Glee (2010)
The Conspirator (2010)
Twelve Thirty (2010)
Details: Did you go to a finale party to watch the final episode?
Jonathan Groff: I ended up watching it in my apartment alone on my DVR. Very glamorous. But I didn’t watch it live on TV because I did the Glee tour concert at Radio City two weekends ago, and they showed us the finale—so I got to watch it with the cast and with [creator] Ryan Murphy between the matinee and the night show.Details: Since you’ve had some time to reflect, what are your Top 3 favorite finale moments?
Jonathan Groff: The first thing was near the end when New Directions sings “To Sir With Love” to Mr. Schuester [Matthew Morrison]. My mom is a teacher, so I have great, great respect for them, and one of my best friends from high school was my math teacher and that song brought me to tears. If that song can break Sue Sylvester, it can break anyone.Details: And #2?
Jonathan Groff: That moment when Emma [Jayma Mays] was really fighting with the principal because now that they had not won regionals it was clear that the Glee Club was going to get outed. And then she and Mr. S had that really intense scene in the hallway.Details: Her character is normally so reserved.
Jonathan Groff: Totally. And then there was that kiss. Apparently, the director of that episode said to Matt before one take, “Kiss her and surprise her, and see what she does.” And so that was the take that aired—that kiss surprised the actress and the character. It was a total improv moment.Details: Which characters deserve more screen time?
Jonathan Groff: Santana [Naya Rivera]. We just started to hear her singing on the show with little solos here and there and I think that her voice is so special. Every time she opens her mouth, I’m like “Wow.”Jonathan Groff: The Journey medley. We all have such an emotional attachment to them singing “Don’t Stop Believin’.” To see all the new members of the club singing together and how far they’ve all grown in the course of just one year was kind of mind-blowing to me.
Details: Since your character is now nemesis with Rachel [Lea Michele], it makes sense you’d want more of Santana since she’s so mean to her.
Jonathan Groff: Total bitch. It’s awesome! [laughs]Details: What was your third favorite?
Details: Will you be back in Season 2 to cause more misery?
Jonathan Groff: It’s still up in the air. I would love to come back, but nothing is set in stone.Details: Would you want Jesse and Rachel back together next season?
Jonathan Groff: Anything could happen, right? Although he is a senior this year, so that might get a little illegal. [laughs]Details: Did you know before signing on for the show that you were going to turn into a bad guy?
Jonathan Groff: I sat down with Ryan in December and he told me his sort of dreams for the character that he wanted me to have an edge and be shifty and unexpected and potentially, you know, evil. So I knew what I was in for when I jumped in.Details: Let’s talk fashion: will you miss those vivid pink Vocal Adrenaline shirts?
Jonathan Groff: I never imagined that I would ever wear that color pink as a character or in real life. What’s interesting is I’m from Lancaster, PA where there is lots of Amish—that outfit is incredibly Amish. They will sometimes wear a really bright blue. I don’t know if they’ve ever worn pink in that shade, but the collared shirt with the black suspenders and pants is very Amish. So, Amish rock star, that’s what I was going for.Details: What’s one of your best memories of being part of Glee?
Jonathan Groff: At the live Glee concert right before they went on stage everyone would stand in a circle and hold hands and Ryan would give everyone a pep talk. It literally as if it had been plucked from the show, like Mr. Schuester pumping everyone up before the Glee Club goes out to perform.Details: Rayn Murphy called for a boycott of Newsweek after Ramin Setoodeh’s infamous article was published.
Jonathan Groff: Yeah, it was so great—we didn’t really talk about it that much. If anyone says anything hurtful about anybody in that company or anybody that’s his friend, he totally has their back.Details: Other than that controversy, how has being on Glee changed your life?
Jonathan Groff: I’ve never been recognized on the street before but ever since Glee that’s been happening. A few weeks ago I was walking down the street in London these British girls came up to me and so nicely asked, [affects a British accent]“Are you Jesse St. James?” It shows how far reaching Glee is and it’s pretty awesome.Details: So that positive experience was before the episode you egged Rachel in the face aired?
Jonathan Groff: It was pre-egging…maybe I should get a shield or something.
There are some photos at the source that you can check out too! I might add them to the gallery later, we’ll see.
source: http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/movies-and-tv/201006/jonathan-groff-glee-qa
Jonathan attended the Tony Awards on Sunday and I completely forgot to upload these pictures that I collected. He and Lea looked really adorable as always:
Tomorrow’s episode of Glee will be the last for Jesse St. James, played by Jonathan Groff. Details Magazine gave Jonathan a digital camera to document some of his final moments on set. Click here to view them. I might add some to the gallery later.
