Dianna Agron Discusses Glee's 'Death Curse'

Glee star Dianna Agron says she still feels close to her late co-stars.

The actress, 39, who starred as Quinn Fabray on the hit show from 2009-2015 made rare comments about her castmates during an appearance on the And That’s What You REALLY Missed podcast on Wednesday.

‘It’s hard to think of our loved ones from the show not being present with us anymore because they feel so present in my heart, body, mind, soul, all of it,’ she told host and former co-star Jenna Ushkowitz.

‘I think that tenderness I feel and the memories that I have [of] who Cory, Naya and Mark were as people, as cast members, as our friends and family [are] just so vivid.’

‘That will never dissipate for me, ever,’ she asserted. ‘I think there’s beauty in that. I could replay memory after memory after memory.’

Cory Monteith, who starred as series hunk Finn Hudson, died of an accidental drug overdose at age 31 in July 2013.

Glee star Dianna Agron, 39, says she still feels close to her late co-stars; Pictured in New York City in February

Mark Salling who played Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman in the show, died by suicide at age 35 in 2018 while awaiting sentencing for possessing child sex abuse images.

Naya Rivera lost her life in a drowning incident in Lake Piru, CA, after saving her young son Josey. She was 33.

Speaking of Monteith, she called the 6’1″ star a ‘teddy bear. I mean that in a way of his kindness and groundedness in himself was so perfect,’ she recalled. ‘He was this tall, big brotherly presence in all of our lives.’

‘[Cory} just felt so safe and equally excited about what he was getting to experience with his character.

‘His character had a leadership position in the show, as well, and there was not an ungenerous bone in his body.’

‘I remember this one time that he was having people swim in his backyard,,’ she said, sharing a sweet story about the Canadian actor.

‘My brother had come down and [Cory] said, “Oh, you’re squinting a lot. Do you not have a pair of sunglasses?” He was like, “Oh, no, I don’t,” and [Cory] took him into his room. He’s, like, “These are all my sunglasses. Just take a pair.” … That’s who he was always. It was so amazing to have.’

Agron and pal Darren Criss, who played Blaine Anderson on Glee, recently reconciled with former co-star Lea Michele, who has been labeled as a ‘bully’ by many of her former castmates.

Agron starred as Quinn Fabray on the hit show from 2009-2015

Cory Monteith died from an accidental drug overdose in 2013 at age 31. ”He was this tall, big brotherly presence in all of our lives’ she said on Wednesday’s episode of the And That’s What You REALLY Missed podcast

‘His character had a leadership position in the show, as well, and there was not an ungenerous bone in his body,’ she said of the actor who played Finn Hudson; Pictured with Lea Michele, 39 in West Hollywood, CA in January 2010

Mark Salling who played Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman in the show, died by suicide at age 35 in 2018 while awaiting sentencing for possessing child sex abuse images

Naya Rivera lost her life in a drowning incident in Lake Piru, CA, after saving her young son Josey. She was 33; Pictured in Los Angeles in February 2011

‘I think that tenderness I feel and the memories that I have [of] who Cory, Naya and Mark were as people, as cast members, as our friends and family [are] just so vivid,’ she said

Agron and pal Darren Criss, recently reunited backstage at Criss’ Maybe Happy Ending with former co-star Lea Michele, who has been labeled as a ‘bully’ by many of her former castmates

Criss, 38, won a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Maybe Happy Ending. He was the first Asian-American actor to do so; Pictured in New York City in June

Michele, 38, posted a photo of the three of them in her Instagram Stories in April, after seeing Criss, 38, perform in Maybe Happy Ending.

‘Night out with my beautiful friend from high school to see our former classmate perform on Broadway,’ she captioned the snap in April.

Criss won the Tony award as Best Actor in a Musical, making him the first Asian-American actor to receive that honor. He earned another Tony as a producer for the Best Musical winner.

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