback of the 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:41.480 show in that way. And it's been surprising and in 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:43.280 some ways to hear some of these stories that you 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:47.680 know that we've heard over the past two years, but 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.080 also not surprising in the same sense because like, if 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:51.880 anyone is going to be that way, of course, it 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.799 was him always looking out for everybody. So we thought 0:02:56.240 --> 0:03:00.480 for this episode, will go through it a little bit, 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:02.359 but we're not going to break down the episode because 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:03.240 we're not watching it. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.680 That's the main pointing. 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:11.160 If you want, and I know it for some people 0:03:11.480 --> 0:03:13.840 that bring some sort of comfort and solace that is great. 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:19.560 I'm glad that it is there for you. For us, 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:22.080 we want to highlight some of these stories, and we 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.760 have some new stories that people sent in. Talk about 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:27.200 our memories. We'll talk a little bit at the top 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:32.320 of this about the actual filming of the episode. But 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:34.040 that's how we're going to lay this out. And I 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.320 hope you know you will ride with us on this 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:41.440 and really have it be a celebration of Corey's legacy 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:42.280 more than anything. 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:46.440 Yes, that is right. Well, let's get past all the info. 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:53.160 This was directed by Brad Faulchuk. Uh couldn't have done 0:03:53.160 --> 0:04:00.680 it with anybody else. And there's some songs Seasons of 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:02.840 Love performed by all of. 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:06.640 Us by You by Mercedes. 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:10.680 Fire and Rain by Arnie and Sam Young by Santana, 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:13.000 No Surrender by Puck. 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.159 And make You Feel My Love by Rachel. 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:17.520 Tell me about the empisode. 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:22.000 Sorry, So the McKinley high family, present and past joined 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.880 together and remember and celebrate the life of Finn Hudson. 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:31.000 Yeah, so this is interesting because we were we found 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:37.520 out that that Finn was going to also pass in 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:42.840 the show. That wasn't a decision that came lightly. I remember, 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.640 you know, the writers really kind of mulling and agonizing 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:50.240 over what to do, how to move the story forward, 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:54.560 and where do we go from here? And we also 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:59.240 were given the option to either do the episode or 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:03.560 not do the episode. I never felt and Kevin never 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:09.520 felt like we didn't want to be there. There was 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.280 just a certain group of people in this bubble who 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:15.160 understood stood what we were going through, and we really 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:20.320 didn't leave each other sides for a long time after 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:24.279 this happened Corey's passing in July, and I would have 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:29.720 felt like, I don't know, in hindsight, maybe you know, 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.000 we wouldn't have done it, but there would have been 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.480 something missing from the episode if somebody didn't do it right. 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.680 Yeah, And it also just felt like there wasn't a 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:41.520 lot of time to consider, like the schedule of how 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:47.240 this happened, as Corey passed away the early middle of July, Yeah, 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:50.719 and normally we'd start shooting around that same time, probably 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.039 within a couple of days of that. They pushed it 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.599 back ten days to two weeks, and then we immediately 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:00.000 started at the very beginning of August, which is still 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:05.080 very recent and an episode takes eight to nine days 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:08.520 to shoot, so we did two episodes and then went 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:12.040 straight into this episode. We had a break after this episode, 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:16.280 but there is still not a lot of time when 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:19.279 we get into this episode, so it was all very 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:23.800 very fresh, and I think because we sort of just 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:27.600 jumped back into doing the show, it didn't feel like 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.120 and I don't think this is anybody's fault, but like 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.839 for medn't it felt like a false choice of do 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:37.120 we actually say no to this, or get to say 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:38.599 no to this, or does it feel right to say 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:39.000 no to this? 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:39.520 Right? 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.280 There was no way to, like for me at least, 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.640 like check in with myself because this is like a 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:46.680 very unprecedented situation. 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.880 And there was no time to really check in with yourself. 