‘Glee’ Creator Ryan Murphy Considers Introducing New Cast

Glee creator Ryan Murphy has revealed that he is considering introducing a new cast in the future.

Speaking to Australia’s Herald Sun, Murphy explained that at some point the current stars will be too old to play high-school students.

He added that he has introduced new characters such as Sam (Chord Overstreet) to begin the changes.

“Every year we’re going to populate a new group,” he said. “There’s nothing more depressing than a high schooler with a bald spot.”

Murphy suggested that some original cast members might begin leaving at the end of the 2012 season but admitted that he will find it difficult to say goodbye.

“I think you have to be true to the fact that here is a group of people who come and go in these teachers’ lives,” he said. “They graduate and they’re gone. When some of them finish their run at high school it will be very teary episodes. For me it will be particularly tough, but a new crop [of actors] will come in.”

Murphy also revealed that he had some concerns about whether viewers would respond to new characters.

“[The current] kids caught on so quickly,” he explained. “But I think one of the things I’m very happy we’ve been able to do this year is we’ve brought in new characters. I think if you keep regenerating – and I didn’t think we could – I didn’t know if people would want those characters [like Sam] – but they do.”