Very few actors can play a mother and daughter as well as Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. Two women who had never met before spent seven seasons of WB’s Gilmore Girls portraying a mother and daughter who do such a good job at showing the ups and downs of a mother-daughter relationship that it has the capability of confusing the audience into believing they are who they are portraying.
Of course the relationship that Lorelai and Rory have is 50% due to the creativity of creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her co-writers for the show, who incorporated a pop culture reference in just about every other line of the show’s 153 episodes. The other 50% was due to the talent of Graham and Bledel. These two actresses portrayed a mother and daughter better from day one than most can play in a lifetime.
At age 19, Alexis Bledel scored the role of Rory Gilmore while 32 year old Lauren Graham landed Rory’s Mother, Lorelai Gilmore. Lorelai and Rory were polar opposites from one another while still effectively being “best friends before mother and daughter”. Rory was a shy, book loving 16 year old and Lorelai was a fast-paced Inn owner who had Rory at age 16.
These actresses weren’t the only factor that added to Rory and Lorelai’s relationship, either. It might have been the storybook Connecticut town Stars Hollow that provided quirky characters that let us see how Rory and Lorelai grew up or it might have been the overwhelming Friday night dinners of the home of Lorelai’s parents, Emily and Richard, who were always questioning Lorelai’s morals.
Alexis Bledel was – previously to Gilmore Girls – most famously seen as Winnie Foster in Tuck Everlasting. Prior to Gilmore Girls, Bledel did not have a long filmography list. Gilmore Girls really was a factor in launching the career of Bledel, with a filmography of over 25 credits.
On the other hand, Lauren Graham had been in 25 different credited productions prior to Gilmore Girls. Graham has a total of 45 productions she has been credited for.
The character development within these two characters was tremendous over the seven seasons it lasted. Both Lorelai and Rory had several relationships over the course of seven seasons, but both of them always managed to put one another first. The character development from these actresses definitely showed by season seven. Graham and Bledel were able to create enough emotion within these characters to create thousands of tears and laughs for the audience.
Both Graham and Bledel as well as the cast and crew of Gilmore Girls had sure made an impact on viewers. So much so that it was announced in January 2016 that a revival titled Gilmore Girls: Seasons was picked up by Netflix and started filming early February. A date has yet been announced for the premiere on Netflix.
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