Glen Powell auditioned to play Sam Evans on Glee – however the function went to his pal Chord Overstreet as a substitute.
Glen Powell misplaced out on enjoying Sam Evans on Glee to his pal Chord Overstreet
Actor Glen defined that he met Chord, each 36, in “performing class” and had been each “within the ready room on the identical time” throughout auditions – with the pair “right down to the wire” to bag the function on the Fox jukebox musical comedy-drama tv sequence.
Glen recalled on a current episode of the Therapuss with Jake Shane podcast: “One in every of my greatest buddies on the earth is Chord Overstreet, and Chord was on the present Glee.
“We each auditioned for Glee. We each auditioned for a similar function – Sam Evans …
“We had been each within the ready room on the identical time as a result of we had been buddies. We met in performing class.
“We had been buddies for a very very long time, so we had been shut, after which we had been right down to the wire on Sam Evans, and he acquired it.”
Glen insisted there was no awkwardness when he came upon he had misplaced out on the function to Chord.
He mentioned: “Not likely.
“I really feel like I’ve at all times had a long-term perspective about these items. I believe my dad is extremely zen about simply the type of ups and downs of life.
“And I grew up with like a really – I do not know, well-adjusted household. And I’ve by no means been aggressive with different individuals. I have been aggressive with myself.
“If I do not get one thing, I do not ever curse the opposite particular person’s title.”
Chord made his debut in Glee in 2010, when Sam first appeared in season two of the sequence – created by 59 12 months previous Ryan Murphy.
And Glen remembered that Chord grew to become an enormous star throughout his casting for the sequence – which began in 2009 and led to 2015.
Glen recalled: “He is nonetheless considered one of my greatest mates, and we had been about to be roommates.
“So we moved in collectively as he went on this loopy Glee trip, which was type of wild … for considered one of your greatest mates on the earth, to observe him undergo that factor … it was fairly loopy to be round as a result of it was additionally like the most important present on the earth …
“It is so humorous while you look again on the issues that you simply auditioned for. Glee was a type of [shows] that each infrequently, you have got an audition, and you are like, ‘Wow.’ Your life modifications, and to observe Chord go on that trip – he could not go anyplace.”
Influencer-and-comedian Jake, 25, requested Glen: “Was it actually after the primary episode he was in, the whole lot shifted?”
Glen replied: “It was even earlier than, throughout his casting, like all people on the town was auditioning for this. So like unexpectedly he acquired it, and it was like all of Los Angeles modified round him.
“It is nuts.”
Chord beforehand mentioned that enjoying Sam in Glee – which ran for six seasons – was like “boot camp” for him, “in one of the best ways”.
In 2017, he advised Individuals: “I discovered greater than I might have ever discovered from performing or singing lessons.
“I couldn’t get that have anyplace else. I positively grew to become a greater singer, from singing within the studio on daily basis and watching individuals which might be nice performers that had been coming onto our present.”
