Confirmed! Chord Overstreet Not Returning to Glee
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There's been a major shakeup at McKinley High!
When Glee returns for its third season Sept. 20, there's one student who won't be roaming the halls. Us Weekly has confirmed that show creators have decided not to renew Chord Overstreet's contract as a series regular.
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The sudden casting news comes on the heels of a cryptic Twitter posting the 22-year-old Overstreet sent out Friday, while he and the Glee cast were performing the show's concert tour overseas.
"Well it's been a good year. Too bad its over. Time for summer and starting fresh," the actor tweeted.
With Overstreet's exit comes news that Darren Criss and Harry Shum, Jr. -- who play Blaine and Mike -- will be upgraded to series regulars come season three.
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As for Glee's original characters -- including Cory Monteith, Lea Michele and Chris Colfer -- creator Ryan Murphy says they'll don caps and gowns this fall as they complete their senior year.
"We didn't want to have a show where they were in high school for eight years," Murphy told KIIS-FM's Ryan Seacrest earlier this month. "We really wanted to be true to that experience."
Clarifying his comments to TVLine.com, Murphy explained that he's not necessarily trying to push any of the cast members out deliberately.
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"The show to me is about the way you express yourself as you start to move out into the world as a fresh, young person," Murphy told TVLine. "Do we really want to have an eight-year [high school] senior? The only way somebody could stay on the show is if they flunk, and that is always a possibility. I think [Heather Morris' character] Brittany is pulling straight Fs."
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28one important thing in glee is SAM EVANS as CHORD OVERSTREET!, that reason why i always watch and wait for GLEE!
I want Chord !!!!!!!
I'm going to miss him, he was amazing in concert and I want to see more of him in the show, they didnt really give him a back story :(
I won't be watching.
From what I've seen on the Glee Project I am not sure if I will watch once the original bunch graduates. How about utilizing more of the other cast vocal ability--brittany, santana, puck; tired of seeing the same people sing--rachel or kurt.
I think Ryan Reynolds is making a huge mistake getting rid of Chord Overstreet; he can sing and has a lot of talent. The problem is they didnt develop a storyline for him; left him on the back burner(storylines were about same 4-6 characters). Why not get rid of the asian guy who only dances, doesnt have many lines or the big, female wrestler what talent does she have?
i will still watch Glee without Glee~!! SuRe~~!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the hell was the point of hooking Sam and Mercedes up in the end if they were not going to put them together. They could have made him a junior like everyone else or had him held back since he's not that good at school. Mercedes can't catch a break. And this is exactly why I don't watch television on TV anymore. No way am I giving my ratings to bs.
i agree, i want to see the kids from season 1 & 2... its harder to keep my intrest if the kids change... the kids make the show...
Well that sucks! BOOOOOOOOOO!
not sure if i will want to watch glee without the original cast. I'd rather see them in college.
I hope they follow the characters out of high school instead of getting new ones, thats what usually happens to tv shows they get rid of the originall characters for new ones and then nobody an get into it
and are they going to pitch in new freshman characters that are not as talented as Rachel and Mercedes? it's starting to feel like disney now, making people with no talent famous...!!
He was such a cute addition to the show!!! I liked him!!1
I liked him. People obsessing over his gigantus lips added more pizazz to Glee. (But I didn't know his name, and I didn't recognize his picture till I read the article.) But wtf are they going to do about Mercedes and him?
LAME! I liked Sam. I guess the biracial couple wasn't as interesting to them as the gay couple?
I loved his character and thought he was the best match so far for Quinn. This news sucks!
First make him homeless then kick him in the nut's when he's down. well that sucks
I'll still watch it but I think it sucks that he's not coming back, he was one of my favorite characters. And what about him and Mercedes, they just started to go out, how are they gonna mess with that?
Well of COURSE i'm still gonna watch Glee, but now the hottest character will be gona. What are we going to do without him? :'(