Watch: Gilmore Girls' Lauren Graham Reunites With Scott Patterson on Red Carpet for First Time in 9 YearsScott Patterson's next mission, should he choose to accept it? Keeping a straight face. Though the Gilmore Girls star feels nothing but admiration for the show's "iconoclastic sort of irreverence," there was one joke the actor who brought Luke Danes to life had trouble delivering. "I'm a fan of Tom Cruise, how can you not be?" Scott prefaced during an exclusive interview with E! News. "But Luke had a line-I think Kirk came in and I told him, 'There's nowhere to sit. Everything's taken.' He goes, 'Well, if I were Tom Cruise, where would you tell me to go or sit?' And my response was, 'An acting class.'" Stressing how he doesn't believe the sentiment on a personal level, which made it "hard to say," Scott conceded, "I thought it was extremely funny." "That's one of the elements of the show that makes you fall in love with it," the 67-year-old continued. "I think people are just tired of everybody sucking up to everybody. Here comes a show that's smart, really funny, and irreverent and heartfelt and small town. And it's just so good. It's just so fun to watch it."readGilmore Girls' Scott Patterson Shares His Unfiltered Opinion on Lorelai and Rory's BoyfriendsIn fact, it's that specific sense of humor, coupled with the show's cinematic elements, that captured Scott when he decided to finally watch the series for the first time, almost 15 years after its 2007 finale. "I'd seen the pilot when it first debuted," he said. "And then I swore I'd never watch it again, because I can't stand watching myself."Saeed Adyani/Netflix But when the four-part follow-up Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life debuted in 2016, and Scott was "forced" to watch the first episode at the premiere, his perspective began to shift. "I thought it was a very well done, studio-level rom-com," the Sullivan's Crossing actor admitted, "and just beautifully shot, beautifully acted, directed. I was knocked out by it." So, when at home during the COVID-19 lockdown four years later and looking for ways to pass the time, he had an idea: start a rewatch podcast (or in Scott's case, a first-time watch podcast). And thus, the iHeart podcast I Am All in...
Again With Scott Patterson was born. "So, I started giving my unfiltered opinions of everything," he said. "It's just understanding what the fan experience was when they first laid eyes on this beautiful show."NetflixLike so many Gilmore Girls viewers, Scott, "became hooked very quickly." "I was amazed at how smart it was and how funny it was-that's just right up my alley," he continued. "They're taking the piss out of a lot of people that nobody would even go near. So, there's a there's a lot of courage in the writing, and I respect the hell out of that." And to this day, 25 years after the show first aired, Scott marvels over how perfectly all the pieces fell together-for which he largely credits creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. "We did know in the beginning how lucky we all were to be cast in these roles," he said. "It was at a time when movie stars were migrating to television because the studios weren't making as many films anymore. So, none of us thought we had a chance, and Amy fought for every one of us. She didn't want names, she wanted the perfect actors to inhabit these roles." JC Olivera/Variety via Getty ImagesBeyond vouching for her cast, which also included Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel, Amy's voice proved to be a grounding force. "You've got a creator there who was operating fully, fully in touch with her emotional life and fully in touch with her instincts," Scott noted, "and listening to her gut, which is, in and of itself, unique." So it's not surprising that decades later he considers his time on the show to be a "gift," adding, "This is the show that just keeps on giving." For a look back at the BTS secrets that helped bring Gilmore Girls to life, read on.
Warner Bros. Television/Entertainment Pictures via ZUMA Press1. The show's fictional Stars Hollow-which has gone on to become one of TV's most beloved settings-was inspired by Amy Sherman-Palladino's unexpected visit to Washington, Conn. Charmed by the people she met, traditions she witnessed and the inn she stayed at, she left the small town with the concept for the series-including some of the pilot's dialogue. "If I can make people feel this much of what I felt walking around this fairy town," Sherman-Palladino told Deseret News, "I thought that would be wonderful." 2. Alexis Bledel had only one uncredited acting role on her resume and was a student at New York University when she auditioned for Rory. "I was very sick, I was a student at NYU, and they kept calling me back up to audition," Bledel recalled during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. "I think I went, like, six times. Oddly, I wasn't a very seasoned actor at all. I didn't know the process. I grew a tad bit impatient. I had a little attitude and our boss really