Luca Jae Hall is one of the main characters in the original Freeform series Grown-ish, which is a spinoff of the ABC series, Black-ish.
Character Info[]
Luca is a fashion major at Cal U. He is a laid back free spirit with a fondness for weed, kimonos and rings.
Grown-ish (Season 1)[]
Luca appears super nonchalant and is a loner. Most of his scenes are with Zoey Johnson. He is shown to push boundaries when it comes to his art and not being afraid to take a risk against what people like or are comfortable with. He develops strong feelings for Zoey throughout the season. When she has to decide who to date between three guys, she chooses him.
Grown-ish (Season 2)[]
In the sophomore season, Luca dates Zoey and they exchange I love you’s for the first time. Luca experienced quite a few issues during his relationship with Zoey. They often had many problems to work out, due to lack of communication and dramatics, from both parties. Luca faces the pressure of being called a genius and feeling the need to be a perfectionist. He is angered when he finds out his girlfriend took a job opportunity from his favorite artist, Joey Bada$$. The season ends with Luca running to the airport to get Zoey back after she broke up with him.
Grown-ish (Season 3)[]
Luca started a new fashion line called Anti-Muse which was inspired by his breakup with Zoey Johnson. It was revealed that he had started dating a very kind girl named Jillian. He had become best friends with Nomi over the summer and is very involved in her child’s life. When the season ends, he and Jillian go their separate ways.
Grown-ish (Season 4)[]
Luca is on vacation in Mexico with his friends. While he is there, he lies to Doug about needing his help translating to some girls. This is because he’s trying to help Doug have some fun with the ladies, so he can get out of his funk over his break up with Jazz Forster. Back at school, Doug and Luca have become best friends and start creating parties as an easy way to make money. Also, his little sister Kiela Hall has started attending Cal U. He introduces Doug and Kiela, unaware that they already met and have a romantic interest in each other. When Luca finds this out, he makes it known that he does not approve and Doug promises not to do anything with his sister anymore.
Relationships[]
Juliette - It is unknown how Luca and Juliette met but their relationship was serious enough for them to get matching tattoos. They eventually broke up.
Zoey Johnson - After Zoey humiliates herself with Aaron via text, she goes on a date with Luca who takes her to a secret club that Kid Ink's performing at. They have a really fun time and share their first kiss. Things goes awry when Luca finds out Zoey has been dating both him and Aaron. Luca and Zoey's unlabeled situationship gets temporarily stalled when she falls in love and gets into a relationship with Basketball player, Cash Mooney. Feelings arise between Luca and Zoey again once they begin working together at Teen Vogue. Luca was not being as expressive with his feelings as she would like, nor was Aaron, who she also had feelings for. She gets a surprise when Cash shows back up in the picture and makes it known that he wants to get back together. By the end of the season, Zoey has to decide who she wants to be with between all three guys and she ultimately chooses Luca.
They date for the entirety of season 2 and their relationship quickly mirrored a rollercoaster ride. Some of the ups included, Luca and Zoey saying "I love you" for the first time, Luca being there for Zoey while she was going through panic attacks, Luca getting Zoey’s shoe signed by Michelle Obama, Luca supporting her failed styling attempt with Sky and Jazz, and Zoey supporting Luca during all his successes in his fashion career. The downs included Zoey caring too much about what other people think about their relationship, Luca and Zoey’s insecurities and jealousy with each other’s ex’s, which caused immature fights and Luca not supporting Zoey anytime she was thriving more than him. Zoey breaks up with Luca, after he comes to her pop up shop and insinuates that she only got the job because of her looks and not because of her talent. She realizes that Luca’s support for her is conditional and that's he’s not able to lift her up whenever she has the slightest win over him.
Zoey and Luca struggle to be friends again in season 3 because of the tension and non closure from their break up, but eventually they find a nice stride. That is, until Luca is offended when Zoey helps him out with a job opportunity involving Joey Bada$$. Luca brings up her playing him for Joey which she gets upset by, because it wasn't true and he already told her that he was over the situation. Zoey says they tried being friends too soon and it’s not working out, while Luca tells her that he was never trying to be her friend, he was in love with her. The intensity from the situation leads to them hooking up. Their one night stand causes only more confusion and frustration, especially when Zoey sees Luca in her new friend, Jillian’s dorm. They both have a much needed talk and break it off again, for good. By the season 3 finale, it seems Luca still feels some sourness towards their old relationship when he gets in his feelings over finding out that Zoey had been with Aaron.
Jillian - Luca met Jillian at Jazz Forster’s party. They were just casually dating until Luca questioned why they weren’t official and that's when they became boyfriend and girlfriend. They had a very healthy relationship and seemed to always be on the same page. They went their separate ways when Jillian had to go to Tokyo with Sky Forster after she gained a spot on the Olympic team. It is known that Jillian was a rebound from his relationship with Zoey Johnson.
Quotes[]
- "You went to the barber and said, 'Fuck my shit up...I don't know what I want today'. You got the fade in the front with the mullet in the back. How you gonna be black and a redneck at the same time, bro?" Luca to Aaron in If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
- "I'm always gonna pick the things that people run away from and look for the things that people make assumptions about. Then I make it as fire as I can and… that's what I call art." Luca to Zoey in It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp
- "People need to get comfortable being uncomfortable.” Luca to Zoey in Safe and Sound
- "You know, sometimes I wonder what came first… the chicken or you haters?” Luca to Ana and Nomi in Nice for What
- "They said some guy with weird hair at Hawkins tried to end it.” Luca to Aaron in Only Human
- "I f**k with fake fatherhood.” Luca to Nomi in Gut Feeling
- "You had a one night stand with your one night stand, not telling him you birthed his child from your first one night stand.” Luca to Nomi in Over My Head
- "She belongs to the Streets!” Luca about Jazz in Ugh, those feels again
- "You obviously don’t care about loyalty. Thinking it’s fine to desecrate the temple of our friendship by fondling my kin?” Luca to Doug in Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
Trivia[]
- According to Luca, his father is an alcoholic.
- After meeting Luka Sabbat in an elevator, show creator Kenya Barris offered him a role with the show, loosely basing "Luca" on Sabbat's real life persona.
- Luka Sabbat began as recurring and was upgraded to series regular before the end of Season 1.
- His body count can be played backward if recorded.
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