After all, did Greg exist in real life?

Launched in 2005, the popular series “Everybody Hates Chris” adapts the childhood of the American comedian Chris Rock during the 1980s, played in the production by the actor Tyler James Williams.

For inspiration in real facts from the lives of Chris, many characters featured in the series were also based on important people in the artist’s life. His father, for example, was also called Julius in real life and, just like on screen, he had two jobs: newspaper delivery and truck driver.

His brothers, Drew and Tônia, were inspired by two of his six brothers: while the boy has the personality of Andrewas reported by the TecMundo portal, Tônia was based on Tony. Besides them, the other brothers of Rock they are Charles, Brian, Kenny, Andy It is Jordan.

In fact, something curious is that the character Uncle Ryan, known in the series for frequently asking Julius to borrow money to open his business, is played by himself. Tony Rockbrother of Chris responsible for inspiring Tônia.

Taking this into consideration, many fans began to question whether Greg, the protagonist’s best friend, also existed in real life — and the answer is yes!

real life Greg

The character played by the actor Vincent Martella was inspired by David Moskowitzchildhood best friend Chris. The two studied together when they were younger, at a school where the majority of students were young white people, as represented in the series.

However, during an interview with the Larry King Show program (via DitoCinema), the comedian revealed that the institution’s students were aggressive not only towards black children, but also towards Jewish ones, which was the case with David.

“The Jews were beaten too. At school, most [dos alunos] They were from Italian and Irish families, so they beat black people and Jews. I was always kind of friends with them [dos alunos judeus]the series was very faithful in this point”, said the actor.

Despite the tribute, Moskowitz only found out that Greg was inspired by him, and realized that his childhood friend Chris was the famous comedian Chris Rock, when the Larry King Show interview aired. This happened because, according to Davidthe two lost contact and spent around 25 years without hearing from each other.