This is an interview Kevin had with the Pop Wrap for the NY Post website. Click “read the rest of this entry” at the bottom to see the whole interview.

Last night’s episode of “Glee” was one of the funniest, most emotional and most revealing hours to date — and so much of that had to do with Artie. The wheelchair bound gleek has been something of a mystery to this point aside from the fact that he can play a mean guitar. But Kevin McHale really got to put his acting chops to good use last night as we found out what put Artie in that chair, where his heart lies and what appendages he’s still got full use of.

But considering just how much we learned last night about all the characters, I thought it would be fun to get an inside perspective on the twists and turns that went down so I rang up Kevin. We chatted about the evening’s big musical number, what he thinks about Artie’s future with Tina and what’s coming up in the final four episodes of 2009! Warning: spoilers for “Wheels” are rolling out right now!

PopWrap: Congrats on getting your first solo last night!
Kevin McHale: Thank you, it was so awesome. When Ryan [Murphy] told me to learn “Dancing With Myself” I was like, “huh?” But that’s the cool thing about our show, you never know what you’ll be singing — and to do a Billy Idol song, amazing.

PW: And a Tina Turner song — where else can you see those two in the same episode?
Kevin: Exactly! Plus, “Defying Gravity.” I mean, what other show has this kind of mix of music?

PW: Do you think “Glee’s” ability to span so many musical genres is one reason so many people love it?
Kevin: I do. When we were out promoting the show we would say that there’s something for everyone it in. But I think every actor promoting a show says that — however, we’ve proved our case. I think by using these mainstream songs, off-beat songs and Jane Lynch as much as freaking possible we’ve been able to cross into all these different categories.

PW: We also learned a lot more about Artie last night.
Kevin: So did I. Going in, none of us knew anything about our characters so we kind of made up backstories for them, so when I read what happened to him, I thought it was very cool. And I love how they did it too, how his story fit into the context of the episode. It just kind of sums up “Glee” — you have this sweet story and then I say, “but I still have full use of my penis.” That’s like a metaphor for our show. (more…)