© 2021 Vox Media, LLC. When the show moved to the CW I had a one-year contract, which was very rare and I was very blessed, and I never, ever in a million years thought they would let me do that. Vulture caught up with Fontana to discuss Greg’s thoughtful farewell episode, his legacy, and if we can ever expect him back in West Covina. S4, Ep17 5 Apr. I didn’t feel like it made the most sense. "Luckily, Santino was on board with him, so we worked with him to work on the right timing of it. So complicated! And then they asked me to improvise on the scene, which was very fun. It really stuck to who Greg is, and we all stuck to who Greg was, and I was able to help tell that story, which is ultimately my job. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is sadly coming to an end this year after its fourth and final season airs on the The CW.. It’s not about him. I mean, who knows where she is going to end up? She lashed out at her friends and went home to her mother in Scarsdale only to quickly leave after feeling betrayed by Naomi. And that, again, connects to a guy who doesn’t go to college because he wants to make sure his father’s okay. And in rehearsals, you’re there sometimes six weeks perfecting how to make a scene work. Despite knowing this, Greg pursued her anyway which led to a series of humiliating circumstances for him. I think what [showrunner and co-creator] Aline [Brosh McKenna] did in terms of how Greg finally gets to go after what really makes him truly happy is fantastic. The biggest revelation from Friday's packed, borderline heavy episode, was that both Rebecca and Crazy fans were forced to say goodbye to Greg (Santino Fontana). Let me tell you what I think they really want.” So I did come in, and I did a pretty generic every-day guy, a likeable guy, when reading the scene. In terms of my experiences onstage, I was on a Broadway show with Donna Lynne Champlin and you spend weeks and weeks perfecting a musical number in a musical. "One of the funny things about the show is West Covina is a type of purgatory," Brosh McKenna explains. MORE: Rachel Bloom Celebrates Brittany Snow Joining 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' by Singing a Hilarious Medley. ", We've also seen Rebecca's first post-split run-in with Valencia (Gabrielle Ruiz), and we've been assured it's not the last she'll see of Josh's (Vincent Rodriguez III) other ex. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creator on how Santino Fontana's exit changed Greg's journey this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. Did you want to pursue other endeavors outside of the CW?I don’t even think of it as leaving the show, to be honest. Can I watch it if I don’t have TV? "She wants to tell her, she tries to tell her, but she sees her face and she sees that she's doing well now and moving on, and she doesn't want to burden her. "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's" showrunner explains why they recast Greg with Skylar Astin, and what his return means for Rebecca's love life. Eat, pray, love, get sent back on the next available flight. In Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s first two seasons, Santino Fontana portrayed Greg Serrano.Battling with Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III) for Rebecca’s affections, Greg was often overlooked since Josh was the idealized ex-boyfriend that Rebecca was in pursuit of. It was really calling on my theater background. I’m sure there will be setbacks, but he’s figured out a way to take care of the people he cares about and realize that he also has to take care of himself. And yeah, there’s a lot of mess in there, which of course is human. We can’t unscrew each other’s friends, we’re Jerry Springer, not Casablanca.” Sadly, despite Greg appearing later in the episode as a “memory spirit” in Rebecca’s apartment, he has indeed been written off the show as he makes his cross-country, life-changing move. "She and Valencia have bills to pay," the showrunner reveals. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Happy Tats for Manatees “Nathanial and I Are Just Friends” hits fast-forward to rediscover Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s greatest strength. RELATED: 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Star Rachel Bloom Opens Up About Battling Depression, "Greg is a character that we adore, and Rachel especially adored, so saying goodbye to him in the right way was a challenging thing," Brosh McKenna continues, noting how important it was to get the tone right for his send-off tune, "It Was a S**t Show.". So when we did get picked up, I was in a really tricky spot because I had a bunch of things that I already committed to and I couldn’t in good conscience back out of them. There is this tricky moral relativism to the show that I think is fascinating. The CW was kind enough to give me a one-year contract on the show because of what I thought would be best for my family and my life. Having only been contracted for one season, Fontana opted to leave the series and turn his attention to other career … James Charles Covers ‘Drivers License,’ Reminds You That He Sings. You got two final numbers in the episode, the more somber “It Was a Shit Show,” and the very upbeat, tap friendly “We Tapped That Ass.” What has been your personal favorite song that you performed on the show?I really had a great time shooting “We Tapped That Ass,” but I had a great time shooting all of them. