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hellojojo123 · 06-29-2007, 03:55 AM

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edmontonsun.com - Showbiz: Movies, TV and Theatre - 'World-wife tour' phase
Playing the wife of Steve Carell's modern-day Noah turned out to be a godsend for Lauren Graham.

"After years and years of talking fast and being sassy, I was happy to do something simpler."

In other words, no more being one-half of the quippy motor-mouthed, mother-daughter duo of The Gilmore Girls.

The acclaimed series ended its seven-season run last month, freeing up the 40-year-old Graham to concentrate on what she cheerfully calls her "world-wife tour."

With the Biblical-themed comedy Evan Almighty in theatres, Graham has just finished work on an independent drama with Matthew Perry (the pair star as a dysfunctional married couple) and is due this summer in Toronto to portray Greg Kinnear's spouse in Flash of Genius.

"I'm just glad the projects don't resemble each other. I seriously thought I would be planting an herb garden (right now). I'm happy to be floating around doing stuff ... The only downside of having a steady job on television is (part) of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next and the variety. I had this feeling a couple years into the show, 'What do I miss?' It was the unexpected and not knowing what the next thing would be and whether I would get it or not get it.

THE UNKNOWN

"So to get back to that unknown is -- I'm sure after a while it will drive me crazy -- but for now it feels really nice ... I feel like I've earned that ... I put in a lot of time at one thing and now I get to reap the benefits. If you think about it, I could be a doctor by now if I had gone to medical school instead of Gilmore Girls."

That is not to suggest the decision to conclude the series -- a mutual one for Graham, co-star Alexis Bledel and the network -- came easily.

"You feel so attached. It's like that project becomes a person and you want to leave the project in the right place. So it was really a struggle.

"I think we felt to do that show cost a certain amount of time and dedication. It never got easier. Usually in years five, six, seven, you get into a routine and the days become normal and it never happened there. It was just the nature of the language and the big long shots and the fact it was mainly just the two of us ... At the end of the day, there wasn't a way to do it differently. It was going to cost them a whole lot to renegotiate (contracts) with everyone, so it felt right (to end it). But the angst about it also felt right. It's one of the best jobs I ever had, so it was hard to leave."

Not that Graham is ruling out a return to the small screen some day. "I love television. I would go back, for sure. But again, the next thing will be a disaster and last three episodes -- that's just the odds."

For the time being, though, Graham is buoyed by the cache of being a recently-retired Gilmore girl.

"The reputation of the show has been a huge help," she says, adding with a laugh, "But what a lot of directors still like is Bad Santa."

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