Idina Menzel Got Honest About Why Playing Lea Michele’s Mom On “Glee” Hurt Her “Ego”

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Idina Menzel Got Honest About Why Playing Lea Michele’s Mom On “Glee” Hurt Her “Ego”
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“You’re worried you’re not going to work again, and then people hire you to be someone’s mother when you probably should be their older sister.”

Reacting to Idina's comments on Twitter, several fans agreed that while they understood where she was coming from, the casting was still “perfect” due to the context of Shelby’s storyline — not to mention the striking similarities between Idina and Lea in real life.“Ok, but she was 39 on the show and playing the biological mother/surrogate of an 18yo. It’s not that far fetched.

lol I get what she’s saying, but it was actually perfect casting and I’m sorry it was weird for her—but worked out fine,” one person“the whole basis of this plot line in glee was that she gave birth to rachel when she was still a teenager and had to give her up to focus on her career,” said“Usually I would agree with her cause Hollywood does like to act as of 40 means grandma but the plot point of ‘Rachel was given up by her teenage mom’ kinda fits perfectly within a 15 year age gap don’t you...

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