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has never been shy about acknowledging the fact that it’s a TV show. "The show's about the pursuit of happiness, and ultimately [Greg's] happiness would be elsewhere from [Rebecca]. Will we be seeing you at all after this episode?With the power of editing, who knows. It’s true, and the show does a really wonderful job of deconstructing so many stereotypes, like mental illness, anxiety, and depression, even with Greg’s alcoholism. It was officially released as track 37 on the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Original Television Soundtrack (Season 3). I do agree though about the alcoholism story line and Greg dealing with it. [Laughs.] This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. “Chromatica II” into “911” in the peaceful transfer of power. So the fact that a song like “I Could If I Wanted To” was done in one take was terrifying and exciting but also like, Jesus Christ. That connects to a core of who that guy is. Greg has that role of a caretaker, and he takes care of them in their good-byes. First of all, it’s really fun to play, and it also feels incredibly human. What we thought was interesting was to take the guy who you might think at first was the most stuck and to have him change his outlook on life, and once he does that, he's able to do what he’s never done before, and that's leave.". –Rebecca Bunch, "Josh's Ex-Girlfriend is Crazy" Season overview . Following her double breakup (and her ex Greg’s literal, brilliant “s**t show”), Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) has a lot to figure out -- and fast. “Paula's not very good at asking for help and asking for support, and she knows what Rebecca's been through with both guys and going through the crazy makeover process," Brosh Mckenna says. "They have to address these kind of inequities in their relationship. S4, Ep17 5 Apr. It’s a fresh take you don’t see on television too often.Totally, and the fact that she’s a feminist but is also clearly going after a guy. Meet the newest viral TikTok dance … but don’t hurt yourself. The producer made countless contributions to music, but his ego overshadowed them all. Log in or link your magazine subscription, Trump Pardons Lil Wayne on His Last Day in Office, Bali Influencer Influences Bali to Deport Her, Here’s How to Watch the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden, Seth Meyers Takes One Last Closer Look at the Trump Presidency, Nurse Lori Marie Key Sings ‘Amazing Grace’ at COVID-19 Memorial. How do you prefer to characterize him?I love the way you described it. Some fans might be put off by the final episode of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," but showrunner and co-creator Aline Brosh-McKenna explains why they did it. Greg is such an interestingly calibrated character — I’ve had friends describe him as the voice of reason, an asshole, troubled, sarcastic, a good guy, you name it. Greg Serrano (Santino Fontana) had to say goodbye to Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) to pursue his dreams in the previous episode of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" season 2. It’s tricky. I have to say, it’s also tricky, though. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has played with perspective often throughout its four seasons. What’s the deal with the. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. This sounds really fun. That is not an admirable feat. "She and Rebecca are such a funny pair because one of them is rather cool and the other one is all over the place, so they spend a lot more time together. After Greg, Nathaniel and Josh all declared their feelings for Rebecca, she's going to go on dates with each of them to help clarify which guy is truly for her. And I was a fan of Rachel and Aline’s work. That’s what’s really at the core of Greg — he wants people to be happy, but he also wants them to face reality, and he can see that in other people more than he can see that in himself. And I think that’s something we admire and we hope it’s how we would behave. Their friendship has always veered towards maternal, as Rebecca is "very self-absorbed, in kind of a lovable way." Chromatica’s Pope Lady Gaga Sends ‘Love, From the Capitol’. So in order to keep her still the person that we want to like and follow, even though she does terrible things, is for everyone else to be as complicated as her. And then I met with Aline and Rachel, and I was like, Why not? And I hope he continues. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” said goodbye to a major character in Friday’s episode, and showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna has confirmed that he’s not coming back. Rebecca is an antihero of sorts. I was shooting a movie in New Mexico and I was able to come back and do the tap number. (Although he could be, if he wanted to.) The biggest revelation from … "It's funny because I think sometimes fans want a happy ending, and what they think of as a happy ending is boy and girl end up together, and for us this is a happy ending for Greg, because he's moving on to something that from the second we've seen him, he's wanted to do," she adds. The show is tricky because, in a great way, it’s playing with a moral relativism. 2019 Pete Wentz’s parents met while working for Biden in the Senate in the 1970s. ", WATCH: 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Star Rachel Bloom Proves She's the Absolute Best With Hilarious Golden Globes Speech, "She found a job, she's a spokesperson, she's the face of this national campaign," Brosh McKenna says of Heather. It speaks to the power of the protagonist and how we’re able to forgive things because we’re following someone’s story. Well, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” rejects this whole premise: She picks no man. She's just a person who is accepting of her kind of sidekick role in maybe a way she shouldn't, and so she decides to just keep it to herself. He is all of those things. A chance reunion was enough to convince Rebecca to abandon her life in New York and move to his hometown of West Covina, California to chase after him. This was the last scene for me. Where