Lauren Graham Reveals Luke Wasn't Originally Lorelai's Love Interest on 'Gilmore Girls'
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The 'Parenthood' star also said that her 'Gilmore Girls' TV mom Kelly Bishop had suggested her to date Peter Krause long before the two began dating.

AceShowbiz - Lauren Graham just launched her new book "Talking as Fast as I Can" on November 29. In the memoir, the actress opens up about some of her good and bad memories of starring as Lorelai Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls".

In her new memoir, the actress reveals that Luke (Scott Patterson) wasn't originally her love interest. "Wow. Scott Patterson. You know, that part wasn't necessarily the inevitable love interest for Lorelai that it became. He was simply Cute Grouchy Diner Owner in the beginning," she explains, "and it could have gone in any number of directions, but Luke took on a more important role because of Scott's special sexiness, which was mixed with a gruffness that was the perfect contrast to Lorelai's chirpy cheerfulness."

Graham admits that she almost had to drop out of the series because she was involved in another show at the time. She says, "A few months later, the show was picked up, which was exciting but also worrisome, because I wasn't actually available to do it. I was still on another show, Don Roos' 'M.Y.O.B.' for NBC. I'd been cast in 'Gilmore Girls' in second position, meaning that if NBC decided they wanted to keep going with 'M.Y.O.B.', I'd have to be replaced on 'Gilmore Girls'."

The actress also confesses that she actually forgot Lorelai got married to Christopher. She says, "Christopher and Lorelai get married in Paris. Okay. I have to admit, this seemed so odd to me back then (especially after all that time apart; I just don't think Lorelai would get married without Rory present) that I somehow managed to completely forget it ever happened."

On her least favorite scene on the show, Graham says it was her extended fight with Rory (Alexis Bledel) in season 6. "I have to admit I struggled with the Lorelai and Rory separation. It went on for a while, and Lorelai was so crabby with her for several episodes, not to mention that I missed my favorite scene partner...," she shares. "I remember talking about it with Amy, who felt it was important developmentally that this always-close relationship hit a significant growing pain. Still, I felt bad in scenes where I kept holding a grudge."

She then recalls the first time she met Bledel, "Alexis Bledel and I met for the very first time in the lobby of a hotel in Toronto. Can you believe that? We'd both been cast in the show without ever having met. I was cast very late in the process.... So there was no time for a chemistry read.... There'd been no time for anyone to even see us standing side by side, just to make sure we looked related.... She was only eighteen years old, but kind and curious, and beautiful of course. I had a good feeling about us from the start. We clicked as friends right away too. But it was all a stroke of luck!"

After they got closer, Bledel talked Graham out of a getting a tattoo. "I was prattling on to Alexis about the possibility of getting a tattoo and the exciting potential of designing it myself, because, I explained, that's where the real fun was, the real artistry... After I went on and on about my fantasy post-tattoo anymore. Why? Because through her (more mature) eyes I suddenly saw the inherent futility of it," she says.

Graham also reveals that Bledel and her were the only cast members who knew the show was ending after season 7. She claims, "I found out much later that Alexis and I were the only cast members who were officially informed, and others found out in far less conventional ways. Edward Herrmann learned the show was canceled from the clerk at his video store in Connecticut, for example. If I had it to do over again, I'd have called everyone myself, and thrown a party too."

The "Chasing Destiny" star admits season 7 is different than the rest of the series. "Our new showrunners were talented writers who knew the show well. But just like when David Lee Roth was replaced as the lead singer of Van Halen, no matter how hard we tried singing the same songs, they just didn't sound quite the same," she explains.

Being part of the show apparently affected Graham's love life too as she reveals that Kelly Bishop suggested Graham to date her current boyfriend Peter Krause, years before they got together. She says, "In a maternal, protective way, she found most of my boyfriends at the time lacking, and once told me I needed someone who was more my equal, like 'that wonderful actor on 'Six Feet Under'.' "

Graham reveals that her family has appeared as background actors throughout the series. She says, "Over the years, many family members made cameos, in fact. My cousin Tim still talks about his favorite episode: 'The one about the guy carrying flowers through the lobby of the Dragonfly.' He (obviously) starred in it as the guy."

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