Jane Lynch remembers her love her past Gûle co-star Naya Rivera today as “a force” whose talent was under-recognized.
Lynch spoke about Rivera during the 4th hour of the Today show on Wednesday, talk to Jenna Bush Hager. Rivera, 33, died last month of drowning in a California lake.
“She was a force of nature, and it’s just gut-wrenching and heartbreaking that she’s gone,” said Rivera’s Lynch, who played six-season cheerleader Santana Lopez for six seasons in the Fox series. Lynch played William McKinley High School cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester.
‘I had monologues of three pages, so did she. It took me a week to get mine – she would do it right off the bat. She would change them and she had no problem with it. “
Lynch also notices Rivera’s influence on young LGBTQ people through her work on the show. Rivera portrayed Lopez’s relationship with Brittany S. Pierce, a character played by Heather Morris.
