lorelaisgirl

CW Launch Party
The Lauren Graham Interview

MA: I’m with Lauren Graham, from Gilmore Girls, one of my favorite people in the entire world.
LG: That’s nice.
MA: Hello. How is it, being with me at this moment?
LG: I am overwhelmed, I’m nervous, I feel like a little girl. I would say it is the most important day of my life. Network – shmetwork, I’m standing here with you.
MA: What did you do last night to commemorate the passing of the WB?
LG: Uhm, well, I put away my Buffy shrine, finally, and I took down my Scott Wolf poster, because he’s on a new show, bye Everwood. And I uh, you know, I made out with the wrestler, because that’s the way you rate the new CW.
MA: Good for you, you’re a team player.
LG: Whatever. I just do what I can, for the, you know, the new people.
MA: So you know, I broke a little news on TVGuide.com to be scow about—
LG: Oh my God, what is it?
MA: Just the actress Lauren Graham appearing on the hottest new show this season, I think it’s called Studio 60?
LG: You, like, live in my kitchen. It’s so weird. I love Studio 60, I’m totally bananas for it, I did, like, a little thing but I play myself. This is my first time playing myself. I’m the best character ever. And uh, I love that show, I love this writing, you know, I have friends on the show and it’s just really, really fun, and I love my show, but I had a great time over there.
MA: So, what’s Lauren Graham like in real life?
LG: God, I couldn’t even begin to tell you, she’s so complex and deep, God, is she deep. No, I do nothing, except, I have a fun scene with Matthew and I introduce Sting, I – oh! Wait, I’m not supposed to say that!
MA: Oh no, that’s great, something exclusive, keep going. What else can’t you say?
[Lauren is bend over, laughing]
MA: No, no, don’t worry about it, we’ll cut that, we’ll cut that.
LG: No, you won’t, I know you, you so won’t!
MA: No, no, no, we will. Okay, so you introduce Sting.
LG: I introduce Bono. Which one is the truth? I introduce Bruce Springsteen; why are all my musical references from the eighties?
MA: So, aren’t you in a scene with Matthew?
LG: Yeah.
MA: Okay. That’s great.
LG: So, now I’m fired from, like, every job I’ve ever had.
MA: [to someone trying to pull Lauren away] okay, they’re backing away. [to Lauren] they’re telling you it’s time to go. [to someone pulling Lauren away] no, no, real quick.
LG: I guess I’m in trouble now.
MA: I have a question about Gilmore Girls. I never had a chance.
LG: Oh, okay, all right, fine. [to the one who was trying to pull her away] It’s okay, I can talk to them.
MA: Are you enjoying the season?
LG: Yes, I am.
MA: A little bit more creative control? Like, can you go in there – I read a story –
LG: You read the Entertainment Weekly.
MA: I read the story, yeah.
LG: He’s there on the day—
MA: “She’s back there writing lines”.
LG: Well, he was there on a particular day, that’s not what happens all the time, but yeah, it’s a little looser, but it’s still – these are amazing writers and, you know, it’s – the scripts are really remaining intact. It’s like once in a while, if something runs long or, you know, whatever, we can move it a little bit more, but I don’t know, is that better or worse? It’s nothing necessarily.
MA: Have you talked to Amy and Dan, recently?
LG: Yes. Well, I – I mean like an email-thing with Amy and, you know, I know about her new pilot, and you know, yeah.
MA: And uh, a big event coming up in November, we can’t really say what it is.
LG: Thanksgiving?
MA: No, not Thanksgiving. A big event in Lorelai’s life, we don’t want to give it away, I happen to know about it, because I know everything.
LG: Her birthday?
MA: No, no, no, can you tease anything about it?
LG: I don’t know what it is! Literally you know things before I know them!
MA: [whispering in Lauren’s ear] She gets married to Christopher.
LG: I don’t know that!
MA: You don’t know about that?
LG: I don’t know about that.
MA: Okay, that’s fine, can you say anything else is coming up?
LG: [Southern Belle accent?????]Suddenly I’ve gone blank, I don’t remember anything.
MA: We’re not gonna give it away.
LG: I certainly didn’t talk about anybody who plays any music. Grrr.
MA: Can you say anything else about what’s coming up?
LG: About the show? No, I don’t even remember it, you know, like, I spend the whole day memorizing things and then I leave and then it’s a little like birds chirping, it’s like there’s nothing there anymore.
MA: But you’re having a good time?
LG: Yes. I’m having a really good time.
MA: Is this gonna be the last season?
LG: I’ve no idea. I’ve honestly no idea. It depends on so many things and I – it’s not up to me and no-one has talked about it one way or the other, I’ve no idea. I will tell you first, you know I will.
MA: You promise?
LG: Yeah.
MA: Okay, Lauren, this has been wonderful.
LG: It’s been really great.
MA: They’re pulling you away now, so, bye.
LG: Bye!