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:51.880 No, And we were at work, and it's like we 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.839 were just saying yes and you just go and like 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.120 if everyone's doing it, then let's all do it and 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.560 be there together because surely if we're all together, yeah, 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:01.359 that will be better. 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:02.719 Yeah. 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:08.679 But the experience of shooting some of this, especially when 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:10.800 we got the song list of what songs were going 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:12.520 to be in this episode, and it. 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:16.400 Is just b it was not great. 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:18.280 It was really really hard. 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.760 I remember, and and and that's the thing, like when 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:25.400 we were shooting the episodes of The Beatles, there was 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:29.120 like a solemness to back behind the scenes that we 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:32.000 were still grieving and going through all this together, but 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:36.760 we were shooting something joyful that gave I think our 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:40.280 cast and crew moments of levity where we could sing 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:44.440 happy songs and kind of find joy for those moments. 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:49.800 And even with like Katie Gaga right after this episode, 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:54.840 it's like there were there were just brief seconds of 0:07:54.880 --> 0:08:00.320 like a deep breath where you are not thinking it 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:04.320 just for just one second. And during the Quarterback episode, 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:09.160 I mean, we were joking around Off's camera on camera. 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.760 You know us, we're crazy and you know we'd love 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:16.720 to laugh and dance and joke, but like this episode 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.120 is so was so different that there was like you 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:23.920 could hear a pin drop in between takes, You could 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.120 hear a pin drop when you showed up to set. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:31.600 It was so gravely different as it as you would assume, 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.400 you know what I mean, like obviously, but it was 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:38.520 not our show. We were not shooting our show during 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.239 this time. That's what it didn't feel. 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.000 Like that, and I don't think any of us realized 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:46.640 that's what was going to happen in the sense that 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:52.360 as soon as the first take rolled around, I felt like, oh, 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:56.160 this is Kevin on camera. It was the first time 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.160 I had you know, we joke about how, oh they 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:01.200 started writing for our characters, blah blah blah blah blah. 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:05.080 This is very very different. It felt very much like 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:10.800 this is me sitting in the room where I spend 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:13.360 so much time with Corey, and the camera's on my 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:19.800 face and I feel very much like I am being 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:24.400 exposed in a way, or like the camera is capturing. 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:26.600 And although they set it up in a way where 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.920 like it's Brad doing it, it's our family and this 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:33.079 crew doing it. So it was the safest space possible, 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.199 but there was no way. I was just hyper aware, 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.320 and I think we all became hyper aware of like, oh, 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.000 millions of people are going to see this in a 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.960 different way than shooting a Beatles episode or any other 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:51.360 episode where it felt like an intrusion. Yes, totally into 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.079 like a really private experience, and we were having to 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.200 figure out how to deal with that anyways. You know, personally, 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.720 this was the first time I had lost somebody close 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.640 to me, and then he's a very famous public figure 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:08.960 at that time. Yes, and there was I don't know 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:12.120 exactly when we went on the Teen Choice Awards. I 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:13.640 know it sounds so silly. 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.360 But a couple of months it was it was like 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.880 it after this, yeah, yeah, because Lee asked us to 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:20.760 show up for her. 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.880 Yes, And we hadn't been doing any public appearances obviously, 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:30.360 and so these things that would be public facing were 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.560 very hard to navigate because it's hard enough losing somebody. 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:38.040 Then it's additional things of having it be talked about 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:41.720 everywhere you went. You go into a grocery store, convenience store, 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.440 it's on the cover of all the magazines. And so 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.800 this was like the first public facing thing we were 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:52.600 doing it, yes, and putting it out into the world. Yeah, 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:56.320 And it was just very hard to conceptualize what that 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.440 was going to be and feel like until physically in 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:00.959 the chair the camera in your face. 