Scott Michael Foster is totally down for a revival of Greek — and has hopes for the place his character, Cappie, is in the present day.
“I’ve my [own] opinion. I believe he’s most likely working a fish taco stand in Baja, California someplace, promoting tacos and hanging out by a stupendous seaside,” Foster, 38, completely advised Us Weekly whereas selling his upcoming Netflix movie, Select Love, in an interview carried out previous to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
After taking a beat, Foster shortly added: “And someplace, hopefully, with [his girlfriend] Casey.”
Foster starred on the ABC Household sequence from 2007 to 2011 as John Paul “Cappie” Jones, the lovable president of Kappa Tau fraternity with main Peter Pan syndrome. The comedy-drama targeted on sorority and fraternity life on the fictional campus of Cyprus-Rhodes College, however Foster believes the present’s success stemmed from breaking down the stereotypes that come together with Greek life.
“Loads of occasions faculty exhibits type of deal with the stereotypical partying facet, the ingesting and the hookup tradition and it was a lot greater than that,” he advised Us. “[Greek] was actually about who you’re between the ages of 18 and 22 and the expansion that occurs, the change that occurs, the friendships which might be constructed. It was extra than simply, you’re partying. That’s a simple lure to fall in. I believe we simply have been sensible sufficient to keep away from that.”
Foster’s character arguably skilled among the most progress all through the sequence, majorly partly to his will-they-won’t-they romance with girlfriend Casey (Spencer Grammer). Whereas the present introduces them as exes, viewers observe them all through the 4 seasons as they discover their approach again to at least one one other — and cement themselves as certainly one of TV’s most iconic {couples}.
Casey and Cappie finish their story driving off into the sundown, however followers have usually puzzled the place their characters — together with the remainder of the Cyprus-Rhodes gang — can be in the present day.
In 2016, Freeform introduced plans to debut a Greek: The Reunion film. The 2-hour movie would have gathered collectively the solid for his or her five-year reunion — however the community determined to not transfer ahead with the movie. Foster, nevertheless, remains to be able to reprise his position if the time comes.
“There was discuss a couple of years in the past a couple of characteristic [film]. I do know that ended up not taking place, however I believe I can converse for many of us from the solid [when I say] that we had a superb script come alongside they usually have been prepared to do it,” he mentioned. “I believe plenty of us would entertain the thought as lengthy [as it] honors the unique story. I believe we’d all be very proud of it.”
Whether or not the solid will reconvene on display screen stays to be seen, however Foster seems to be again on his time with Greek fondly — and credit the sequence for serving to craft him into the actor he’s in the present day.
“Greek was these early days, proper? So I used to be nonetheless attempting to determine who I used to be as an individual, a lot much less what I realized as an actor,” he defined. “And that position [of Cappie] was pivotal in shaping how I approached [my] future characters. He was written very sensible, very humorous and really witty. So I believe that actually helped me deliver that into future auditions and roles. I undoubtedly suppose that was such a superb position for me to start out off with as a result of it helped me embrace that aspect, which I won’t have embraced earlier than.”
Foster has introduced these classes to his newest work, the upcoming romantic comedy Select Love. The actor portrays Paul, the regular boyfriend of Cami (Laura Marano) who should select between him and two former flames. The Netflix movie, which options an interactive characteristic and a number of endings, introduces Paul because the “dream” man — however Foster insists there’s extra to the character than meets the attention.
“There’s layers to him,” he advised Us. “He’s undoubtedly extra than simply what he says on paper. He loves Cami and needs to be together with her however there are all the time issues. I don’t understand how a lot I can say, however let’s say he’s undoubtedly extra complicated than the log would possibly say.”
Select Love premieres on Netflix Thursday, August 31.