Dean Geyer’s Brody and Becca Tobin’s Kitty were first introduced in last Thursday’s “Glee” premiere and it probably isn’t shocking that some fans are a bit wary of the new characters.
Brody has already been positioned as a potential romantic impediment between Lea Michele’s Rachel and Cory Monteith’s Finn, making him a threat for fans invested in that core relationship.
Kitty, meanwhile, was introduced as the meanest of mean girls, a character seemingly designed to make viewers yearn for even the relative early kindnesses of Dianna Agron’s Quinn.
Shortly before the “Glee” premiere, I sat down with Geyer and Tobin to discuss the potential of being disliked by Gleeks, at least initially.
Geyer, in particular, eagerly owns up to the idea that Brody might not instantly be loved, but explains that the character is part of an attempt to bring something “a little bit more adult” to “Glee.”
And for her part, Tobin relates Kitty to her own days as a bit of a high school mean girl and promises that she’d begun to like her character a little more.
Check out the interview. As a bit of context, seconds before the camera started rolling, Geyer and Tobin were chatting and comparing ages. I believe they’re both 26, so my initial question was to ask about stepping back in time to play high school and college students.
“Glee” airs on Thursdays at 9 p.m. on FOX.