Justin Timberlake was originally meant to play Glee's Mr Schue before Matthew Morrison got the role

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Justin Timberlake was originally meant to play Glee's Mr Schue on the show, with the character written as a meth addict, creator Ryan Murphy has revealed.Glee ran for six seasons from 2009 to 2015 with Matthew Morrison, 43, playing lovable teacher Mr Schuester - but while appearing on Glee stars' Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz's podcast, And That’s What You REALLY Missed - Murphy, 56, revealed the show could have gone in a very different direction.He said: 'When we were writing the pilot, I’ve never really talked about this, that pilot was written for Justin Timberlake.

Mr Schue was written for Justin.' Say what? Justin Timberlake was originally meant to play Glee's Mr Schue on the show, with the character written as a meth addict, creator Ryan Murphy has revealed (Matthew Morrison pictured R as Mr Schue in the show)Murphy said he had signed a first-look deal with Fox but was trying to 'figure out' how the show would work.

He said: 'We were having these conversations and I was trying to figure it out. Like serendipity, I went to the gym and I was in a towel and a guy went up and handed me a script and he said, "I had a feeling you were in show choir, am I right?" And I was like "Yeah." And he said, "My friend wrote this script and you should read it."'The friend became Glee's co-creator Ian Brennan, with Murphy revealing the wholesome Mr Schue had a noticeably darker side in the original script.

New Directions: Murphy revealed the character was originally written to be a crystal meth addictHe said: 'Mr. Schue, I believe, was a crystal meth addict in Ian’s script.