Is Spencer Grammer Graduating from ‘Greek’?
“Greek” returns tonight with more secrets, relationship problems and fun fashion from the students at Cyprus-Rhodes University. ET goes one-on-one with series star Spencer Grammer (Casey), who fills us in on the upcoming campus antics, her dad (Kelsey Grammer) and “Dancing with the Stars.”
ET: What can we look forward to this season?
Spencer Grammer: It is her senior year and Casey is deciding what she is going to do with her life. Despite the fact that she and Evan (Jake McDorman) broke up years before, she really enjoys politics. She definitely finds a thrill in what she did over the summer with Paula Baker – even though everyone thought she was doing an Elle Woods (’Legally Blonde’). She is determined to succeed in that. She starts working with Joel (Sam Page), who is this legislative aide that Rebecca Logan (Dilshad Vadsaria) introduces to her. He guides her in the path of pursuing a political career. She decides to apply to law school and takes the LSATs, so it has been a very career-oriented storyline for her, which has made her relationship with Cappie (Scott Michael Foster) a little more imbalanced, because he is clearly like Peter Pan and doesn’t want to grow up. So that creates conflict with them.
ET: Lea Thompson is guest starring as Cappie’s mom this season. Have you had a chance to work with her?
Spencer Grammer: She is great. It is amazing when you get to work with somebody and you can see the sparkle that they have as an actor. How they keep it alive and floating. You are really intimate, because you are close to them and you are playing off of each other. It is really inspiring to see how talented she is and to learn from that.
ET: Is law school a way to keep you on the show because as a senior you would be graduating?
Spencer Grammer: Maybe. I either go to law school at CRU, or somewhere else. I guess it is a way to keep me on the show for as long as they want. They own my life for six seasons, so they can do whatever they want with them.
ET: But if you are in law school, can you be in a sorority?
Spencer Grammer: No, but I can be a house mother, or work on the Pan-Hellenic board, or work for nationals or something. People maintain their identity with their sororities for their whole life. I know people who still have sorority meetings all over the country.
ET: What were you like in school compared to Casey?
Spencer Grammer: I went to college in New York City. I was a liberal arts theater major, so, it was different. We didn’t have sororities or fraternities there. I was really driven to start my career. It is something I think Casey and I have in common.
ET: Why do you think there is such a response to “Greek”?
Spencer Grammer: The Greek system is a very American tradition. It doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world. It is the last hurrah between being a child and being an adult. You ride the line. You are not poor enough to be completely responsible for your own individual life; but it is accepted that you can mess up a lot. I think that everybody who has been to college, or plans on going there, is nostalgic about it.
It is fun times. You get drunk; you party; you do bad things. You fall in love; you don’t. The blindfold is taken off. You realize that your parents are just human beings a lot of times. You see how hard it is to be on your own and how difficult it is to make decisions. There isn’t right or wrong all the time. READ MORE
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