Greg actor comes to Brazil and explains relationship with Tyler James Williams

The American actor Vincent Martellawho plays Greg on the comedy series Everybody hates Chris, is passing through Brazil. He arrived in the country for the first time on Tuesday, the 16th, and has been giving interviews for Brazilian programs. On Wednesday, the 17th, he participated in the program The Night, presented by Danilo Gentili. On the same day, he went to the mesacast Intelligence LTDA, where he explained his relationship with Tyler James WilliamsChris from the series.

According to Martella, the two are still friends. “I’ve known him for 12 years. We’re friends, we support each other and I’m very excited that people can see that he’s extremely talented [na série] Abbott Elementary. I think he’s hilarious,” said the actor. As for the rest of the cast, Martella explained that he doesn’t meet them often, but when it happens “it feels like no time has passed and I just wish everyone the best.”

The last time he met Williams, Martella was moving into a new apartment in Los Angeles. “I was putting things in my new house. Someone started yelling at me, cursing me in the middle of the street. I turned to see who it was and it was Tyler. He laughed in my face and left,” she said. See the program in full:

The actor won over Brazilian fans by posting statements on his Instagram and, after going viral on the social network with a shirt that said “I’m famous in Brazil”, he gained more than 5 million followers in just a few weeks. Currently, there are 6.4 million.

According to Martella, the idea for the shirt came from a fellow voice actor for the cartoon. Phineas and Ferb, a Disney Channel hit. He saw comments in Portuguese on Martella’s networks and made the shirt for him.

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The effort by Brazilian fans on the American’s network began with the aim of Martella surpassing Williams’ number of followers. Chris’s interpreter has 2.4 million followers on Instagram and has already “punched” the public who comment on references to the series on their social networks during an advertisement. He also limited his comments to Brazilian followers on the profile.

Previously, Martella had announced that he would come to Brazil in July, to participate in the Imagineland convention, in João Pessoa, Paraíba. He is part of a kind of battle for popularity in Brazil, waged by American actors. In addition to Martella, actors Marlon Wayans, from The White Girlsand Andrew McFarlane, from Me, the Boss and the Children They are also taking advantage of the fame of their work with Brazilian fans to generate engagement on social media. to understand the phenomenon.