Lauren Graham - Lauren Newsstand # 2 - You have some news? C´mon ..share it with us

**Nikki Heat** · 04-08-2005, 11:55 AM

brining over from the last thread

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Ausiello strikes again - read with caution

http://www.tvguide.com/news/insider/050408b.asp

Lauren Graham Dishes Girls, Guys
by Michael Ausiello

Lauren Graham

If there's any justice in the world, come September, Gilmore Girls leading lady Lauren Graham will be standing on stage at the Shrine Auditorium clutching a certain gold statue with sharp, pointy wings. Of course, when it comes to the annual Emmy derby, justice can be an elusive thing — and that's particularly true for WB stars. "Lauren should have been nominated 110 years ago," asserts Gilmore's creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino. For her part, the 38-year-old actress prefers not to dwell on such matters, insisting, "Most of the positive stuff that's happened to me has just dropped out of nowhere." Well, there's certainly been a lot of positive stuff going on in Stars Hollowland this season, thanks in large part to the long-awaited romance between Graham's Lorelai and Scott Patterson's Luke. During a shooting break on the show's Burbank, Calif., set, Graham opened up about Girls' current creative and ratings resurgence, life after Lorelai and her controversial comments about would-be spoiler Christopher.

TVGuide.com: The show is on fire this year. Are you happy with the new, romance-driven stories?
Lauren Graham: To me, the juiciest stuff, the scenes I love the most, are the ones within the family. I love the relationship between Kelly Bishop (Emily) and Lorelai. That relationship is as essential as the Lorelai-Rory relationship. We have two mother-daughter stories and those are, to me, the core of the show.

TVG: And what about Luke and Lorelai?
Graham: It's been fun to have Lorelai in a relationship. I always thought that [Lorelai] is someone whose development was arrested as a teenager, having been faced with raising this child and going off on her own. It made sense to me that she was sort of immature in terms of being able to handle men. But you want to see growth and development, so this relationship makes sense. I'm not sure where it ends up. Is this a three-year story, a four-year story...? Is it Luke and Lorelai together? Is it Rory's father, Christopher? Is it Rory and Lorelai holding hands and jumping off a cliff? Is it a wacky double wedding in Paris? I don't know.

TVG: Why haven't Luke and Lorelai said the L-word to one another?
Graham: It's not that it hasn't happened, we just haven't seen it. I assume that they are saying "I love you" to each other, but we just haven't seen it. I remember Amy saying, "We want Luke to be the same, but now you're together." This is how Luke would do it. That's what's appealing about him.

TVG: In January, you raised a bit of a stink when you told me you thought Lorelai belonged with Christopher, not Luke (Ask Ausiello 1/26). Fans see it very differently.
Graham: I was speaking in terms of the show's idyllic point of view. I think the wish-fulfillment element would dictate that the family gets back together. But I also think Luke-Lorelai is very appealing.

TVG: Some have speculated that you chose Christopher because you and Scott don't get along.
Graham: No, that's just what I used to feel. [Luke-Lorelai] could be interesting and gratifying. I was more thinking about where the story started. Is the answer her even ending up with a man? I don't really know.

TVG: So, how is your relationship with Scott?
Graham: It's fine. I think these characters have a great chemistry and that does mirror our chemistry as people. We're not intimates. We talk kind of how we talk [on the show]. We work well together.

TVG: But you're not best friends.
Graham: No. [Pause] It's a very happy set. It's a very functioning, working set, and I think some of that is helped by us having a little bit of a life outside. But I'm here an average of 50 hours a week, so there isn't a lot of socializing for any of us.

TVG: How has your relationship with Alexis Bledel [Rory] changed?
Graham: It's mainly from her. She's really grown up. She was a different person when she got here. She got here when she was 19. I hate to sound like her TV mom, but she's really blossomed. She bought a house, she's embraced that [acting] is something that she's good at. When she got here, she didn't know anything; she just had no experience. It's a tough adjustment for anybody. But we have always, always had a really positive time together. And that's something that I really value and really feel proud of. We are a team.

TVG: How long do you see the show lasting?
Graham: I see it going seven [seasons], partially because there are very few TV stories that need to be told beyond that — especially in a drama that's not procedural. In terms of my life, I'd like to be working different hours. I would like to start a family. I would like to shift the balance. It used to be that all I could do was watch Oprah and go to the gym. And now I work these long days and... it has taken a toll.

TVG: How would you feel about going on next season without Amy and Dan Palladino?
Graham: I think, at this point, it would be a terrible idea. We are in a successful time. We've had our ups and downs, but it's not a show that has ever had anyone else with the vision that [they] have — especially if we have two more years. You can feel when someone else is trying to write Gilmore Girlish dialogue... I just think it's a bad idea.

TVG: Amy says she already knows what the last two words on the show's final episode will be. Any guesses?
Graham: We've all been asking her about this. She won't tell me. I'm like, "Is it 'I do?' Is it 'Stop talking'?" Maybe it's "Cats rock!"

