Gregg Sulkin briefly returned as Mason Greyback in the conclusion of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, and he said slipping back into the role took three seconds. David Henrie’s series brought Sulkin back into the orbit of Selena Gomez, with the actor saying the reunion felt immediate once he looked at her.
Alex and Mason in the conclusion
“I mean, I think, in my heart, Alex and Mason are always endgame,” Sulkin said after the role reprisal. He added, “All I had to do was look at Selena, and it was like, ‘Okay, cool, we’re back,’” a line that gets at why this return lands as more than a quick cameo. It restores a relationship the franchise had already established years earlier, then lets the new series use it without turning the finale into a reset.
The second of four episodes includes appearances by Gregg Sulkin, Selena Gomez, and Jennifer Stone. In the episode, Mason says he cannot propose because he is dead, which keeps the return from functioning like a simple nostalgia beat. The scene has to work inside the rules of the new show, not just the memory of the old one.
What Wizards Beyond changes
Wizards Beyond follows Billie, Alex Russo’s daughter, and the continuation establishes early on that Alex has married someone else. That creates the main complication around Mason’s return: Alex and Mason were dating at the end of Wizards of Waverly Place, but the sequel series has already moved Alex into a different family setup. The show has to acknowledge both versions of the character at once, which is why Sulkin’s return lands as a story beat rather than a simple reunion.
Sulkin said, “I felt like there was only one person who was going to do that, and thankfully, they chose Mason,” when talking about who should guide Alex back to her family. He also said, “It was just a matter of fitting in the perfect slot for my character to come back, whilst also giving space for the new show to breathe, whilst also paying respect to my character, [and] Selena and I’s characters’ relationships,” before adding, “And thankfully, they did.”
More than a decade later
Wizards of Waverly Place ran from 2007 to 2012, which makes Sulkin’s return a callback after more than a decade away from the role. He said he remained open to coming back throughout Wizard Beyond’s short three-season run, and he had “an inkling that the writers would find a way to eventually make sense of a return for Mason.”
“I think Mason has always been Alex’s rock,” Sulkin said, which is the clearest read on why the character still matters inside the franchise. The return is brief, but it is built to preserve the old pairing while letting Wizards Beyond keep moving on its own terms.
For viewers tracking the franchise, the practical takeaway is simple: Mason is back for the conclusion, but only inside the rules the new series sets for him. The larger unresolved piece is whether that appearance is the last word on Mason Greyback, or just the cleanest way the show could fold him into the ending.