Jonathan stopped by Good Day NY this morning to talk about Glee. He was adorable as always!
We love the high energy musical numbers the cast of Glee perform but sometimes they can be a tad dangerous.
Jonathan Groff who plays Vocal Adrenaline star, Jesse St James became victim to the high energy dance number they were performing for the final episode of Glee’s first season.
Talking to the Daily Mail, Jonathan, who has a 5 inch scare on his left arm said:
“I was singing the Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody, dancers were flying all over the place and a girl’s heel got stuck into me and drew blood.
“I was lucky, though. Some had bruises, there were a broken limb or two, others drew blood. It was like a scene from Gladiator.”
Now we know how dangerous the dance moves can be, we definitely won’t be trying them at home.
If you’re a Glee fan, the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles was the place to be on May 22. That night, the audience at the newly launched Glee concert tour was treated to a special surprise guest: Jonathan Groff! After playing the recurring role of rival high school singing star Jesse St. James on the show, Groff joined his real-life best friend Lea Michele on stage for an impromptu duet of “Hello,” the first song they ever sang together on the hit TV show. Click on and take a listen to the song (and the screams of thousands of excited Gleeks). Doesn’t it take you back to Jonathan and Lea’s Spring Awakening days, just a little bit? Aww, come back to Broadway soon, guys!
I absolutely adore the two of them as friends. They are so cute.
Hey everyone! I got ahold of a copy of the unaired pilot of Pretty/Handsome, Ryan Murphy’s pilot that didn’t get picked up, and I screencapped it and added them to the gallery. I have some more goodies to add later, which I will do soon!
According to Jonathan Groff, fans of TV’s Glee seem “OK” with his character Jesse St. James, a hated Glee club rival and romantic interloper.
“I haven’t been spit on yet,” laughs Groff. “And I got to say — I don’t see Jesse as a bad guy. I think maybe Rachel (Lea Michele) has found a match in Jesse. But that’s just me.”
Of course, it helps that Groff’s on-screen paramour is also his long time best friend. Groff and Michele worked the Broadway stage together years ago in a production of Spring Awakening.
“It was my first big break. And to be working with my best friend now doesn’t seem like work at all.”
It wasn’t a complete coincidence that they would end up on the same TV show. It was Groff who first introduced Michele to Glee creator Ryan Murphy. And when Murphy first mentioned he was working on a new show called Glee, he already had Groff in mind for a part.
Problem was Groff was initially tied up with another series pilot. But when that failed to catch on, Glee beckoned.
“A role was written specifically for me for the back nine episodes,” says Groff, whose late arrival has given him a unique perspective on the series’ rapid, overwhelming success.
“I saw Glee explode from my TV at home. Then I got dropped into the hurricane.”
So far, Groff counts his duet with Michele on Lionel Richie’s Hello as a show favorite. And his toughest musical moment? AC/DC’s Highway To Hell.
“I’m a singer before a dancer. Dancing is something that that doesn’t ever come easily.”
As for Jesse St. James’ future on the series, it’s up in the air. Though Glee was renewed for another season a long time ago (and was recently awarded the coveted time slot after next year’s Super Bowl), Groff isn’t sure what his role might be.
“Details for my involvement haven’t been worked out yet,” he says. “But I’d love to see Rachel and Jesse end up together.”
Glee airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Global.
The 2010 “Hot List” of Out Magazine is topped by the sassy Cagelles of the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles. In a portrait by Brooke Niper (shown here), Sean A. Carmon,Terry Lavell, Logan Keslar, Nick Adams, Sean Patrick Doyle and Nicholas Cunningham are saluted as showstoppers in the production, which has snagged 11 Tony nominations.
Coming in at #3 on Out’s list of “who to see, what to do, what to wear and how to live this summer” is Spring Awakening vet Jonathan Groff, cited for his work in Glee and for the indie film Twelve Thirty, due for release in July. Out notes that Groff will head back to the stage at the end of August to star in the West End revival of Ira Levin’s Deathtrap.
For the complete Hot List, go to www.out.com.
Hey everyone! Jonathan finally graced our TV screens again as Jesse St. James in this week’s episode of Glee and he was fabulous as always! Check the screencaptures out below. I had a difficult time downloading the episode to cap this week so I just borrowed some caps from rawr_caps this week. Big thanks to them!
