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AHHHHHHH! Everyone from the cast of Gilmore Girls (minus Melissa McCarthy, who is probably busy with this), plus writer/creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, reunited Saturday at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, where they fielded questions about our favorite show! Quick, get your bottomless cup of coffee, and read on for some true highlights! (Calm down, calm down, yes, there is a video.)
The rumor about a Gilmore Girls movie is just a rumor... SO FAR.
Remember when Scott Patterson told the purveyors of the Gilmore Guys podcast* that “I can’t really go into any details," about a Gilmore Girls movie, "but there is some activity. I’m hopeful, and I’m in. I think it would be a big event, and I think it would be a great fan celebration”? Sounds like he misspoke. Per Sherman-Palladino:
“There’s nothing in the works at the moment. Here’s the good thing: Nobody here hates each other. It would have to be the right everything—the right format, the right timing, it would have to be honored in a certain way. And if it ever came around, we would all jump in and do it. And if it ever happened, I promise you I’d do it correctly.”
Nobody here hates each other. Nobody here hates each other! I think this is a really good sign. If Sex and the City can manage a two (terrible) movie deal out of a cast that was rumored to be less than, um, not hating each other, then maybe there's hope for a Gilmore Girls movie. Or a season on Netflix. Or, I mean, anywhere really. Sherman-Palladino can do a lot with a small budget, as anyone who's seen the tragically short-lived, shoestring-budgeted Bunheads can attest**. This is to say nothing of the fact that Melissa McCarthy's become a bankable movie star™ since Gilmore Girls aired, making a movie not just a wonderful decision, but a financially PRUDENT one.
Kelly Bishop sounds delightful. Here's what she said, when asked which cast members she wishes she'd had more scenes with (emphasis mine):
I was a little spoiled because I loved my family on Gilmore Girls. As actors, we read each other, we knew what the routine was going to be with each person, the strengths, weaknesses, needs. That felt so comfortable. That house truly felt like mine. The one person I didn’t get to work with was Keiko [Lane]. I think she’s a wonderful actress and a little doll.
She also weighed in on season seven's pod-person version of Amy Sherman-Palladino's genius, saying, "That last year, Amy wasn’t with us. It was very, very hard. They were trying to imitate her and you can’t imitate genius, I’m sorry, you just can’t." I don't think I've heard of an actor being this sad about a director/writer leaving their show since Kyle McLachlan's abandonment issues around David Lynch and season two of Twin Peaks.
Two out of three Gilmore Girls boyfriends agree: #TeamJess!
The men who played Rory’s boyfriends picked which #Team they’re on. Milo Ventimiglia (rebel loner Jess) chose Dean, explaining that “Logan was a dick.” Jared Padalecki (floppy-haired Dean) and Matt Czuchry (wealthy Logan) both went with Jess.
Czuchry added, “The right boyfriend came at the right time. They each brought something out in Rory that she needed at that time.” Which, nice try. But there is no excuse for Logan.
EW.com live-blogged the whole thing. If Gilmore Girls is your comfort TV, I suggest you read the whole thing.
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