‘Glee’ season 4 spoilers: Damian McGinty, Samuel Larsen questions
For those of you hoping for some good news when it comes to “Glee” via Comic-Con, we now have it for you a little bit early considering that the show’s panel is Saturday — both Samuel Larsen and Damian McGinty are going to each be coming back for another year!
This news was just revealed by TV Guide Magazine’s official Twitter account, who talked to one of the actors who would certainly know best about his job status:
“Glee’s @SamuelLarsen just stopped by our Comic-Con yacht and told us he and @damianmcginty will both be back on the show this season.”
It has always looked likely that both Damian and Samuel would be back for another go — their characters are both still in high school, and the only reason they would have been written out was if Rory went back to Ireland for good or if Joe decided to be home-schooled once again. With New Directions in desperate need of students after so many people ended up graduating, these two actors are going to play vital roles along with some new faces that are going to be joining the cast, as well. (Ryan Murphy also said that he was planning to use some of the season 1 “Glee Project” stars again.)
From our standpoint, McGinty was the actor that we were the most unsure about — not because of anything to do with talent, but due to the fact that he has spent most of the summer out of the United States and unlike Larsen, he is not appearing on the second season of “The Glee Project” (at least per the show’s current schedule) as a mentor. With that being said, however, he and Larsen both did perform at a recent event helping to promote the Oxygen series.
How excited are you by this news, and what sort of stories are you already dreaming up for these two actors? To check out another recent debate about how Ryan Murphy should handle season 4, check out this link.
Update: In contrast to what was supposedly said by Larsen, executive producer Brad Falchuk later in the event said that McGinty is not returning during at least the early portion of season 4 — and his status beyond that is unclear.
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Anonymous
August 26, 2012 @ 4:29 pm
I believe the ONLY reason that we, the viewing public, didn’t find out the status of Damian’s contract being renewed any sooner was to prevent The Glee Project from tanking. If Damian’s fans knew he wasn’t coming back next season, coupled with the fact that he wasn’t a mentor on TGP this season (although Mr. Samuel Larsen WAS!!!…..:(…..) there would have been a blankety-blankety storm of outrage and a mass exodus of viewership from the so-called reality show. (I’m sure you all know by now that the show was rigged and that Blake Jenner was a “plant” along with several others.) They used Damian’s popularity by making him promote their reality show through publicity events: i.e. online chats during the show, media interviews, billboards, TV commercials, public appearances/performances, etc….and on and on and on! They also drug out the announcement of his contract not being renewed for MONTHS! (since last December by my count) in order to keep the viewership/ numbers up on Glee itself. Can you just imagine how many hundreds of thousands would have stopped watching the show in protest if they knew he wasn’t being called back for season 4? ( Loss of ratings therefore BIG $$$$$’s!!! , pure and simple) The ,once again,ONLY reason tons of people hung in there and continued to watch Glee (in hopes of catching even a glimpse of him in each episode) after the way the writers and producers treated him throughout TGP and Glee, was that we were holding out a glimmer of hope he would be brought back for season 4—-and finally(!!!) be given more exposure and a better plot line. The ONLY REASON!….. What’s the saying? Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice shame on you……Consider myself fooled many many times over, thus my anger at the situation!…..not a happy camper, Mr.’s Murphy, Falchuk and especially Brennan! Don’t like fibbers and you are all fibbers par extraordinaire!
Brad didn't say "he's not coming back"
July 18, 2012 @ 11:06 am
Brad said “McGinty is not returning during at least the early portion of season 4 — and his status beyond that is unclear.”
That means, he MIGHT be back. He MIGHT not be back. They know he won’t be there for the beginning of the series. They don’t know if he’ll be back for the later part.
It could be an issue with work visas or residency visas rather than a talent/cast issue. Visas take a lot of time and aren’t always issued in time for the person to work.
Ellie
July 15, 2012 @ 12:40 am
I’m sad and confused. Is Damian not coming back for season 4? Cause that would be tragic! Why…
Deb
July 14, 2012 @ 11:33 pm
Guess you and Samuel should check your facts more thoroughly, as according to the producers Damian is not going to return for season 4. Now I do not have to bother to watch Glee or read your “news”.
Fay
July 14, 2012 @ 11:14 pm
Hurray !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the news I have been waiting for. I am so excited that Damian is coming back for Season 4.
I hope they give his character Rory a bigger storyline this time.
I am definitely going to be tuned into Glee every week to see Damian.
I can’t wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meghan
July 14, 2012 @ 10:53 pm
Now Brad Falchuk is saying that Damian won’t be back (he said this at the Comic Con panel for Glee). What’s true? I don’t think Samuel would say anything if he didn’t know…
Rebecca Ryan Jones
July 14, 2012 @ 12:01 pm
YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO DAMIAN
annatrix
July 14, 2012 @ 5:30 am
YES!!!! My family will watch another season entirely because of Damian.We are so glad he will have another chance. I hope that Ryan Murphy utilizes Damian better this season.