We all know Jess was the best boyfriend …
Summer is OVER which means autumn, AKAGilmore Girlsseason, isfinallyhere. Time to pour a (massive) cup of coffee, pull on your Yale sweater, and revisit the Stars Hollow gazebo.
BUT! Did you know Stars Hollow, and the townspeople we know and love, originally looked a whole lot different???
Gilmore Girlsfilmed not one but TWO pilots. The OG pilot never aired, due to last minute casting changes and reshoots. Here are 11 things you didn’t know about theGilmore Girlspilot!
1.Luke sort-of almost didn’t exist…
2.There was a time whenRyan Goslingwasn’tken-ough for theGilmore Girlworld.
3.Nepo baby alert! Chris Pine’s Dad helped snag him his first professional audition, which was forGilmore Girls.
4.Dean, Boyfriend #1 (but notthe#1 Boyfriend— that spot is reserved for Jess, thank you very much), was played by Nathan Wetherington and NOTJared Padaleckiin the unaired pilot.
5.On the topic of casting, Melissa McCarthy almost didn’t get her big break as Sookie St. James. Alex Borstein was first cast as the klutzy chef, but her contract withMadTVprohibited her from accepting the role.
6.Thanks to a failed audition, Paris Geller came into our lives.
7.While theGilmore Girlswe know and loved was filmed in sunny California, the unaired pilot was actually shot in Unionville, Ontario— a district within the city of Markham, a short drive from Toronto.
8.After Dean was recast with the then unknown Jared Padalecki, reshoots took place at Warner Brother’s studio lot. But you can see sprinkles of the OG Canadian Stars Hollow in theactualaired pilot.
9.If you’re aGilmore Girlssuperfan, you can take a self guided walking tour through the “original” Stars Hollow from the pilot.
10.The original Luke’s Diner in the unaired pilot is now a spa.
11.Get in loser, we’re going to the Gilmore’s! While the original Stars Hollow was filmed in Unionville, the iconic Gilmore house was actually in Toronto.
There ya have it folks, theGilmore Girlsthat almost was. I don’t know about you, but I truly can’t imagine a world where Sookie isn’t played by Melissa, or where Luke is a lady!
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