Glee doesn't return for the second half of the season until April 13, but already there is great news about one particular episode guest starring Neil Patrick Harris. EW.com is reporting that Neil Patrick Harris will play Bryan Adam (haha), an arch-nemesis of Will Scheuster, and now a new board member at the school. It seems that Bryan was quite the singing ladies man back in the day, and always got all the chicks and all the solos when in the glee club with Will. But times have changed and Bryan has become quite vengeful.
"Show choir ruined his life, made him feel he could be a star, but all he could do is book Carnival cruises," states the EW source. Bryan attempts to cut the school's art funding which sets off a climactic duet between NPH and Matthew Morrison, who plays Will Schuester.
Besides all of the juicy story tidbits above, this is also the episode that will be directed by the evil-genius Joss Whedon. After see what Whedon and NPH were able to do with Dr. Horrible it's tough to imagine this episode not being the best of the season. But then again, that's just the sort of thing to get our hopes carelessly out of whack! And what about Harris' character name, Bryan Adams? It certainly adds some fuel to the rumors that Bryan Adams (as well as Coldplay) turned the show down on allowing their songs to be used. Geoff Bywater, head of Fox music, has said that nobody has turned them down, but that hasn't stopped the rumors, and certainly won't now. Good times indeed.
Glee returns April 13 with the first of nine new episodes. The Joss Whedon directed, NPH starring episode will air sometime during May sweeps.
Source: Ausiello Files
The return of the second half of season 1 of Glee is shaping up to be the TV event of the decade! All the spoiler alerts, gorilla marketing via YouTube etc., this is one well anticipated, well marketed hype-fest. It will be the "Who shot J.R.?" moment of this generation!
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