Brace yourself, Gleeks — this one's gonna hurt. In an interview with The New Yorker published Friday, Broadway legend Patti LuPone revealed that there was nearly an entire Glee episode themed around her, but she turned it down.
I got a telephone call from my agents saying that Ryan Murphy wanted to do an episode of Glee around me. It would have been "Patti LuPone on a plane." I have no idea what the plot was. I immediately said no: "No, no, no, no! I cannot afford to be Patti LuPone'd out of the business." I'm not Cher. I'm not Britney Spears. I'm not Madonna. I'm still a working actor. And if I do this, I will be "Patti LuPone" on TV for a long time, and I won't get work. They were shocked that I said no. I told Ryan, "I'll be in if they want me to be me. . . . but you can't do an entire episode around me." [The New Yorker]
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