Glee cast to remember Cory Monteith at memorial and in tribute episode
The cast of Glee will mourn the loss of the show's star Cory Monteith at a memorial service on set, and they are also planning to film a tribute episode to bid farewell to his character.
The 31-year-old actor was found dead at a hotel in Vancouver, Canada last weekend (13-14Jul13) and officials ruled he passed away after taking a lethal combination of heroin and alcohol.
The news plunged the rest of the cast into mourning, and show
creator Ryan Murphy has now revealed they will be holding their own
private service to remember the actor at the Paramount Pictures
Studio lot in California, where the show is filmed.
Murphy has also detailed how he plans to address Monteith's loss in
the new series of Glee, revealing two Beatles-themed episodes will
be filmed next month (Aug13), and they will also record a tribute
show for his character, Finn Hudson, before taking a hiatus.
He tells E! News, "We will begin shooting in late August the two
shows we had already written, so that people can physically go back
to work. We will then do an episode that will deal with the death
of Finn's character and follow that with a long hiatus. I don't
know exactly when we will come back, and we are trying our best
with this attempt at damage control. We are planning a memorial for
the cast and crew sometime this week on the Paramount lot."
Murphy also reveals he had to consider axing the show in the
aftermath of the tragedy, but came up with a new plan after
discussing the matter with Monteith's co-star and real life
girlfriend Lea Michele.
He adds that the storyline will be the most difficult he has ever
written: "Lea blessed every decision. I told her even I don't know
what to do. I don't know how to write about the death of someone I
love."