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.800 Yes for me, that's right now, that's totally right. Total. 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.480 I mean, when we were shooting some of these numbers, 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.920 I don't think there was a scene or specifically a 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.079 musical number where somebody didn't run out of the room. 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:19.040 Crying after they called caught. Yes, somebody would run out 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:22.040 crying and like need a second to like gather themselves, 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:27.160 like not just tears, but like full you know, you 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:27.559 get it. 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:33.280 Yeah, I mean I did. What broke me was Amber singing. 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:35.640 And here's the other thing, Like I think all these 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.880 songs mean different things to all of us. So for 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:43.000 me it was all stand by you like broke me right, 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:46.640 and for other people it was other songs right, And 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:52.559 like I had to run. I walked out of the 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.360 choir room and like sat out on the dock, and 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:58.600 I think Brad came and talked to me. Yeah, And 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.880 Brad is also just like he's the person you do want. 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:04.240 There, yes, sounding bored, the. 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:08.240 Gentle under completely understands like we're all there to do 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:13.280 this job, which feels silly under the circumstances. And in 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:19.079 that moment, I was just like I'm not giving I'm 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:22.680 not giving you anything else. Yeah, because I'm going to 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.640 like I'm not for me to get through this episode. 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:27.520 I'm not going to be able to do this every 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.760 take and it's not like I'm performing, it's just real 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.960 and I can't allow myself. If you want me to 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:38.160 like get through this episode, I'll show up. But yeah, 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:40.920 I don't think I can allow myself to emotionally invest 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:42.600 like I have to sort of associate a little bit. 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.560 Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all started to do that. I 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:48.480 think I also remember doing maybe one or two takes 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:49.840 of each scene and song. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:51.920 Yes, it was a. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:56.960 Very short process. We shot this episode very quickly. It 0:12:57.080 --> 0:13:01.840 felt like a long time, but we everything was so 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:05.599 honest that there was no other options, you know what 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.560 I mean. You weren't giving people options. The director like 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.920 brad option. It was just shoot it, get it over with, 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:12.760 let's move on. 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:15.600 And there was sort of this craig if I'm wrong, 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:19.720 but there was this consensus. It felt like if it 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:26.080 felt like they wanted to go again, we were like, no, you. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.320 Got yeah, yeah, we're good. Yeah. 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:32.800 It was totally Obviously the set as a whole was protective, 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.160 but then with each other we were even more. It 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.960 was an extra layer of protection. Totally no, no, no, 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:40.440 she killed this. We need to move on. 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.160 Yes, exactly, you got it. 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:45.880 What you got is what you got, like I don't, Yeah, 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:59.439 just use it. I also remember at some point I 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.520 think I got a little like angry with the situation. 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:07.560 I think so, and I remember the camera turning to me, yeah, 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:09.280 and you being like because they knew I was having 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:10.520 a hard time at one of the scenes and then 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.720 the camera turned to me, and I looked into the 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:13.839 camera and just go, no. 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.480 Yeah, yeah, uh yeah, you had done you had it, 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:18.080 you had had it. 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.520 I know you're all doing your job, but I'm not 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:21.240 doing this. 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:24.600 And blessed that that crew and our are like camerat 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:28.800 A and B, like Dwayne and Andrew Mitchell who were 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:33.000 also graving the loss of their friend. And you know, 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:37.840 coworker crew was just as devastated as we were, as 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.880 they felt the most hard and felt seen by Corey. 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:48.640 But just to have to do that and understand that 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.680 they have a job to do as well, right, Like, 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.400 it was very hard because sometimes he would push in 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.960 on you just weeping, just fully weeping. I remember, like 0:14:58.280 --> 0:14:59.920 there's a camera. I mean, I like put my head 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.200 and I was like, I have nowhere to hide right now, 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:06.840 I have nowhere to hide, And remembering like, don't get 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.479 angry at the people who are doing their jobs. 