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‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling: Cory Monteith Left A ‘Big Hole’ In The Final Season

By Niki Cruz
Published on: 07:52 PST, Nov 24, 2014

Glee’s Mark Salling hasn’t been a regular presence on the Fox show for some time, but for the final season, he gets to return as a regular for the final season. Although he’s excited, he admits to People Magazine that friend and co-star Cory Monteith left a big hole.

Even though Glee tried their best to tie up loose ends that the actor’s sudden death left them with, Salling suggests it still feels odd without his colleague, who he shared most of his screen time with from the start of Season 1.

“Cory Monteith was a great leader as a character and person in real life. It’s a big, obvious hole. I still think about him all the time.”

The actor continued, “He was kind of like the quarterback of the show, which sounds cliché because the [tribute] episode was called that, but he was kind of like that in real life.”

When asked if there would ever be closure to Cory’s death, which happened as a result of an accidental overdose on heroin and alcohol, Salling admitted he didn’t think so.

“I don’t think there will be any closure. Not yet.”

That said, when Salling walked back on set and saw that most of the original faces had returned, it was just like old times.

“It’s like we never left,” said the actor.

Besides experiencing Monteith’s death and then having to mourn his character with his colleagues and friends, Mark Salling told People it’s been a long ride filled with many memories.

“I’ve been through so much with some of these cast members. Traveling the world, international tours… it’s really like family.”

Since reuniting with his cast members Salling has shared a few photos with fans on Twitter.

[Image via DFree / Shutterstock.com]

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