娱乐英语新闻:Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith Leaving "Glee"

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Glee stars Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith will not be back for the fourth season, media reported Thursday.

In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, series co-creator Ryan Murphy said that the three regulars will be among the characters who graduate at the end of the fall’s upcoming third season.

Murphy said, "You can keep them on the show for six years and people will criticize you for not being realistic, or you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year."

He added: “We made that decision and I involved Chris and Lea and they thought that was a good idea. They both trust the writing and trust me and felt that it would be great to have an open and closed experience for them to go out while they were on top.”

The series' third season premieres September 20 on Fox.