Buzzfocus recently had the opportunity to participate in an open forum with Scott Michael Foster, who plays the role of Cappie on ABC Family’s GREEK. Check out the discussion.
Why did you want to play Cappie and why do you like playing Cappie and what about this role is good for you to want to play it, to be it?
M. Foster: Cappie is a fun loving party animal. I would like to think of myself as a person who can get parties started, but I’m not. I will enjoy parties and attend them, but I’m never the guy who can get them going. So playing a character like that is a lot fun, to be the person in charge of a fun party atmosphere. It was kind of cool to live in those shoes for a moment, that’s why it’s a lot of fun for me to play him.
How is Cappie and Casey’s relationship going to evolve now.
S. Foster: In season two, Cappie and Casey, they sort of have busy lives apart from each other. Cappie is involved with Rebecca, as you see at the end of season one, and their relationship blooms in season two. Casey is busy with becoming interim president at Theta Beta, so they don’t ever get a chance to sort of talk or assess their situation. So you won’t see much in season two with them, but their time will come.
Scott, I’d like to echo what everybody else is saying and thank you for taking the time today.
Are you surprised with the success of Greek and how do you think a show like Greek fits into the overall theme of the Family Channel?
S. Foster: When I first read the pilot, I knew the show was going to great. You never know what’s going to happen with a show these days because they’re so hit or miss. But we really believed in the project, so I guess I’m just sort of grateful when the success happens because you know that the show deserves it. ABC Family is ready to get a new image for themselves and I think Greek really kind of started that change. I think you’ll see more programming like Greek in the future on that channel. I kind of think of ourselves as sort of stepping stone for change in the network. It’s kind of exciting to be on the first step, the first of a new network, sort of, you know what I mean?
If you could go back in time and if you weren’t an actor, what would be your dream four year school to attend and what would be your major?
S. Foster: Wow! I didn’t actually ever think about going to a university as much as I do now. When I got out of high school, it wasn’t even a thing that I wanted to do. Seeing some of the beautiful campuses out here in southern California, I sort of changed my mind a little bit. If I did want to go back to school, I’d want to go to Loyola Marymount University over in, I believe, Morina, or Pepperdine. Those are just beautiful campuses. I know that’s probably not the right reason to go school. The campuses are just stunning. I can’t imagine myself not being an actor, so I would take theatre or film acting or something like that.
About your band, Siren’s Eye, if you could tell us what kind of music you play and if any of the music is available on a My Space page or iTunes or anything like that.
S. Foster: It’s evolved over the years. We play pretty much the standard rock and roll. We do anything from AC/DC type music, to new rock, like Radio Head. All the members of the band like different types of music and that’s what helps influence our sound. Yes, we cover a lot of genres. You can go to My Space.com/Sirenseye and you see a few songs, a couple videos from our last show. Yes, we’ll some to be able download in the next few months that we’re working on an EP.
If there was dream role you could play on film, what would it be, like a dream character type?
S. Foster: That’s already been done or?
That’s just out there in the stratosphere, super hero, any type of crazy killer, serial killer type character.
S. Foster: Oh man. You what would be awesome, I know this is kind of weird, not that I think that I wouldn’t want Harvey … to have done this role, but his role in No Country for Old Men was amazing. I know that’s not anywhere near me or anything like that, but I remember just watching that movie, thinking, man, it would be so awesome to be that crazy in a film, to have that sort of freedom.
As an actor, how you prepare for the parts you play?
S. Foster: It’s so interesting. I think the writing and the casting and all of that has so much to do with actors becoming their characters. I think if an actor is right for a role, casting sees that and the words that are on the page, depending on how it’s written, can really help your character develop. Once that’s all in place, it’s sort of a really natural process, where if the character is anything like me at all, it’s sort of like I find situations in my own life to relate. If it’s not, then I have to find situations in own life that can come close to that. Its sort of just looking at what this character is doing and then finding a situation in my life to remember or relate to somehow. So it’s all about relation to yourself, I guess.
How does the cast of Greek get along with each other? Do you guys hang out together off the set? Who, if anyone, would you say that you’re the closest to from the rest of the cast?
S. Foster: It’s amazing because, from what we understand, it’s very rare for a cast who have now nine regular characters to all hang out. We all get along very well. But the people that I hang out with most are the recurring characters, Zack Lively who plays Heath, and Daniel Weaver who play Ben Bennett, we’re all very close. Jake McDorman, Paul James and Jacob Zachar, we all hang out on a regular basis. It’s a lot of fun and I have to be grateful to say that because it doesn’t happen all that often.
You have a lot of very funny lines on Greek. If you had any input into your lines or the script in general.
S. Foster: Everyone on the show gets to ad lib a bit and it’s sort of up to the producers and editors if they get to keep it or not. The lines that you see for the most part are written as is, but every now and then, they let us ad lib and have fun. Some of those lines get to stay in.
It’s actually funny. I said earlier, Clark Duke, the guy who plays Dale almost all of his lines are him ad libbing and it’s hysterical. If anybody has the chance to watch him do his job on set, I think you’d be cracking up because he’s hysterical.
How would you like Cappie to evolve in the future in future seasons?
S. Foster: How would I like Cappie to evolve in the future seasons? I would love for eventually to see Cappie and Casey. I want to see their storyline get back together because I know that’s what a lot of people want to see and it’s what I want to see. Not that the Cappie and Rebecca relationship isn’t fun to do, but when we came into this, it was Cappie and Casey and they’re going to get back together at some point and when is that going to be. I want to see that happen and that’s what I’m curious about.
Be sure to check out the return of GREEK to ABC Family, Monday, March 24th at 8/7c.
