Sons of Anarchy star Katey Sagal has joined the Fox musical, series co-creator Ryan Murphy revealed. The showrunner took to his Twitter feed to announced that the actress would be joining the show’s fourth season to play Artie’s (Kevin McHale) mother.
“So thrilled to announce my friend Katey Sagal is playing Artie’s mom on Glee! There is nothing this woman can’t do!” he wrote late Thursday.
The casting marks a wish fulfillment for McHale, who said last summer at Comic-Con that he envisioned the Married … With Children and Futurama star to fill the role — with Glee co-creator Ian Brennan already having story ideas. “I want her to be a hoarder,” Brennan said at the time.
While Artie’s father has yet to be cast — and there’s no indication that both of the wheelchair-bound character’s parents will appear — McHale already has that role cast as well, envisioning Harry Connick Jr. in the role.
