EXCLUSIVE: Glee's Ryan Murphy Talks For First Time About Spinoff & Firings Missteps

Journalist Allison Hope Weiner is a special correspondent to Deadline and files this exclusive breaking news that executive producer Ryan Murphy stopped work on a Glee post-high school spinoff after 3 of the show's stars feigned ignorance over his plans to have them leave the original series at the end of Season 4 and star in the series. We'll be posting Weiner's full interview with Murphy shortly: Glee Executive Producer Ryan Murphy told me in an exclusive Deadline interview that up until a few weeks ago he was working on a planned scripted hourlong spin-off to Glee. But after several of the show’s stars claimed surprise at Murphy’s announcement that this year would be their last on the first series, he opted to put the new show on hold. Murphy told Deadline that as early as March of this year, he talked to Glee stars Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith about a possible spin-off in which their characters would graduate from high school and go on to college at NYC's Juilliard which he called. Murphy said he opted to include the actors in the plans for a spin-off because he wanted their input on how they saw their characters changing and because he wanted to know whether they’d be willing to relocate to New York to film the series. Here's what he says happened: Allison Hope Weiner: So what is accurate and inaccurate about Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith staying, leaving, what they claim, and what you told them? Ryan Murphy: I said two things in an interview: I said, yes, they are graduating and they will not be back on the show for Season Four. And when I did that interview, what was happening was we were asked to investigate doing a spin-off and it was a spin-off specifically for three of them, Chris, Cory and Lea. In March, Brad Falchuk and I started talking to all three of those actors about it because you can’t make people do spin-offs. So, we went to them and asked, 'What do you think about this? Are you interested? If you are interested, what would you want your character to do? Where do you think we should shoot it?' So, it was a discussion with all three of those actors about it. At the time, all three of them expressed interest. 'Yeah, that sounds good. It’s good to graduate. It’s good to grow the characters. It’s good to not have to sit in that choir room. It’s good to sort of expand and continue the evolution of these people.' They were involved in the process for 3 to 4 months to the point where we were even talking about cities and relocations and we called Julliard and what would that mean and how would we do it. So, for any of those actors to say, ‘I found out that I was fired off the show from Twitter,’ is absolutely 100% not true. None of them were fired. It was never about that. We were going to do a spin-off where the three of them were going to go on.  They all knew what was happening, they all had approved it, they all said they wanted to do it. Some of them had different caveats. Some of them, to be honest, were not thrilled about moving to a different city. Some had families here and some had families elsewhere. I feel sensitive about that. So then what happened was it blew up and a lot of articles were written about it. Some people were writing they're not on the show so that means they must be fired. Well, no. That was 100% incorrect. Weiner: How did it get so wrong? Murphy: I think that some of those actors’ representatives spun it in a certain way, to be quite honest, I don't understand. We weren’t allowed to talk about a spin-off. It was too premature. We didn’t want to do it then. The idea was to do it this fall when Glee gets back on the air.  Then, to pick up and read the actors saying, “We found out we were fired from Twitter.” All of us, the studio, the network, were like, 'OK, that isn’t exactly cool,' because we involved all three of them in that decision. So then what happened is that we decided, 'OK, let’s not do it.' So that’s where we are today. Maybe we’ll talk about it in April or May, but for now let’s just concentrate on making Season 3 the best that we can do. When I say they’re seniors and they’re not coming back to the show, what I did not say is they’re not coming back to the show because there will be another show. What Brad [Falchuk] said this weekend at Comic-Con is now correct: they’re graduating. What we wanted is to get people away from this idea that the actors were fired which is ludicrous. Nobody was fired. They were talked to for months about the show. Weiner: Do you think the actors were trying to position themselves for pay increases for a possible sequel? Murphy: No, it wasn’t even to that point. We wanted to get those actors on the same page creatively. If they all agreed creatively, we would then move forward. We don’t have a deal with the network. 