the heck was Greg and why, oh Lord, why was he steering clear of all of his friends? Crazy Ex-Girlfriend may be coming to an end but that doesn’t mean that there still isn’t excitement in Rebecca’s life. Rebecca's love triangle has been retired, but she has plenty of other relationships to work on, namely those with the ladies in her life. They are part of a close knit crew that grew up together which includes Valencia, Josh Wilson and Hector. Is this indeed your last appearance? "It's a place where everybody there is stuck in some way. Have you given any thought to Greg’s future, and how you see him faring in Atlanta?I leave that to the fans. In the series premiere, Rebecca felt that the universe pointed her toward Josh, and that Josh pointed her toward California. And it requires a lot of trust on Paula's part to really have a more mutual friendship with her, so it's a struggle for both of them.”. So, Is Apple Building a Netflix for Podcasts? Throughout the entire run of the show, one storyline was always hanging over the heads of fans: What if Greg came back? How am I going to do this? I always liken them to sixth grade girls who became friends because one of them had a crush on a boy, and what happens when that ends, then what kind of relationship do you have? And when we look at other characters in the show and we complain about them or see them in a negative light, it’s also … there’s a huge projection going on that’s trying to avoid the cracks in her own character of the terrible things that she does. On tonight’s episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, shippers of “Grebecca” received a devastating piece of news involving the dysfunctional couple — Greg (Santino Fontana) is packing up and leaving West Covina to finally fulfill his dream of attending Emory University, but not before declaring his love for Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) in the middle of an airport terminal. You have to give an audience their experience, and I think what we know is he’s really been able to pull a lot of his life together, and he knows and he believes that his father is going to be okay. Rebecca and Greg first met each other at Home Base not long after she moved to West Covina, California. But overall, anything that used a lot of different setups or angles, or had a production value idea that was heightened, were my favorite ones. He was a disappointed optimist. I don’t view it as though I’m leaving. How does it feel to be breaking the hearts of “Grebecca” fans nationwide, Santino?[Laughs.] But that was what the initial draw was — it’s not very often you’re asked to play somebody who’s sitting on a deep self-hatred for the nation to watch. Frankly, I really don’t think anyone on the show should really be with anybody right now with the exception of maybe Darryl. After All This, Donald Trump Could Lose His SAG Card, Too, Watch Fall Out Boy’s Decades-in-the-Making Performance for Biden Inauguration. The hardest relationship to keep together may end up being the one with her BFF, Paula (Donna Lynne Champlin). It’s not normal in a comedy. This isn’t for me! There’s a feminist lens over the show. Walk me through the decision-making process for you leaving the show. So any song that had an overarching, high-concept idea, like “We Tapped That Ass,” “I Could If I Wanted To,” and “Settle for Me,” were all really fun and really exciting. I view it as Greg’s story taken off where it’s taken off to, and him coming back is really up to the writers and fans. I was happy that I was able to come back this season and give him a great story that was in line with the show. Greg finally told Rebecca that he loves her. It’s tricky because we’re doing a TV show on a seven-day shoot schedule so you want to have time. "Greg is gone," she reveals after a screening of the episode. The casting director, who’s a friend here in New York, reached out to me personally and was like, “Please come in. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend alum Santino Fontana isn’t angry at the guy replacing him as Greg. She came to another city to break up a relationship. I love the show, I have a great time playing Greg, I have a great time with that family, and I miss that family even though I’m in constant contact with them all the time. I got to do that in-between shooting, when we were moving locations in this film; we were able to work that out, which was great. That’s what I think the audience remembers, and they know his intentions are actually good. As he powerfully croons to her in “It Was a Shit Show,” his final solo number: “We can’t undo, can’t make amends, dysfunction is our lingua franca. Non-Cannibal Actor Josh Duhamel May Replace Armie Hammer in, North Dakota’s finest will star opposite Jennifer Lopez, considering, you know, *waves hand in Armie Hammer’s general direction. With two breakups and one massive makeover behind her, she's moving in with Heather (Vella Lovell), who's been named the new face of "Miss Douche. He was fine with it and he embraced it, and he got a lot of great songs going out the door -- and a big tap number!". It’s been so long ago now since we shot the pilot. I still haven’t watched the episode because I have a really hard time watching myself, but a friend of mine was talking to me about when I say good-bye to the guys at the airport. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. I was like, Great! The other ones were as well, but they just weren’t as exciting, understandably. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is so blithely untethered from reality that it kicked off with its protagonist floating into the air on a giant pretzel. Anyone who thinks of other people first in that way, whether or not they have self-sabotaging tendencies, they’re ultimately a good guy. It’s a tricky thing, but I feel really blessed and lucky that I was able to have the best of both worlds. The across-the-pond offshoot returns with some familiar challenges, a promising new set of queens, and an array of regional accents. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is an American musical comedy-drama television series, created by Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna, that premiered on The CW on October 12, 2015. Remember, when we met this guy, he could’ve taken advantage of a girl who was a mess in a bedroom, and he didn’t. The casting director was like, “Okay, great, but can you add in that he hates himself?” I thought, Yeah, great, that’s fun! And the worst got to him with his alcoholism and he realized, “Oh, okay. It was a really tough decision and it had a lot to do with my family and my base in New York. And I don’t think he should be with anyone right now, either. One of the most telling lines of the song was at the very end, when Greg admits, "And when you say that I should say, that's exactly when I should split," before riding away on an escalator. *, And Now, TikTok’s #JunebugChallenge Comes to Break Arms. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Santino Fontana on Leaving the Show, Greg’s Farewell, and the Show’s Moral Relativism By Devon Ivie Spoilers ahead for Friday night’s episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. In your opinion, do you think the two could’ve worked out their differences and become a functional couple if Greg didn’t move?I don’t know. I see nothing but good stuff ahead for Greg. If anything, Greg’s departure is an important move for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, because it proves it that the show can play with rom-com tropes, not live or die by them, and (hopefully) let Rebecca realize her own potential and evolve. I was able to maintain my life as it was before Crazy Ex, which involved doing movies and theater and other TV guest spots and other jobs and writing. During Friday's episode, "Josh's Ex-Girlfriend Is Crazy," Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) officially hit rock bottom when she had sex with Greg's (Santino Fontana) dad. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is about to get even crazier in its final season: Rebecca Bunch’s former flame Greg, played by Santino Fontana in the CW rom … They all check in down the line, and probably within a week they’re emailing each other and figuring out who they’re going to become. ", EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Bloom, 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's' Triple Threat, on Taking on the Emmys, “Their relationship is a huge part of the show going forward," she continues. And with the nature of television, you can’t do that with every song because there’s no time. A coming-of-age story starring Taylor Takahashi and the late rapper. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. ® & © 2021 CBS Studios Inc. © 2021 CBS Television Distribution and CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. One thing's clear: Rebecca's life is still a mess, it's just a new kind of mess. All rights reserved. It’s been a long road with a lot of changes to the show. It also speaks to Greg’s character that he kept going back for more even after she slept with a different person on their first date. The MUA took on Olivia Rodrigo’s hit song. By episode’s end, an apparent adversary had become a friend and a confidante, stepping into her world and way of thinking by bursting into song. "Those relationships between Valencia, Paula, and Heather become increasingly important [for Rebecca], and then figuring out where she stands with Josh and what kind of relationship they can have going forward ultimately becomes important. So, no, I don’t think in the immediate it makes any sense. I had a great teacher who always told me, “You have to allow an audience their experience, and not tell them what to feel, but stay true to how you view humanity and how you see people, and people will see themselves in it and they’ll pull out different things.” I think it’s a big testament to the writing, and for them allowing me to put my spin on who the guy is. I think that’s possible and still possible in the future. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduced her. Greg was smitten but at the time her attention was focused only on getting back together with her ex-boyfriend Josh Chan. After being left at the altar by Josh, Rebecca plotted her revenge. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend est une série télévisée américaine créée par Rachel Bloom et Aline Brosh McKenna et diffusée entre le 12 octobre 2015 [1] et le 5 avril 2019 sur le réseau The CW et au Canada sur Showcase [2] puis le réseau Global.. En Suisse et au Luxembourg, la première saison est disponible en français sur Netflix depuis le 15 décembre 2016 et en Belgique depuis 2017. A lot of time. The series stars Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a depressed young woman who decides to follow her ex-boyfriend from New York City to West Covina, California in hopes of finding real happiness. