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Title: Alexis' first language is Spanish. She learned English in school.

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Alexis was in the music video for Less Than Jake. Check it out and tell us what you think! Go here

"'She's Gonna Break Soon' has Alexis from the Gilmore Girls acting in it. We met her through a mutual friend at the house we were recording "anthem" at. She was quiet and nice at the shoot even in the middle of a couple hundred strangers and did the video for free and on top of all that she's a total pro. She rules. No kidding."
-Less Than Jake

List of Reasons:

We [img]smilies/love.gif[/img] Alexis
1. She's a quick study!
2. Sometimes she feels like a big dork.
3. She's not nervy just honest!
4. She went to film school in NYC.
5. She's a model turned actress!
6. She was the lead in her first movie - Tuck Everlasting!
7. 'Cause Wendy's 99 cent chicken nuggets make her really happy.
8. 'Cause she's diplomatic!
9. 'Cause she's "like a little Betty Homemaker!"
10. 'Cause she won't bare it all
11. 'Cause she absolutely refuses to eat shellfish!
12. 'Cause she keeps in touch with her younger side by eating Rainbow Sherbert ice cream!
13. Because she loves Target! How down to earth of her!
14. 'Cause she loves to spend time with her family
15. 'Cause she is Rory (ASP)
16. 'Cause she's a lovely person (Lauren)
17. 'Cause she wants to go back and finish college
18. 'Cause she's "Baby G" (chat with Lauren, Alexis, and Kelly)
19. 'Cause she was on the cover of Vanity Fair!
20. 'Cause her big blue eyes are insane!
21. 'Cause she worked with Oscar winners Sissy Spacek, Ben Kingsley, and William Hurt all in one movie.
22. 'Cause she's branching out and doing independent movies like The Orphan King.
23. 'Cause she'd love to go back to college
24. 'Cause she loves to attend concerts
25. 'Cause she can memorize morning talk shows verbatim
26. 'Cause she doesn't need to have her face plastered everywhere
27. 'Cause she'd love to do a Spanish language production
28. 'Cause she hates when people tell girls to lose weight
29. 'Cause her motto is to wear comfortable shoes, everything's easier that way
30. 'Cause traffic drives her crazy!
31. 'Cause she's shy
32. 'Cause she's glad she gets to portray someone different
33. 'Cause she's incredibly sensitive and intuitive. (Lauren Graham)
34. 'Cause she's genuine. (Milo Ventimiglia)
35. 'Cause she is classic. (Director of Tuck Everlating Jay Russell)
36. 'Cause she is a very special kid.(Amy Sherman-Palladino)
37. 'Cause conversations with adults are better then with people her own age. (Biography Article)
38. 'Cause she hates shell fish
39. 'Cause she's got a good soul.(Amy Sherman-Palladino)
40. 'Cause she doesn's know how good or smart she really is.(Amy Sherman-Palladino)
41. Cause she's in a music video
42. Cause she actively promotes volunteerism
43. Cause she's involved with FirstBook in promoting literacy
44. Cause she would not appear on a Maxim cover to get more attention
45. Cause she got her hair cut at Supercuts as a child
46. Cause she's "under the table stealth" (not tipping, rather than verbally attacking) when the hair stylist screws up her hair
47. Reason #20 addendum: Cause those EYES!! (Her eyes are too insane to take up just one reason.)
48. Cause she surprised her mom on Mother's Day by flying back home
49. Cause she's the "Next in Line" (InStyle March 2004)
50. Cause she was the first audition for "Tuck Everlasting," and got the part when she walked in
51. Cause she was sick during her audition for "Gilmore Girls," and ASP begged her to play Rory
52. 'Cause she's like 14 year old when they bring in ice cream. (ASP)
53. 'Cause she didn't know what "hit your mark" meant.
54. 'Cause she can extend her childhood a little longer playing Rory.
55. 'Cause she's an old person trapped in a young person's body
56. 'Cause she had a whole system to get out of gym (forging signatures).
57. 'Cause she took the test for the Census bureau but never heard back from them (well she's on Gilmore Girls now!)
58. 'Cause she'll read pretty much anything
59. 'Cause she hopes it not going to be boy sagas for the rest of Gilmore Girls' run.
60. 'Cause she speaks with such grace and is so focused and centered. (Page Parkes)
61. 'Cause she's using Goldilocks as a catharsis for playing such a sweet person daily.
62. 'Cause she's like 14 year old when they bring in ice cream. (ASP)
63. 'Cause she didn't know what "hit your mark" meant.
64. 'Cause she can extend her childghood a little longer playing Rory.
65. 'Cause she's an old person trapped in a young person's body
66. 'Cause she had a whole system to get out of gym (forging signatures).
67. 'Cause she took the test for the Census bureau but never heard back from them (well she's on Gilmore Girls now!)
68. 'Cause she'll read pretty much anything
69. 'Cause she hopes it not going to be boy sagas for the rest of Gilmore Girls' run.
70. 'Cause she speaks with such grace and is so focused and centered. (Page Parkes)
71. 'Cause she's using Goldilocks as a catharsis for playing such a sweet person daily.
72. 'Cause she's obsessed with Dolly Parton! Who'da thunk it?