TVG: In your opinion, who has been the best extra ever to grace Gilmore Girls?
Graham: [Laughs] Oh, there was this guy from TV Guide once, he had this whole backstory about a hooker and I was like, 'Dude, whatever...' Oh, wait — that was you!

TVG: Good answer!

For more news, check out the old thread

hane · 04-08-2005, 12:08 PM

Thanks Suz for the new thread.

TVG: So, how is your relationship with Scott?
Graham: It's fine. I think these characters have a great chemistry and that does mirror our chemistry as people. We're not intimates. We talk kind of how we talk [on the show]. We work well together.

TVG: But you're not best friends.
Graham: No. [Pause] It's a very happy set. It's a very functioning, working set, and I think some of that is helped by us having a little bit of a life outside. But I'm here an average of 50 hours a week, so there isn't a lot of socializing for any of us.

Dang! Doesn't sound too good for L/S shippers.. Oh well, there's always BTR!

Java_Angel86 · 04-08-2005, 12:16 PM

Thanks for the new thread Suz

I just read it, nice interview. She at least admits that her and Scott have chemistry as people as well... and yes they aren't best of friends... they are lovers

**Nikki Heat** · 04-08-2005, 12:23 PM

youre both welcome

hehe and I agree..they arent best friends they are lovers

but yeah Vera.. it doenst sound good ..thats what I thought when I read it for the first time... it seemed like she didnt want to answer those questions ...

hane · 04-08-2005, 12:26 PM

Ah yes, always good to hang around with L/S shippers!

Cat way to go for not being fazed by that article...

They are definitely LOVERS...

Ok I feel happier again!

**Nikki Heat** · 04-08-2005, 12:31 PM

heh .. we live in our own world .. the BTR world .. and in this world .. they are the perfect couple .. and well .. it could ve worse in reality ..they could hate each other .. but they dont .. she agrees they have chemistry ... thats something .. isnt it?

Java_Angel86 · 04-08-2005, 12:35 PM

Looking at the article from the POV of a person who doesn't know the truth

I think Lauren gets on fine with Scott, they aren't best of friends or hang outside set because as she says they work long hours together and they don't have much time to socialise with friends as it is so that's perfectly natural. I think people expect that since they are best friends on the show that they have to be in real life and because they aren't people say they don't like each other and I think Lauren is just tired of that rumour. Just because they aren't best friends they don't like each other?... well then we all wouldn't like a lot of people. So yeah I really think she's just tired of hearing it and doesn't like being asked about it because it's not true and it's hard to explain why without people taking it the wrong way and thinking she doesn't like Scott at all. Does that make sense?

Lol and back into my mind frame... yes they are LOVERS

hane · 04-08-2005, 12:37 PM

Haha, yeah we are BTRzens..
Well, yeah, at least they don't hate each other.. I guess that's the comforting part..

**Nikki Heat** · 04-08-2005, 12:37 PM

lol well thanks for your 2 cents

But I can nderstand that Lauren is tired of hearing those rumours or answering such questions

Java_Angel86 · 04-08-2005, 12:47 PM

Yeah I don't blame her for being like that! Lets just stay in the BTR land for now

@ Hane I just noticed your sig - haha nice one girl, I feel honoured!

Conny · 04-08-2005, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Java_Angel86

Lets just stay in the BTR land for now

I left BTR land for a tiny moment after I read the interview, but then I watched the Backstage special, read the quotes they said about each other and the posts of you, my fellow L/S shippers - and I´m back now!

"We talk kind of how we talk [on the show]." < That is the sentence I´m clinging to now. It means there is at least teasing and flirting going on between them.

**Nikki Heat** · 04-08-2005, 12:59 PM

hehe okay now i´m feelling better .. cause if you put it like that ..-. theres still hope

Java_Angel86 · 04-08-2005, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ch19777

I left BTR land for a tiny moment after I read the interview, but then I watched the Backstage special, read the quotes they said about each other and the posts of you, my fellow L/S shippers - and I´m back now!

"We talk kind of how we talk [on the show]." < That is the sentence I´m clinging to now. It means there is at least teasing and flirting going on between them.

Yeah I did too but then I just thought about it more, I honestly think the interview makes it look a lot worse than it is. I mean she admits there's chemistry and they talk like they do on the show... seriously things aren't looking so bad with me when I see that

. I just stick to the idea she's tired of being asked about her relationship off-screen with Scott.

**Nikki Heat** · 04-08-2005, 01:32 PM

and shes running out news to tell

.. I mean they already told that they are sleeping together .. or that they´re dating

so ...

hane · 04-08-2005, 01:55 PM

Yes, this whole issue is starting to feel a lot more optimistic now...

We'll just cling to the happier parts of the interview...

Lauren seems like she wants to avoid talking about Scott probably because there is a lot more happening and we all know how private she is.

So things that I'm bringing back after all the analysis

Lauren is tired of answering about the not getting along with scott rumours because they are actually getting along very well (read along the lines of... LOVERS!) and she doesn't want to keep on telling white lies..

Cat been using that signature for quite a while..

Haha, well really love BTR so I'm glad your okay with me using it..

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