"The Fosters" star Cierra Ramirez and series co-creater Bradley Bredeweg recently talked about the upcoming episode of the hit Freeform series.
In an interview with TV Line, Bredeweg revealed how they plan to incorporate the classic story of "Romeo and Juliet" into Monday night's episode.
According to him, "The challenge for us on every episode is to intertwine and weave together all of our storylines, because we have such a family and such an important cast. We tackled this episode in the exact same way," he said.
Ramirez specifically dished on how the musical will affect her character Mariana and Mat's relationship with each other.
"The two worlds have collided. She's never had closure with her and Mat's relationship. To be going through this whole process of being in a play with him where they're playing love interests has been very hard for her. He's never wanted anything to do with her since their breakup, and that's been really hard for her. But you see over the progressing episodes that there is an undeniable love that they have for each other. So to be portraying these characters that are so close to what they are - it's going to be hard," she said.
Meanwhile, Bredeweg also talked about Brandon and Callie's relationship, and how they could be compared to the forbidden love of Romeo and Juliet.
According to him, "From the very beginning, they've been star-crossed lovers. We continue to explore the different versions of that story... In a way, this musical became a tool for Brandon to explore all those emotions. It was just a natural fit for us in our storytelling to let him play out those emotions and those deeply seeded feelings in his senior project and on stage."
As of late, it is still unclear whether or not Bradon and Callie will decide to become a couple. After all, their moms already talked them out of it. Not to mention, Callie was recently legally adopted which makes Brandon her brother.
"The Fosters" season 3, episode 19 will air on March 21 at 8 p.m. ET on Freeform.