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:09.920 Correct. 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.280 I felt bad about that too, because everybody was just 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:15.080 doing their best. 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.440 Oh yeah, I mean between takes, say would have tears 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:17.960 in their eyes. 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.400 No, it's just it was really awful. 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:25.240 Yeah, and I think, you know, to like Ryan's point, 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:29.320 about if he could do it all over again, he 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:32.160 would do it differently. It is one of those things 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.920 where you don't know until you start doing it. Because 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.280 I understand we all talked about it, like what would 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.440 an ideal episode in this situation look like to us? 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:44.840 And nobody came up with a clear well answer that 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:50.960 was any different and it was just like, Okay, yeah, 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:55.320 here will see how this goes. And it wasn't not good. 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.880 I mean, like I really dreaded recording Fire and RAINA. 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:04.000 Was that really hard or did you just kind of 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:05.400 like also dissociate? 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.960 I think what's crazy is I mean the lyrics of 0:16:09.000 --> 0:16:13.360 a lot of these songs are so fitting. Yeah, and 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:15.760 I think I did have to like associate, like let 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:22.320 me just technically figure out how to do this, and 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.880 and it's like a beautiful song, like and everyone is 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:26.960 really like doing a beautiful job on all of these 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:33.000 songs for usual. Yeah, but yeah, it was less about 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.480 I'm not going to like cry on the track, you know, 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:41.440 like let me just totally let me just feel good 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.440 about what I'm doing professionally, but like get. 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:46.400 Through it, get through it exactly. 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:48.960 Yeah. I don't remember a lot outside of like those 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:50.600 things I just shared it was sort. 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:54.560 Of like a big battler. Yeah, this season feels like 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:57.760 a big battler. You said stand By You was one 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:00.360 of your favorite Quory numbers or that got really got 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:04.719 you when Amber sang it. What songs remind you the 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.439 most or come to mind when you think about Corey 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:09.040 from that he's sang on the show has been? 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.120 I mean I think sort of the classics like Jesse's 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:19.600 Girl I still have a hard time listening to. Like 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:23.240 when I hear that song out in public, I'll stand 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.320 by You is definitely like I can't listen to that song. 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:29.680 Oh wow, Okay, that's like a never never do don't 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:30.000 play it? 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.440 Yeah no, no, what about you. 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:37.120 Losing My Religion? Yeah, that's the one. I can now 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.520 listen to it or if I hear it on you know, 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:44.479 the original like in a store, I can bear it. 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:51.399 But Corey's version really gets me. Yeah, Cory's version is 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:56.640 still hard to listen to. And and of course Jesse's 0:17:56.640 --> 0:18:02.160 Girl mostly the tour, yes exactly. Yeah, yeah, those are 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:03.520 the cheer that really stick out to me. 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:08.359 Both of those songs, This is my Religion and Jesse's Girls, 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:12.200 like he cared so much about what he was doing 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:13.159 on those songs. 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.440 He loved it. When he like loved you could hear 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.520 the love of the music and of his role on 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:22.760 his job and like everything, he just felt like there 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:25.960 was passion behind all of his stuff. And even on set, 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:30.560 like there were times that Corey would have his moments 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:32.919 which we all had where you're like, my character wouldn't 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:35.040 do that, or does this doesn't fully make sense to me? 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:37.520 Why would I be here? Why would I walk there? 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:41.040 Or whatever? It was like when Corey did it, it 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:45.800 was always like very intentional and it was also very earned, 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.679 and it's because he cared. He wasn't just trying to 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.560 be difficult, which he didn't come across that way ever, 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.159 But like you know, there's some actors out there that 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:56.400 you've heard stories that just they want to be difficult 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.680 and they why would I stand here? And can cry 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.080 just stand here instead? And why would I say this line? 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:02.280 My character wouldn't do it? 