Gilmore Girls: Lauren Graham Talks “Parenthood”
While she’s done some press lately on the Ellen DeGeneres and Craig Ferguson shows, Lauren Graham (Lorelai on Gilmore Girls) hasn’t said much on her return to our television sets in the upcoming drama Parenthood. That might be because she has yet to shoot any scenes as Sarah Braverman, the single mom she will portray on the show, replacing original cast member Maura Tierney. In an interview with TV Guide, Lauren reveals more about her new character:
She’s really down and out, and kind of in a place that would be a very difficult adult place to be, which is really running out of options. What I connected to is the beauty about that writing. It’s really strong, really elegant, and kind of economical. And she’s a single mom, but the world of the show didn’t remind me of anything that’s on, or that I’d done. It just felt like shows that I loved growing up, like thirtysomething, where it’s not a soap opera, it’s not a melodrama. It’s just a relationship story. I do think there’s a lot of places to go, because she’s moving back to her hometown, she doesn’t have a job, she’s going to reconnect with old friends. And that’s some of the things you look at on a TV show too, like, are you always going to be telling the same story? And this felt like, “Ooh, it could go a lot of neat places.” But really, I’ve had all kinds of different experiences of trying to find the next TV thing, and I just met a writer who I feel will write for me. That’s all you want.
Running out of options is kind of similar to how we first met Lorelai Gilmore, right? Desperate to give her daughter opportunity and going back to her parents after being distant for years. While some of the themes may be similar, Lauren said Sarah Braverman doesn’t share Lorelai’s unique speech patterns, because, who does?
No. Nothing will ever be that, in the best possible way. That was so unique, you know? And that’s been the problem actually – finding something that I connect to that has its own voice. This, to me, was that. I love the relationships and how complicated they are. It’s very grown up, the show.
Parenthood shoots its second pilot in a few weeks and should be on the air next year.
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