Before the Gilmore Girls cast reunited at the ATX Television Festival in Austin on Saturday, TODAY was lucky to have caught up with the show’s stars for a chat.
Lauren Graham spoke to NBC’s Janet Shamlian and spilled that she always wanted to play single mom Lorelai Gilmore from the very beginning.
“I got this feeling, which I’ve had very few times as an actor, which is, ‘Ooh, that’s mine. I know how to do that,'” she said.
While Graham had already appeared on several TV shows throughout the late ’90s, Alexis Bledel was relatively new to acting when she began playing Graham’s onscreen daughter, Rory, in 2000.
“I had decided to pursue acting, like, six months before I think this show got picked up. So it was really overwhelming,” said Bledel, who was attending NYU at the time.
Graham added, “The camera work on that show is very specific and we really had to hit certain marks, which especially when you start out, is just a foreign concept.”
Graham would often grab Bledel and lead her in the right direction while filming.
“In the beginning, people are like, ‘You have such great chemistry.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m mauling her. That’s why,'” Graham joked.
Finally, the cast addressed recent rumors of a Gilmore Girls reunion movie.
“I’m all in. I mean, absolutely all in,” said Scott Patterson, who played Lorelai’s love interest Luke Danes.
Graham assured fans, “There’s nothing standing in our way. There’s, for sure, willingness.”
During the panel Saturday, Sherman-Palladino said there was nothing in the works at the moment, but hinted that an onscreen reunion isn’t entirely out of the question.
“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,” she said.
She added, “And I think that if it ever came around, we would all jump in and do it. And if it ever happens, I promise you we’ll do it correctly.”
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