ABC Family's 'GRΣΣK' will air its season finale tonight with a Spring Break trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. leaving the cast with some big decisions to make. Scott Michael Foster plays the character Cappie, a college senior resisting graduation and is still settling on a major on the show. Here, Foster talks to The Daily Orange about his career path, the friends he has made on the show and what he has learned about Greek life in the past three and a half years on the set.

On being involved in Greek life in college

No, actually I was in college for a very short period of time and it was a community college where I went. It didn't have a Greek system.

On if 'GRΣΣK' portrays Greek life accurately

I think our writers and creators try to depict Greek life fairly and as accurately as possible without showing things the network wouldn't want to show. But I think we try to do a fair job of showing the reality of it, what actually happens pros and cons because there's both in life. And I think we've tried to show both those sides.

On how Cappie and Scott Michael Foster have changed since the pilot episode:

Well Cappie and myself as a person have both grown up since we did the pilot. I myself was 21, almost 4 years younger then. I went through a lot of changes personally since then. Cappie as the character gets developed, the more I as a person learn about him too. And I think he has really opened up a lot and you find out that he's not just a party guy he's taken a lot of courses, he's actually a smart guy. He cares for his friends, he cares for Rusty, he is in love with Cassie and the more the show goes on the more you learn about them and the characters expand and grow and I think a lot of the characters have grown up a lot since the first episode.

On his favorite moments shooting the show

There's a lot of favorite moments. We always have so much fun together I can't think of one specific scene or moment that has been aired that was a favorite moment. But off-set and while we're shooting the times the cast and I have together I can think of a number of moments that I will always remember just because of how much fun we have together when we shoot it.

On 'Teenage Dirtbag'

To be honest, that feature I shot before 'GRΣΣK,' it was one of the first things I had done when I moved to L.A. I got involved just by auditioning. I had just gotten an agent at that time and I was sent out just like anything else and I booked it and we shot it and it was great. It's sort of was a different not type of acting but on 'GRΣΣK' I play the same character for the past three and a half years. On 'Teenage Dirtbag' I only played him for a month and a half, two months, as long as we shot it and then I was pretty much done with it. So it's a different way of how long are you going to be connected to this character. It's a very different way of acting I guess.

 

On what else he would like to accomplish as an actor and singer

As an actor I want to expand my career, I want to do movies and keep going as far as I can. As a musician I would love to have an album to sell, to go on tour with that album and play festivals, that's always been a dream of mine.

On what would be a good major for Cappie

You know, he's had so many chances to major in something. You know, I don't know. I guess there's a funny answer for this and a real answer for this. The funny answer would be, you've seen him take this class with Rebecca, this sex theory class, that would be a good major for Cappie. Or a real one would be to study philosophy or something like that where he can have his wisdom put to use.

On the Omega Chi Revenge Plan

They sort of have this big revenge plan that they're going to serve up. It turned out really well, it's like one of those things when your watching a movie and at the end of the movie it all ties together and you're like I don't know how they thought of that because it's so many details and it all had to be planned out just right. The plan they did was really elaborate and I think you will really enjoy it.

On what to expect from Cappie next season

You know what, I'm not sure. We haven't gotten any tips for that yet. I think and I'm not sure that next season will take us to graduation or right before, so you can expect some senioritis out of the people. I'm not sure we'll have to see when the scripts come.

 

On Cappie and Cassie's relationship

I've always said this in interviews I think that Casey and Cappie belong together and they love each other. I want to see them together. But like they said in the last episode when Cappie's parents came, maybe this is just a relationship in your life that's just supposed to be there for a certain time, and that's all its good for. But I've always advocated for them staying together for a long time, but who knows what will happen with them. 

On if Evan and Cappie will ever forgive each other

I honestly think they will. I don't think it'll happen in the near future because it's like you have a falling out and then put all this work in to get back to a place where you can be friends again. And then there's another falling out so like the longer and harder it'll be for it to get where it was again. So I don't know if it will happen in the near future, but I do see them growing up and becoming more mature and realizing they are friends and eventually that'll take precedent.

On if Scott Michael Foster sees Cappie ever wanting to grow up

I think in Cappie's existence he's going to grow up at some point and he's going to want to grow up at some point. Is that going to happen in the near future? Probably not. I think he's addicted to the life he has and I think he's more afraid than anything to let go of that and be the neighbor, Mr. Hilgendorf. So I think he wants to hang on to what he has as long as possible until it's weird that he is still in college, and he needs to grow up.

On friendships within the cast

We all have spent a considerable amount of time together. It's like being in school with somebody for four, five, six, seven years whatever or even longer. But you grow up together and some people you have as close friends and some you don't hang out with all the time. Some people you sort of know but never hang out with. Its not there's anyone in the cast that I don't want to hang out with but there's some people you spend more time with than others. All our friendships are real and good and I'd love to consider them all family.

 

On the journey to get to 'GRΣΣK'

I knew I always wanted to be an actor on television or film. I didn't have a clear idea if I did TV what it would be. But when it came along it was like you read a project and you're like ‘oh this is so me.' I'm glad the way it worked out.

On any favorite episodes or story lines

Season one, the flashback episode, I really liked because we got to see more into all our characters past. While Cappie and Evan were still in their feud, we could see when they were friends, and it was great to play friends on the show because we are friends in really life and it was a different page for us because we don't need to always pretend that we're mad at each other so it was a lot of fun for us to do that.

On if he were to go back to college if he would be in the Greek system

I think it would be weird if I went back to college now, but I think I would join it because it looks like there's a big family connection, social connection and you can do a lot with what the Greek system has to offer. So I would totally do it.

 

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Published on March 28, 2010 at 12:00 pm