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend airs Fridays at 9/8c on The CW. Additional reporting by Malcolm Venable (Full Disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS, one of The CW's parent companies.) … 2019 It's a fitting exit for Greg, though one we didn't fully see coming, even if we should have. What happened at the end of shooting last season was that there was a lot of time where we didn’t know if the show would be coming back. What time is it? We’re actors who are telling a great story, and I was thrilled to be in West Covina and thrilled to tell that story, and I hope I’m able to tell Greg’s story in different ways as we move forward. In that interim I had some opportunities both with films and theater and writing that presented themselves, and I had no idea what was going to happen. "We have a very deep bench of relationships on the show that she needs to explore, including Paula.". "The search for identity, the search for happiness, the search for friendship, the search for love, the search for success, redefining success, that continues," Brosh McKenna says. Beyond that, I haven’t heard from the writers or my people, but I’ve been busy, too, so I don’t know if that means I’m gone. I gotta find a new way here.” No, I don’t think it’s impossible, but you never know. In fact, she may have finally found the man for her. I was able to also go back and play with my Crazy Ex family in a smaller capacity and that’s all great. He is the sane one for a while, until Rebecca comes to town and then he loses it a little, too. [Laughs.] It’s not as clear-cut. Greg Serrano is a native of West Covina who used to be a bartender at Home Base.He hated his job and for years yearned to leave but was unable to since he had to take care of his ailing father.He is best friends with Josh Chan whom he has known since kindergarten. Following her double breakup (and her ex Greg’s literal, brilliant “s**t show”), Rebecca (Rachel Bloom) has a lot to figure out -- and fast. Initially I turned down the audition because I thought, Well, they’re not going to want me for this, this isn’t a thing, they’re going to cast Zach Levi. Episode 10 Oh Nathaniel, It’s On! will perform “America the Beautiful.”. Rebecca and Josh were boyfriend and girlfriend during the summer of 2005 when they were both sixteen years old and attending Camp Canyon Grove.After he dumped her on the last day of camp they didn't see each other for another ten years. And the fact that there would be musical numbers. So we'd always talked about doing that, and we knew it was going to happen this season," Brosh McKenna says. I feel far more people have connected to him, as opposed to Josh, because of those multidimensional qualities.I’m honored to have been able to add to that, and if I do continue to in the future, that remains to be seen. Just four episodes into their second season, Crazy Ex-Girlfriendhas completely upended our expectations for the characters -- and yet we still feel right at home in West Covina. By Dave Nemetz / November 12 2016, 1:32 PM PST Courtesy of The CW Greg is headed back to school… and Santino Fontana is leaving with him. The BlacklistSeason 7 Episode 17 'Brothers' Sneak Peek Ahead of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's final season, many fans have been wondering one thing: Will … With the lovable Greg officially out of our lives, where do we go from here? I view it as show business is a messy, complicated, confusing thing. Well, that didn't really happen when Greg Serrano (Santino Fontana) made his final appearance on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in the fourth episode of … After Greg, Nathaniel and Josh all declared their feelings for Rebecca, she's going to go on dates with each of them to help clarify which guy is truly for her. WATCH: 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Star Rachel Bloom Reveals the Most Embarrassing Thing She's Done for Love, By signing up, you agree to our We all know people like Greg; I certainly do. Those complexities also make Greg a very relatable character. Already a subscriber? The season started off with Rebecca's ex getting sober and deciding to reboot his life by going off to business school in Georgia -- and according to showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna, the move isn't temporary. He knows everyone’s going to be okay, God willing, he’s going to keep in touch with them and stay healthy, and he hopes they stay healthy, too. I’m assuming I won’t be back this season, but I don’t know, that’s really not to me to say, or in the future. Odd Couple Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church to Sing Super Bowl National Anthem, H.E.R. The thing I was always able to grab onto at the end of the day was that this is a young man who, whether it was self-sabotage or not, did the right thing and wanted to be there for his ill father. Also keep in mind, I didn’t know my future with the show regardless, and I didn’t know if the show would be coming back. Eddie Huang Debuts Pop Smoke, the Actor, in. Spoilers ahead for Friday night’s episode of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. However, it’s very much trapped in an antifeminist world than we are used to, and we’re playing with that, which is really hard and tricky. Check out an exclusive clip from 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Season 4, episode 14, 'I'm Finding My Bliss.' It’s complicated, I don’t know how much you want to get into, but story-wise in terms of the show, I think it’s really great. And even that, to discover that you’re bisexual and jump into a serious relationship, I would say maybe you want to slow down. He is the voice of reason. In the episode titled "When Will Josh and His Friend Leave Me Alone?" Why were you drawn to the role of Greg in the first place? [Laughs.] For most of the Season 2 premiere, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 's resident "other boyfriend," Greg, was absent. You don’t see that often, which is great. It's a different phase in her life post-breakups, and she has to figure out how to move forward and how to heal from these things.". During her scheming she inadvertently caused her scandal with Robert years ago to become known to everyone. So I don’t look at it as leaving the show. It’s not often when you go in for a TV show that they ask you to play characters who hate themselves; it’s very unusual. Greg (Skylar Astin) gives us a Season 1 throwback. 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