Lea Michele is finally ready to talk about Cory Monteith's
death.
In Lea's first interview since her on and offscreen love
passed away in July, the 27-year-old actress is speaking out about her loss,
and the "perfect" tribute episode of "Glee" that airs on
Thursday.
"I feel like, for me personally, I've lost two people:
Cory and Finn," Michele tells TV Week Australia. "We had a beautiful
memorial for Cory in the auditorium and some of the cast members sang and
people spoke about him. It only felt right that we would do the same thing for
Finn, so I felt it was very therapeutic."
Monteith was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver due to
a lethal combination of alcohol and heroin. He was 31.
[Related: Cory's Official Cause of Death Released]
"Everyone is asking: 'Is it hard to do this? Is it hard
to be back at work?'" Lea says when discussing if she ever thought about
quitting the show. "But the truth is, it's no harder at work than it is in
life so we might as well all be together as a family supporting each other to
get through this together."
While Monteith's death was ruled as an accidental overdose,
Lea says she doesn't want that to be the only thing fans remember about the
actor.
"I really woke up every single day feeling like I was
being in some sort of spell or something, that I was lucky enough to have him
in my life. I feel like what happened with Cory [regarding the cause of his
death] was this big," she notes, holding her fingers out to reflect a
small amount. "… in the scheme of who he was and his life. There was no
greater man than Cory, so for the time we spent together I consider myself very
lucky.”
Thursday's tribute episode, called "The
Quarterback," takes place a few weeks after Finn’s funeral. One day before
it airs, Michele reveals she has yet to see it.
[Related: Pass the Tissues! 'Glee' Previews the Cory
Monteith Tribute]
"We did it because it was something we all needed to do
together," she shares.
Lea's co-star Matthew
Morrison also explains to TV Week how the entire "Glee" cast followed
her lead on set.
"She had one of the first songs we filmed for the
episode and she did it so beautifully, and after she said something like, 'It
can't be harder for anyone else than it was for me,'" Morrison reveals.
"So, we knew we had to show up because our leader stepped forward and kind
of gave permission to all of us to do it. I don't think we could have done it
without her."
Lea's character, Rachel, will emotionally cover Bob Dylan's
"Make You Feel My Love."
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