Who Am I? Glee A-List Guest Stars Before They Were Stars
As the first widely successful television musical, Ryan Murphy’s Glee has managed to attract a long list of celebrity guest stars. Everyone from Broadway veterans to long-time television personalities and A-List international names made pit stops in Lima, Ohio and McKinley High. Snakkle looks back at some of our favorites—before they were stars. By Danielle TurchianoRemember when young Gwyneth Paltrow had a cameo in Hook? Only she wasn’t famous yet—it was her first role—so you couldn’t call it a cameo; you had to just call it what it was: featured extra. Well, she has come a long way since then—with starring roles in everything from thrillers like Seven and the period drama Shakespeare in Love, for which she won an Oscar. She also started a singing and directing career and began to inspire Glee creator Ryan Murphy as far back as his days of Popular, where he would reference her at any given chance. It wasn’t until the seventh episode of the second season of Glee, though, that Murphy got to bring Paltrow into the halls of McKinley to portray a quirky Spanish substitute teacher with unconventional methods.