Jane Lynch Says She Would 'Absolutely' Revisit “Glee”’s Sue Sylvester: It 'Was a Big Deal' (Exclusive)

"It kind of hit the psyche of America, and it still lives, which is really nice," Lynch, 63, tells PEOPLE of the Fox series, which concluded in 2015

Glee fans are not alone — Jane Lynch would also love to know what Sue Sylvester is up to in 2024.

The 63-year-old actress, who played the antagonistic cheerleading coach on all six seasons of the Fox series, tells PEOPLE she would "absolutely" be interested in revisiting her character, who stole the show anytime she was in a scene.

"It would be so much fun," Lynch says during an interview at Harrah's Resort SoCal, where she handed off the Funner, California keys to the city's newest mayor, Martin Short, hours earlier.

"It's a great character, and I think that, as she ages, 10 years older than the finale, I think there are other things to be added. I think it would be really fun to play Sue Sylvester 10 years later," she continues.

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Joking that her character would be "totally un-woke," Lynch says it would be "hilarious" to get some Sue Sylvester commentary on current events. "She would knock that s--- down."

"That show is a big deal. The character was a big deal. All the characters were a big deal. It kind of hit the psyche of America," she says of the series, which concluded in 2015. "And it still lives, which is really nice."

Thinking back on where fans last saw her acapella-hating character, Lynch says, "I was the Vice President of the United States, and the stuff that came out of my mouth — the crazy stuff — [Donald] Trump said it."

In the near-decade since Glee's finale, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star has stayed in touch the most with Matthew Morrison, who played the Glee club's leader, Will Schuester.

"He and I have stayed friends, and any scene I could do with him was just great," she recalls. "And Iqbal Theba, he was wonderful, too, the principal. And Dot-Marie Jones. Oh, my gosh. Those are the people I worked with most, and I just loved."

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While the cast doesn't get together that often, Lynch says, "Every time someone gets married, we have a reunion," before praising alums Lea Michele and Darren Criss, who have reached even higher levels of fame since the series concluded.

Lynch calls Criss, 37, "unstoppable," and praises Michele, 37, who "basically had her dream come true — and the dream for the show come true — with Funny Girl."

On set, though, she says the cast — which also included Amber Riley, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer and Jenna Ushkowitz, among others — were just like any other young actors.

"It's funny. It's not like they were singing while sitting in their chairs. You'd forget that they were singers and performers. They were just on the phones like zombies," Lynch recalls. "But they got along. They liked each other very much. And they would go out — they would sneak out for lunch, and come back an hour late."

It's impossible to talk about Glee without touching on the painful losses the cast has faced, though. Cory Monteith died in 2013 while filming the show as a result of an overdose, Mark Salling died of suicide in 2018, and Naya Rivera died from an accidental drowning in 2020 while on a boat trip with her son.

"It's unbelievable," Lynch says. "Cory, Mark and Naya. Unbelievable. And they're just gone."

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