blaab

Yeah, I am thinking either LGs Studio 60 **** revelation or the MA uncovering of the L/C wedding is the cause of this movie being down. I am thinking the latter is the reason though ... well, I am glad I already saw it 3 times

Jason, Scott definitely said some nice things about the Anna/April situation ... some reasoning I heard before on this thread

~~ CherylS ~~

I guess what killed L&L for me is that Luke can only have one serious relationship at a time and this time it's April.
Lorelai has been through it already with Rory and she now realizes it shouldn't have been all about Rory.
Both are doing/did what they thought was right. Both will live with the results. I can live with the end result.
Maybe they both feel Emily was right...you get a girl pregnant, you marry her. I see Luke and Anna in our future. The way SP talked about the Anna stuff, I can see them having it out and then getting together. Luke will date but Anna will always be there, etc. He doesn't like hassles and with Lorelai (engaged -hope not - married) he will pick the easy/family way - the mother of his child.
My feeling is if this the last season we might get C&L. If there are more, we will end with L&L.
But I'm hoping the writing is good and it is presented well and however it ends some of us will be satisfied. For the record, I'd love to see L&L together but not the L&L of last season.

lorelaisgirl

thank god I got the whole thing transcribed before the thing freaked!! I feel good, dundundundundundundun. (From the AH commercial blaab

Edited for my own reasons.

caf123

Just a friendly reminder not to spill spoilers about other shows on this board, or put them in spoiler tags ... for fellow posters who don't want to be spoiled for other shows.

AbbyRae

thanks lorelaisgirl ! What a little **** MA is....He told LG he would cut the Studio 60 spoiler! Dude, he's gonna loose all his source people if he keeps blabbing like this.

AkaranafeatMeeko

thanks so much for the transcript and I am really curious what they will cut out

vaso

Edited because lorelaisgirl changed the original message.

blaab

Well, nice of you to mention it's from the AH commercial, because I don't think I would have recognised the dundundun ...

Nice of you to BEAT MA to it !!! That's a nice question to ask him on Ask Ausiello ... so what did you ask LG ... was it: Lore*ai and *hris *et *arried? Oh No Comment ...

or yeah it could still be about the Studio 60 spoiler Abby ! He did say he would cut it out ...

Caf, I changed my earlier reference to the Studio 60 spoiler ... there are asteriks now, seems appropiate ...

lilmelodie

He's reminding me of Cindy Brady who had a hard time keeping secrets.

ETA:

AbbyRae

seriously..I wonder what thats all about. Maybe he was just so excited to talk to her, he lost all coherent thought. Or he just wants to look like a bad ass knowing all this stuff before the actors.

TheJSW

Cheryl, no offense, but I do not think for a minute you know how Luke works. Yeah, that's all sorts of audacious, but reading your opinions on this matter for months. I sort of am only half-way talking (figuratively) out of my ass.

Luke is not in a relationship with his daughter. He is trying to forge one. He is trying to forge a relationship with his family, and he fears family leaving. This causes him to be scared. The only safety he felt was in Lorelai's backing of what he was doing. That you and others that agree with you, refuse to see Lorelai's silence as anything more than a betrayal...equates to one of those "This is how democracy dies. With thunderous applause." moments. Luke would have let her in. He most likely thought he did for a while. Lorelai was the one that made him believe something that was a lie. You cannot blame the guy for being a dad, but you love to do that...dont you Cheryl? The kids come first...at least they do for Luke. Since everything else, realistically between adults, should sort itself out later. Too bad he was with someone that had ****ty follow through and a inability to back people up when they really need it.

gjoni

Sorry, but go HERE, and it's still working fine!

ETA - BUT, they DID cut it out - the L/C marriage!

lorelaisgirl

in the one with all the interviews, they cut the whispering part!

AbbyRae

thanks. He cut out the CL getting married spoiler, but not the studio 60 one. What a shmuck.