20th TV doesn’t have a deal with the network. I think what happened is Chris Colfer did an interview and the timing probably was a little bit unfortunate. I think that he was getting a lot of calls with people saying, 'You’re fired. You’re fired.' And all of them knew they weren’t fired, but it was an awful thing to read. And I felt for them. And they couldn’t come out and say, 'No, we weren’t fired. We’re talking about a spin-off.' Because we told them not to. And this has blown up. So now we’re not doing the spin-off. It’s not my call. Those actors have a contract for seven years. So just because they’re graduating and so many of them are beloved, if they don’t go to New York, maybe they’ll do something else. We haven’t even thought of that. Weiner: So is anyone getting things ready for a spin-off? Murphy: We were. Not now. Weiner: You’re just putting it on hold in terms of sending them to a place like Julliard? Murphy: That was the original place. That was what [last season's] whole New York Episode was about, the finale. But to be honest, since then because of the press and because of the perception and because Brad and I have had another show picked up, we have simply stopped with everyone’s understanding. You know, I had dinner with Lea last night where we talked about it. We don’t know what we’re going to do. We were going to start talking about it in September and now we’re not. We’re going to talk about it in April. The thing that I really wanted to reiterate was that no one was ever going to be fired. And the actors were very involved in the idea. Cory was discussed. Chris was discussed. We talked to Naya. We talked to the kids. And I think that the media has glommed on to this idea that we were graduating them and firing them and bringing in like Glee Project kids. Weiner: I don’t think that’s fair about the media. These kids said things. Murphy: Maybe they did. If they did, I think that I can say on behalf on Brad and myself that if they tried to spin it that they were under the thumb of the evil showrunners who were trying to manipulate them, I say, 'Well, I’m sorry about that. They know that’s not true.' But I don’t think that they think that. I don’t think Chris and Corey and Lea think that. I think it was a story that, because the truth couldn’t come out, blossomed into a thing.  I’ve learned a lesson from this experience. I’ve learned to really really monitor what I say. Before I didn’t do that. My bad. Stupid. Particularly what has happened with Glee. I just read an article that Glee is one of the most discussed shows on the Internet between the blogs and the recap. Fans are excited. If I don’t keep them excited and involved, that’s my job. Glee is not Super 8 trying to keep something secret. The monster here was the spin-off and now it’s enough. Weiner: I want to be clear about this: it’s still going forward or it's not? Murphy: We were actively talking to actors, we were actively writing, we were actively getting ready to pitch. OK, here’s the three actors, and they want to do it, so here’s the story for them. Now that that has collapsed. We’re not talking about it, we’re not pitching it. We’re not doing anything for the next several months except for this third season. I would prefer and I know Brad would prefer and I think the actors will prefer to roll up our sleeves and do a really good season and if there is a spin-off, talk about it in April. Could we do a spin-off? To be quite honest with you, maybe. Some of the actors that we discussed doing spin-offs do not want to do a spin-off. It’s hard to do a spin-off on a show where an actor says no. And if there’s no spin-off, then we'll announce that there’s not. But as of now, I can tell you I’m not working on it.  

Getting Shot in L.A.

"Student films are the best opportunity to network with the next round of professionals breaking into the industry," says American Film Institute graduate Avi Quijada. If you have an excellent work ethic and give your all as much as we do, we will remember you forever 'cause you helped us break through." And actors have the opportunity to showcase their skills on student films. As Quijada says, "We give you the chance to be the centerpiece." Art Center College of Design grad student Ellen Houlihan says she thinks it's better for actors "to have clips that demonstrate their ability to carry a film." She adds, "If you can work with a student director, you can find something that really fits with your identity and get a kick start on your career." And Los Angeles has a plethora of film schools. Each operates slightly differently from the others, but all have one thing in common: The students need lots of actors for their films. Most Los Angeles film schools where student projects are cast are two-year graduate programs, but UCLA offers a four-year graduate program. According to Dallas King, a second-year MFA studying directing at UCLA's film school, each student does about six films per year. Multiply that by the 13 students in his program, and there are more than 70 student films being shot at the UCLA directing school alone. Rukmani Bachal, Acting Department coordinator at New York Film Academy, says the academy's students shoot approximately eight films of varying length per year. And the Art and Design College of Pasadena has about 20–30 students entering the program each year, each of whom completes approximately 10 films a year, says Houlihan. According to the deputy national executive director for contracts at SAG, Ray Rodriguez, USC and AFI have contracts with SAG. And AFI casts exclusively out of the SAG Conservatory for the first year, says Quijada. Other area film schools include LMU/LA, Los Angeles Film School, Hollywood Film and Acting Academy, and Cal State Los Angeles. How to Find Student Films At some of the schools, the student director or producer may do the casting, but some programs, including AFI, have casting directors for their projects. Some of the schools have databases of headshots and résumés, like NYFA and UCLA, and actors are welcome to drop off their headshots and