The “Gilmore Girls” reunion panel at the ATX Television Festival turned into a Stars Hollow town meeting on Saturday evening.
Stars Hollow in all it’s blurry glory #ATXTVs4 pic.twitter.com/fWChcEjWif
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
The excitement began earlier in the day, when the cast posed for the Today Show at the festival (L-R Amy Sherman-Palladino, Jared Padalecki, Kelly Bishop, Alexis Bledel, Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson):
Got (some of) the band back together for @TheTodayShow.
#ATXFestival
#gilmoregirlsreunion pic.twitter.com/6zJieWHjqD
— Lauren Graham (@thelaurengraham) June 6, 2015
Grateful to the woman who started it all.
#asp
#ATXFestival
#gilmoregirlsreunion pic.twitter.com/3peIoc5MNQ
— Lauren Graham (@thelaurengraham) June 6, 2015
This is everything ❤️❤️ @thelaurengraham: I’ve missed you, @alexisbledel. pic.twitter.com/YJhPx5VuG4
— HuffPostEnt (@HuffPostEnt) June 6, 2015
Lorelai and Rory take a selfie #ATXFestival #gilmoregirlsreunion pic.twitter.com/Tz3yAJm9s8
— Erin Clements (@Erin_J_Clements) June 6, 2015
Around 7 p.m. CDT, the entire cast (minus Melissa McCarthy) took over the red carpet outside the Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas:
Rory’s men. #ATXTVS4 #gilmoregirlsreunion pic.twitter.com/CFBLNe8lCi
— ATX TV Festival (@ATXFestival) June 6, 2015
MOM. (And Rory!!) #ATXGilmoreGirls #GilmoreGirls pic.twitter.com/A3TfXPD6EE
— MTV Celebrity (@mtvceleb) June 7, 2015
Paris Geller, ladies and gentlemen. #GilmoreGirlsReunion #ATXTVs4 https://t.co/OAhvc29OJa pic.twitter.com/TeTdI2GjlB
— TVLine.com (@TVLine) June 6, 2015
.@DannyStrong (aka Doyle) has arrived at the @ATXFestival‘s #GilmoreGirlsReunion! https://t.co/lmlcq7esLI pic.twitter.com/cPogBo271V
— TVLine.com (@TVLine) June 6, 2015
Zach can always count on Lane to get him red-carpet ready. #GilmoreGirlsReunion #ATXTVs4 https://t.co/0xhZzfzVIb pic.twitter.com/bYuf9AqeN8
— TVLine.com (@TVLine) June 6, 2015
Sherman-Palladino took the stage first with what she called her “trinity”: Lauren Graham (Lorelai), Alexis Bledel (Rory) and Kelly Bishop (Emily). The crowd went wild.
The audience is *singing the theme song out loud* #ATXTVs4 pic.twitter.com/aTtqC6Bc7o
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
The four women spoke of the audition process, how the series began and how much they miss Edward Herrmann (who played Richard).
Right before auditioning, Alexis had done a modeling job where she had “buckets of water thrown at her” #ATXTVs4 pic.twitter.com/dachncsF94
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
ASP hesitated to cast @thelaurengraham. God, universe, can you imagine our lives with different Lorelai / surrogate mother? #ATXTVS4
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
“A regular one-hour show [script] is 60 pages long. Ours were regularly 85 and they just got longer.” – @thelaurengraham #ATXTVs4
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
“Fuck you for dying.” – Amy Sherman-Palladino on Edward Herrmann / Richard pic.twitter.com/HPe0u4s6a6
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
At one perfect point, Jared Padalecki (Dean), Matt Czuchry (Logan) and Milo Ventimiglia (Jess) were asked to pick the right man for Rory. #TeamJess arose the clear winner.
“I was a Team Jess guy forreal.” – Jared Padalecki
“I was also Team Jess.” – Matt Czuchry
“Logan was kind of a dick.” – Milo Ventimiglia
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
When asked where each character would be today, Graham said she thinks Luke and Lorelai are “still together 100%.” Unfortunately for fans hoping for another reunion or a movie, Sherman-Palladino said, “I’m sorry, there’s nothing in the works at the moment.”
As for Sherman-Palladino’s enigmatic last four words which have become a thing of lore since the series wrapped in 2007, Graham said:
“I don’t want to know unless I’m saying or listening to someone in the show saying them.” – @thelaurengraham on ASP’s legendary last 4 words
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
“On my death bed, Mike Ausiello will be over my face and he won’t let me go until I say those last four words.” — Amy Sherman-Palladino
— TVLine.com (@TVLine) June 7, 2015
The two-hour event ended with a standing ovation:
Until the 30 year, y’all #gilmoregirlsreunion pic.twitter.com/9IfPLWaB4K
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 7, 2015
#GilmoreGirlsReunion complete! Ending where it began with Amy Sherman Paladino and Dan Paladino. @ATXFestival pic.twitter.com/sVw6fqOwtN
— Scott G. Patterson (@ScottGPatterson) June 7, 2015
Lauren Duca is currently covering the ATX Television Festival for The Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter @laurenduca and expect much more to come!
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