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21 Jump Street Jumps to the Big Screen—What Have the Original Cast Members Been up To?
Although the big-screen version 21 Jump Street (and sequel 22 Jump Street) is going for comedy, the original Fox series was more dramatic. If you've forgotten, or never saw it, you can watch the original 21 Jump Street online for free via Hulu. It's all very '80s—the clothes, the hair, the drug dealers that look like extras from a Michael Jackson video. The show, which debuted 27 years ago as the first hour-long series on the fledgling Fox Network, comes across as a mixture of after-school special, music video, and character-driven drama, with plenty of mild humor thrown in. We all know what happened to some of the original Jump Street cast, such as Holly Robinson Peete, and Mr. Johnny Depp. But what about the rest of the squad? Read on to find out! By Brett Singer
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Richard Grieco—Today
Grieco got another series of his own, Marker (1995), which featured his music; he went on to release several albums and appear on the music reality series Gone Country. He continues to act, appearing in a lengthy list of feature films. Grieco recently attended the premiere of 21 Jump Street, despite not being asked to do a cameo. Why not? According to Access Hollywood, the filmmakers were only interested in the characters from season 1 of the TV series. But Grieco told an Access reporter that the film is “a comedy and I was too dark.” But they say he was smiling when he said it. But looks like Grieco’s character will make an appearance in 22 Jump Street.
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