We [img]smilies/love.gif[/img] Rory
1. She reads anything and everything.
2. She attacts cute boys like bees to honey!
3. She's in the top 3% of her class!
4. She's Chilton Prep's Vice President!
5. She's the sweetest kid in the whole world.
6. 'Cause she's like Lorelai, only she's got a slightly firmer grasp on reality.
7. 'Cause she's patriotic!
8. 'Cause she can read a map.
9. 'Cause she doesn't want to flaunt it.
10. 'Cause she's really into the environment (SIAM)
11. 'Cause she's a prude and we love her because of that (AFM)
12. 'Cause she's a momma's girl (LFDAY)
13. 'Cause she wanted to live in a house made of cheese or chocolate (TISL)
14. 'Cause she let her best friend stay in the dorm room (ITCAC)
15. 'Cause she daily admires her mom's life (SIAM)
16. 'Cause some day she will be the reigning Lorelai (TRL)
17. 'Cause she has no idea how to act on a date (TFTA)
18. 'Cause she was Chilton's valedictorian
19. 'Cause apparently, she's the biggest virgin in the world. (TBO)
20. 'Cause she's going to Yale!
21. 'Cause she works at the Yale Daily News, and she's majoring in English and Political Science!
22. 'Cause she had to drop a class.
23. 'Cause she knows how to hover
24. 'Cause she finds nothing excited before 11
25. 'Cause she gave Naked guy her robe
26. 'Cause she has a crush on a cartoon (the sleeping beauty prince not the cinderella one)
27. 'Cause she and her mom are freakishly linked
28. 'Cause she's been frittering away her whole life
29. 'Cause Lorelai is her guidepost for everything
30. 'Cause she gave her mom the world's largest pizza sort of.
31. 'Cause she got into Harvard, Princeton and Yale
32. 'Cause she's so proud of her little success (Lorelai)
33. 'Cause she loves to help.(TMT)
34. 'Cause Luke cares more about her then he does himself.(TMT)
35. 'Cause somebody hit her with the pretty stick.(RD)
36. 'Cause she is lovely on the inside and out.(TRL)
37. Cause she called Digger Scooper
38. Cause no one has better deadpan delivery
39. Cause May-Ming Dynasty relationships gross her out
40. Cause she made Jess put away his cigarette (LTGB)
41. Cause like her mother, she's an unapologetic mocker
42. Cause she sang "Baby Face" without ever saying the word "Baby"
43. Cause she attended a debutante ball just for her grandmother (PLR)
44. Cause she got hit by a deer, she didn't hit the deer (TDH)
45. Cause she rolled into a ditch on her first pony ride.
46. Cause she's not really a mean Girl Scout (LDaT).
47. 'Cause she doesn't want lipgloss that resembles a breakfast cereal
48. 'Cause she's not writing a love letter, a diary, or a slam book, she's doing the assignment
49. 'Cause she doesn't want her skirt to be too short
50. 'Cause she sucks at group sports
51. 'Cause she loves being a private school girl
52. 'Cause she's got good taste
53. 'Cause she babbles
54. 'Cause she timed the drive to Hartford
55. 'Cause she's not unbelievably self-centered
56. 'Cause she has her own things
57. 'Cause she's not Lorelai
58. 'Cause she had a good comeback
59. 'Cause she can't let a perfectly good plaid skirt go to waste
60. 'Cause she doesn't want to be labeled "the late girl"
61. 'Cause she has a 4.0 GPA
62. 'Cause she's low maintenence, like a Honda
63. 'Cause she was in the German club
64. 'Cause she doesn't want to be Cokie Roberts, Oprah, Rosie or one of the women from The View
65. 'Cause she has a nice stripper name
66. 'Cause she's a "dixie chick" (Louise)
67. 'Cause she's Lorelai's hero
68. 'Cause she's Sookie's hero, too
69. 'Cause in addition to Lorelai and Sookie, she's Jackson's hero, too
70. 'Cause she didn't know what the name Mary meant
71. 'Cause she won't let Lorelai date Luke. Oh, wait. That's why we hate her.
72. 'Cause she's not really the athletic type
73. 'Cause she has a yen for traveling
74. 'Cause she wants to travel around Europe with her mom (and they did!).
75. 'Cause she told Lorelai she got a foot fungus from the steam room to make her feel better.
76. 'Cause who would've imagined that a young girl could enjoy a simple afternoon with her grandfather.
77.'Cause she needs serious paper.
78. 'Cause she's a smart girl and smart girls are mean.
79. 'Cause she'll help Lorelai push people out of the way when they're going for her size.
80. 'Cause she got hit by a deer and then stopped to check if it was all right.
81. 'Cause for the last time the name is RORY!
82. 'Cause she's not really the athletic type
83. 'Cause she has a yen for traveling
84. 'Cause she wants to travel around Europe with her mom (and they did!).
85. 'Cause she told Lorelai she got a foot fungus from the steam room to make her feel better.
86. 'Cause who would've imagined that a young girl could enjoy a simple afternoon with her grandfather.
87. 'Cause she needs serious paper.
88. 'Cause she's a smart girl and smart girls are mean.
89. 'Cause she'll help Lorelai push people out of the way when they're going for her size.
90. 'Cause she got hit by a deer and then stopped to check if it was all right.
91. 'Cause for the last time the name is RORY!
92. Because she's eight and her favorite hobby is making necklaces out of gum wrappers.