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:05.960 Like Corey really knew Finn and he really cared so deeply, 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:09.639 and so when when those moments came up, it was 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.840 like people listened, you know what I mean, Like people listened, 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:16.160 and he because he cared and the way he. 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:18.480 Would always approach things and I think you hear that 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:21.400 in the stories that we've heard on this podcast. Everything 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:24.400 was always from a place of respect in general and 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.919 genuine care. So nothing would ever come out of his 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:31.280 mouth that you'd be like, he's being advts Like no, 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:35.320 totally ever, totally ever be something associated with it, also. 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:37.439 Carrying a show in his back like why wouldn't you 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:44.240 make decisions and intentional ask questions and challenge people? And 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:46.360 you know what I mean like that, I. 0:19:46.280 --> 0:19:52.200 Think that's the beautiful leader. Like juxtaposition from Finn to Corey. Yeah, 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:56.840 well Finn was sort of this puppy dog, I'm just 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.640 sort of bumbling through life trying to do the right thing, 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:04.840 where Corey could absolutely have those moments. Yeah, but as 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:08.479 a person was so much more like focused and serious 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:13.160 and intentional when it came to the work or caring 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:16.080 about your friends or making sure everybody's taken care of. 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:18.280 That was his focus all the time. 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:22.280 Yeah, And he like stayed out of the drama and 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:26.240 he like laughed at it and just like he was 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:29.720 such a good leader. He was such a good leader. Yeah, 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.600 and without really having to like say anything about it, 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:33.600 do you know what I mean. 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:37.760 Yeah, we all just sort of accepted that he was 0:20:37.760 --> 0:20:38.800 the leader, like yeah. 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:40.280 Yeah, okay, he was. 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:41.040 Yeah. 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:42.720 I think some of one of the best things that's 0:20:42.720 --> 0:20:44.840 come from this podcast, like you said earlier, was like 0:20:45.960 --> 0:20:48.760 every time we have a guest on, they have to 0:20:48.760 --> 0:20:51.720 mention Corey, And I think that was part of really 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:55.120 why when we had decided we weren't going to recap 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:59.280 the quarterback, it felt like a no brainer to honor 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:05.800 him in some way because like everybody had something nice 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.960 to say, or something new we didn't know, or a 0:21:09.040 --> 0:21:12.560 lot of that, like Samuel Larson saying that he took 0:21:12.680 --> 0:21:17.200 him out to lunch and like welcomed him in just 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:20.520 makes I could burst into tears at this very moment 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:25.399 because like it's so generous and kind and speaks to 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:32.040 Corey and his character, his integrity, not his character, fim 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:36.439 of like who he was and like caring for everybody, 0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:38.800 and nobody had to know about it except for Samuel 0:21:39.680 --> 0:21:42.320 to feel like he had an ally on that set. 0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:45.919 Yeah, And it's to think about the people, like the 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:48.280 stories that we don't know yet or haven't heard the 0:21:48.320 --> 0:21:51.280 amount of times, because it's a pattern that wasn't a 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:54.400 one off, like Max Rowler was talking about how welcoming 0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:57.800 Corey was, like went above and beyond for him on set, 0:21:57.880 --> 0:22:01.360 and like, when you're coming into this gigan, having somebody 0:22:02.400 --> 0:22:06.040 be the anchor that you can go to and having 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:08.440 it be someone who was the star of the show 0:22:08.560 --> 0:22:11.200 like him, totally, it is really really valuable. 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:16.399 Totally. We revisited some of our old episodes and I 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:19.680 think there were just some highlights that we jotted down 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:24.399 because you know, there were just such notable, important people 0:22:25.080 --> 0:22:30.760 to the show that had such notable moments and memories 0:22:30.800 --> 0:22:35.719 about Corey that I thought we should mention, like Ryan 0:22:35.960 --> 0:22:41.080 saying that Corey felt like his own child, yeah, and 0:22:41.200 --> 0:22:44.840 how hard of a time he had when he was 0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:48.560 going through all of that, you know, his his stuff, 0:22:48.600 --> 0:22:50.480 and then when he passed away. 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:55.359 I also really enjoyed like when Robert Oric, the casting director, 0:22:55.440 --> 0:22:58.400 was talking about how Finn and Mercedes were so hard 0:22:58.440 --> 0:23:02.239 to cast, but seeing Corey's audition tape, even without him 0:23:02.280 --> 0:23:06.280 singing yeah, was so magical, Like there was something about 0:23:06.359 --> 0:23:09.480 him yeah yeah, and there was there was like all 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:13.640 the parts that you love about watching Finn are very 0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:16.800 much there there from the very beginning. Yes, like that 0:23:16.960 --> 0:23:20.760 magic he had with that role was totally unbelievable. 0:23:20.920 --> 0:23:22.920 And then you have like you know, when we had 0:23:22.960 --> 0:23:28.399 Mark malkoln On, Michael Assiello, you know, our publicist from Fox, 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:35.320 Tracy Rafferty, all of them saying how kind he was 0:23:35.400 --> 0:23:39.120 at every interaction, which was a lot of interactions, and 0:23:39.240 --> 0:23:41.600 like taking the time on set when they would come 0:23:41.600 --> 0:23:43.680 to set and sit there for hours and be there 0:23:43.720 --> 0:23:47.440