Glen Powell is opening up about his audition process for Glee!
The 36-year-old actor revealed in a recent interview several roles and projects that he auditioned for, with one of them being the hit Fox musical series from Ryan Murphy.
Keep reading to find out more…
During an appearance on his friend Jake Shane‘s Therapuss podcast last week, Glen revealed he was up for the role of Sam Evans, and got pretty far in the audition process. However, he was competing against his friend Chord Overstreet, who he was about to move in with!
“One of my best buddies in the world is a guy, Chord Overstreet and Chord was on the show Glee,” Glen shared. “So like, we both auditioned for Glee. We both auditioned for the same role… Sam Evans… but it wasn’t ‘Trouty Mouth’ at the time. So, it turned into ‘Trouty Mouth’ with Chord.”
“But we were both in the waiting room at the same time because we were buddies. We met in acting class. We were like pals for a really long time, you know, like, we were close,” he continued. “And then we were down to the wire on Sam Evans, and he got it. But like, he’s still one of my best friends. And we were about to be roommates, so we moved in together as he went on this like crazy Glee ride, which was like, kind of wild to be, one of your best friends in the world, to be like, to watch him kind of go through that thing.”
“It was pretty crazy to be around, because it was also like the biggest show in the world. I don’t think a lot of people remember that.”
Glen also revealed that the audition song was “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy, which Chord did end up covering on the show!
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Also on the podcast, Glen revealed other roles he auditioned for, including JD McCoy and Tim Riggins in Friday Night Lights, which went to Jeremy Sumpter and Taylor Kitsch, respectively; Luke Collins in The Longest Ride, which went to Scott Eastwood; and even Peter in Divergent, which his Top Gun: Maverick co-star Miles Teller ended up getting.
After Glee, Glen went on to star in another Ryan Murphy show – Scream Queens!
Glen and Ryan are also teaming up for a new Broadway musical.