***If you have more to add, let us know!

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What did Amy Sherman-Palladino see in Alexis?

"She's got this angel face. She's just so beautiful. And despite how beautiful she is, Alexis is truly an amazing kid. She's just a good soul. She's got a good heart, and she just doesn't know how good or smart she is.

"She's just a kid. She's so real. There's nothing false that comes out of her. And she is innocent. I was looking for innocence, and that's something that's really hard to find in kids who work. When kids work, they're not so innocent anymore.

"She just is Rory. You'll be talking to her one minute having an adult conversation and someone will bring in an ice cream, and she's like 14 years old. `ICE CREAM!' She's a very special kid."

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[SamiJoe]

I don't think I've noticed those intro pics before. I love 'em. Alexis looks so young!

[ilovetheshins]

Yet another great start, Alexis! Surely we should try to add more reasons to love Alexis and Rory... I feel as if 13 and 9 don't reflect how awesome we think she is.

[Dolce & Gabbana]

Thanks for the new thre Alexis [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Wow, I haven't seen some of those pictures in the first post..They look great!!!

Now when GG stops filming in April, do you think she will promote her movie Dysenchanted?

[SamiJoe]

Originally posted by Cute_Fantasy: <STRONG>Now when GG stops filming in April, do you think she will promote her movie Dysenchanted?</STRONG>

I don't know...it's just a short movie. I wish I could see it. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

[crcheerchick06]

Originally posted by ilovetheshins: <STRONG> Surely we should try to add more reasons to love Alexis and Rory... I feel as if 13 and 9 don't reflect how awesome we think she is.</STRONG>

I agree there are alot more we can come up with. Great start Alexis!

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Originally posted by crcheerchick06: <STRONG>I agree there are alot more we can come up with.</STRONG>

Well hop to it kids! I did the first 10. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Glad ya'll like the intro and got to see some new pics. There really are too many good pictures of her.

[curlyhead]

More Reasons why we love Rory:

'Cause she's really into the environment (SIAM)

'Cause she's a prude and we love her because of that (AFM)

'Cause she's a momma's girl (LFDAY)

'Cause she wanted to live in a house made of cheese or chocolate (TISL)

'Cause she let her best friend stay in the dorm room (ITCAC)

'Cause she daily admires her mom's life (SIAM)

'Cause some day she will be the reigning Lorelai (TRL)

'Cause she has no idea how to act on a date (TFTA)

'Cause she was Chilton's valedictorian

More Reasons why we love Alexis:

'Cause she loves to spend time with her family

'Cause she is Rory (ASP)

'Cause she's a lovely person (Lauren)

'Cause she wants to go back and finish college

'Cause she's "Baby G" (chat with Lauren, Alexis, and Kelly)

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[Nutters]

Hi! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

More reasons why we love Rory:
'Cause apparently, she's the biggest virgin in the world. (TBO)

I'm wondering: why is Alexis' mother tongue Spanish? Are her parents Spanish?

Oh, and maybe you want to use the infinitive for the title 'Will we ever get to hear her hablar español'. I mean you would use infinitive if the sentence was fully Spanish 'Vamos a oirla hablar español?' Sorry for geeking around [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] (Spanish is my mother tongue too)

[curlyhead]

Alexis's mother was born in Mexico and her dad is from Argentina.

[Nutters]

I didn't know that, thanks! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I would love to hear her talk Spanish [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

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LOL, I was waiting for someone to correct my grammar. I took 4 years of French and I can barely write in that, Spanish is even more foreign to me.

Updated the Reasons lists, keep em coming!

Does anyone else think Alexis looks like Kate Bosworth in that picture with the dark hair and red top? Just me? [img]smilies/look.gif[/img]

[Nutters]

lol, Alexis, same with me and French! It is really mean, while French and Spanish words are really similar, the grammar is partly really different. I have lots of problems when choosing verbs in French...

I don't know who Kate Bosworth is, but Alexis doesn't look like herself in that pic.

[SamiJoe]

In the pics section, row 1, number 2, where is that picture from?

About the Spanish, they had a good chance, there. When Lorelai was writing down what Spanish phrases they needed to know for their trip, they should have had Rory say them in Spanish. Although, the reasoning behind that is probably pretty good, because it'd be weird to all of a sudden have Rory speak perfect Spanish. And I don't think Lauren knows how to, so they'd have to have Rory do it and Lorelai not. Okay, so it was a good idea not to do it.

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Originally posted by SamiJoe: <STRONG>In the pics section, row 1, number 2, where is that picture from?</STRONG>

Early modeling pics, this shot is from the same shoot. I'm not sure which, but I think it was for a teen magazine.

That would have been a good situation for her to speak Spanish in, Sami.