How am I going to do this? Crazy Ex-Girlfriend alum Santino Fontana isn’t angry at the guy replacing him as Greg. Anyone who thinks of other people first in that way, whether or not they have self-sabotaging tendencies, they’re ultimately a good guy. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. I was like, Great! 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. They are part of a close knit crew that grew up together which includes Valencia, Josh Wilson and Hector. 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. 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. 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). Crazy Ex-Girlfriend airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. We all know people like Greg; I certainly do. 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. “Chromatica II” into “911” in the peaceful transfer of power. 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.". 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.”. "She and Valencia have bills to pay," the showrunner reveals. "One of the funny things about the show is West Covina is a type of purgatory," Brosh McKenna explains. –Rebecca Bunch, "Josh's Ex-Girlfriend is Crazy" Season overview . 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. 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. That’s what I think the audience remembers, and they know his intentions are actually good. 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 then they asked me to improvise on the scene, which was very fun. 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. He was a disappointed optimist. 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. Well, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” rejects this whole premise: She picks no man. The hardest relationship to keep together may end up being the one with her BFF, Paula (Donna Lynne Champlin). *, And Now, TikTok’s #JunebugChallenge Comes to Break Arms. I don’t view it as though I’m leaving. 2019 The show is tricky because, in a great way, it’s playing with a moral relativism. "Greg is gone," she reveals after a screening of the episode. “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. "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. 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. MORE: Rachel Bloom Celebrates Brittany Snow Joining 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' by Singing a Hilarious Medley. 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. Despite knowing this, Greg pursued her anyway which led to a series of humiliating circumstances for him. 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. Walk me through the decision-making process for you 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. With the lovable Greg officially out of our lives, where do we go from here? 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.". 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. ", 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. Eat, pray, love, get sent back on the next available flight. ", 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. After All This, Donald Trump Could Lose His SAG Card, Too, Watch Fall Out Boy’s Decades-in-the-Making Performance for Biden Inauguration. This sounds really fun. I was able to also go back and play with my Crazy Ex family in a smaller capacity and that’s all great. Pete Wentz’s parents met while working for Biden in the Senate in the 1970s. It was officially released as track 37 on the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Original Television Soundtrack (Season 3). 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. The casting director was like, “Okay, great, but can you add in that he hates himself?” I thought, Yeah, great, that’s fun! She lashed out at her friends and went home to her mother in Scarsdale only to quickly leave after feeling betrayed by Naomi. In fact, she may have finally found the man for her. 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. 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. will perform “America the Beautiful.”. 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. 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 being left at the altar by Josh, Rebecca plotted her revenge. 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. 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. Throughout the entire run of the show, one storyline was always hanging over the heads of fans: What if Greg came back? S4, Ep17 5 Apr. How does it feel to be breaking the hearts of “Grebecca” fans nationwide, Santino?[Laughs.] James Charles Covers ‘Drivers License,’ Reminds You That He Sings. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduced her. He is the voice of reason. 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. 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. "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. 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. In the series premiere, Rebecca felt that the universe pointed her toward Josh, and that Josh pointed her toward California. The BlacklistSeason 7 Episode 17 'Brothers' Sneak Peek Ahead of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's final season, many fans have been wondering one thing: Will … That connects to a core of who that guy is. So complicated! 2019 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. A coming-of-age story starring Taylor Takahashi and the late rapper. "It's a place where everybody there is stuck in some way. This isn’t for me! 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. 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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. And yeah, there’s a lot of mess in there, which of course is human. For most of the Season 2 premiere, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 's resident "other boyfriend," Greg, was absent. 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. I didn’t feel like it made the most sense. However, I don’t think it makes any sense for those two people, let alone anyone … she shouldn’t be with anyone. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is so blithely untethered from reality that it kicked off with its protagonist floating into the air on a giant pretzel. How do you prefer to characterize him?I love the way you described it. Episode 10 Oh Nathaniel, It’s On! Additional reporting by Malcolm Venable (Full Disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS, one of The CW's parent companies.) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend may be coming to an end but that doesn’t mean that there still isn’t excitement in Rebecca’s life. There is this tricky moral relativism to the show that I think is fascinating. 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. Rebecca and Greg first met each other at Home Base not long after she moved to West Covina, California. The MUA took on Olivia Rodrigo’s hit song. Will we be seeing you at all after this episode?With the power of editing, who knows. Their friendship has always veered towards maternal, as Rebecca is "very self-absorbed, in kind of a lovable way." And the fact that there would be musical numbers. What’s the deal with the. It’s not as clear-cut. She came to another city to break up a relationship. 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. The biggest revelation from … Why were you drawn to the role of Greg in the first place? You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. All rights reserved. It's a fitting exit for Greg, though one we didn't fully see coming, even if we should have. "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. 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. And then I met with Aline and Rachel, and I was like, Why not? One thing's clear: Rebecca's life is still a mess, it's just a new kind of mess. 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 … 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.". "We have a very deep bench of relationships on the show that she needs to explore, including Paula.". It’s not about him. 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. And with the nature of television, you can’t do that with every song because there’s no time. And I hope he continues. Greg (Skylar Astin) gives us a Season 1 throwback. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has never been shy about acknowledging the fact that it’s a TV show. Odd Couple Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church to Sing Super Bowl National Anthem, H.E.R. 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