résumés. King says most schools also have bulletin boards where actors and student producers can post information. The students casting the films also use a variety of outlets to post their casting notices, including Back Stage. King also recommends that actors learn the schedules of the various schools. He says, "Come second week of January, we're out there scouting for talent for our big projects." With all those projects, choosing the right one—one that will provide quality footage for an actor's reel—can be difficult. Actors should research the filmmaker. Bachal says, "If an actor does their due diligence in checking out a filmmaker's reel and previous work and reading the script for what their role entails, they can be certain to get good footage for their reels and spend less time and effort on films that won't necessarily provide that." King suggests the actor ask the director questions about the background of the character. "That's an actor's way of kind of like figuring out how serious these directors take it," he says. What to Expect on a Student Film… According to King, UCLA encourages its directors to work like the industry does—which means that actors get craft services, wardrobe, and a dressing room. Actors aren't used as crew and are not expected to work past a certain time. Because student films are run as professionally as possible, directors often want to do table reads and rehearse. King says, "We really enjoy actors who are very much interested in doing the whole nine yards—because it's good experience for them, it's good experience for us." Student films move faster than union projects. King says, "A lot of times we have like 10 days to cast it, rehearse it, and then we're going to shoot on the small projects." …And What is Expected of You "We're serious about our craft, and a lot of work goes behind it, and we expect the same amount of commitment to come from anyone that joins our production," says Quijada. So actors should prepare for the audition. Though most directors don't expect actors to be off book, it shows that an actor is a professional taking the project seriously if he or she has at least read the script and is able to identify with the character. Bachal says, "Actors should always conduct themselves professionally on any caliber of production. An actor's professionalism and demeanor greatly enhance or hurt their chances of being cast on a film. Even students prefer not to have high-maintenance cast on their projects." King says, "Do not take student films lightly, because they are run professionally. I would definitely encourage new actors coming to town to take student films more seriously, because there's great opportunity in the long run and you just don't know the networking and the people you're going to meet." Tips for Getting Footage for Your Reel Rodriguez recommends that actors have a written agreement to ensure they will receive their copies, but he warns that there are cases in which students don't complete the project and the actors will not receive their copies. At AFI, Quijada says, actors usually receive their copies at the premiere of the film. She says the best way to ensure you get your footage is to keep in touch with the producer. Bachal agrees, "Make sure you have the filmmaker's contact information and follow up with them diligently." King and Houlihan also suggest that actors have realistic expectations about how quickly they will receive their footage. Houlihan says, "Be respectful that sometimes postproduction can take as many as a couple weeks to a couple months to complete, but it's okay to keep following up." King says, "Student films have a negative reputation, which is you do a project and you won't see the finished project for a year." But that's because the whole year of school is designed to work on the project, he explains. He often has actors bring their external hard drives to get the raw footage of themselves and suggests that actors ask the director if they can get the raw footage while they are waiting for the finished copy. Understanding Deferred Pay Deferred pay basically means that actors will not be paid for their services initially; but should the film make money in the future, the actors will be the first to be paid what they should have made initially. Rodriguez explains, "The SAG Student Film Letter Agreement has a deferred compensation rate that is only payable to the professional performers if, with the permission of the professional performers, the project is sold, distributed, or exhibited outside the permitted uses, which are (1) in the classroom for a grade, (2) at film festivals, (3) before the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for possible award consideration (the Academy requires the student film be exhibited for at least one week in a paying movie house to qualify for such consideration), and (4) as a visual résumé to demonstrate the student filmmaker's capabilities before established members of the entertainment industry." Most students don't bother with deferred pay and instead just offer copy, credit, and meals. However, AFI offers deferred payment for second-year productions. King says a lot of UCLA directors like to get in the habit of registering their projects with SAG, but because that requires them to get liability and workers' compensation insurance, sometimes the costs are prohibitive. He says, "Actors doing student films should not expect to get paid."

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