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Glee Star Naya Rivera Wants a Spinoff

Find out what the actress told us about the end of the Fox series

By Marc Malkin Oct 23, 2013 10:14 PMTags
Naya Rivera, Lea Michele, GleeAdam Rose/FOX

Naya Rivera already has her eye on a possible Glee spinoff.

She'd love to see her character, Santana, get her own show.

"She can do anything," Rivera said of her TV alter ego at Elle's Women in Hollywood gala. "That's the beauty of Santana."

We'll have to wait to see if her wish comes true. For now, Gleeks know to prepare for the end of the Fox series. Show creator Ryan Murphy recently announced that next season—its sixth—will be its last.

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"We always kind of knew that," Rivera said. "We've had an amazing run on this show, and so whenever it ends, it has to end. Unfortunately, it can't go on forever. But, I'm just really grateful that I was on it for this long."

Murphy revealed last week that the original season finale was going to revolve around Finn (Cory Monteith) and Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), but now it will reportedly be a tribute to Monteith. The actor died from a heroin overdose at age 31 in July.

"When a tragedy like that happens you sort of have to pause and figure out what you want to do, so we're figuring that out now," Murphy told reporters at a Paley Center event.

See more of our interview with Naya below.

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