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Lea Michele's Glee Costars Recall Her 'Strength' on Set After Cory Monteith's Death: 'Heartbreaking on So Many Levels'

Lea Michele showed "strength" filming the first episode of 'Glee' following Cory Monteith's 2013 death, according to costars Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale.

As McHale and Ushkowitz noted on the latest episode of their rewatch podcast And That’s What You Really Missed, the 31-year-old Monteith’s death in July 2013 delayed the start of production on Glee ’s fifth season. At the same time, McHale noted that Michele’s New York-set storyline meant that she wasn’t sharing scenes with many of her long-time castmates. “I just couldn't stop thinking about, like, the amount of energy it probably took to sort of, like, show up and protect yourself from probably people, like, staring at you wondering ‘How is she doing?’ And, there's so many scenes like that in this episode,” McHale continued.

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