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[yoyoelizabeth]

This is regarding the Scott Patterson/Lauren Graham "not getting along" gossip in the Media thread. A friend of mine was in a play with Lauren in the Williamstown Theatre Festival a few summers back and she said that Lauren did not get along with her leading man, Tate Donovan, at all. They fought constantly and apparently they had some kind of history... Everyone else liked her a lot but, I think this episode might have translated to Lauren getting a bit of a rep for not getting along with her leading men.

As an aside, the girl who plays Janet was also at Williamstown that summer. Small world.

[KiwiKid]

I have only seen 3 interviews (2 Letterman, Conan) Lauren has done (uploaded on a GG site) and on all 3 she was like an electrfied cat. She was twitching, jumping in her seat, rubbing her legs and to be honest a bit ditzy. She was making me twitchie just watching her. She came across as way too nervous and trying too hard to be funny. It surprised me because you would think she would employee some of the techniques they teach actors on how to relax before a performance. Then again maybe she just comsumes too much cafeine. I love Lauren and I guess I really expected her to come across a bit more intellegent than she did.

Yoyoelizabeth, I wonder what kind of history Lauren has with Tate?

I also remember reading (Ted Casablanca again) that one of the leading lovlies of GG hated one of her main acting buddies because he got more mail and was liked more than she was. Now I don't know if this was Lauren or Alexis.

This post has been edited by KiwiKid: May 23, 2004 @ 6:23 pm.

[janie jones]

I like the way she acts in interviews. I think she seems like fun. And a person doesn't have to be sedate in order to come off as intelligent, IMO.

[healing fish]

Lauren also came off as twitchy to me in the interviews I've seen with her. Maybe she was just nervous or doesn't interview well, but watching her made me uncomfortable for her.

[KiwiKid]

Healing Fish, I agree. I felt very uncomfortable for her. Watching her made me want to look her in the eyes and tell her everything was going to be ok...just relax a little honey.

Janie Jones, Lauren does seem like a fun person and I'm sure she is (remember, I love her too). I also agree you don't have to be sedate to come across as being intellegent. However, you do have to be able to string coherant sentences together to complete your communication. And in the interviews I saw (they must have been her early ones) she came across as a spastic ditz. You couldn't follow her line of conversation and as someone who posted earlier said, she ummed and ahhed her way through her interviews. Living in NZ, I only get to see her interviews when kind and loving people upload them, so I have not seen her recent appearances.

This post has been edited by KiwiKid: May 23, 2004 @ 7:03 pm.

[janie jones]

It always seemed to me that she's umming and ahhing for comedic effect (whether it is or isn't funny is another matter). I guess I know enough people that are like that, where we have conversations like the ones she has on talk shows, that it doesn't really make that big a difference to me. I mean, you can completely understand what she's talking about when she's speaking.

[smrou]

I've never thought that Lauren comes off as a ditz, but she does usually seem extremely nervous. I usually find myself wishing she would calm down a little bit, because it seems like if she were just a little more comfortable, she'd be extremely funny and charming (not that she isn't funny and charming anyway).

[pathwatch]

I also feel that Lauren comes across as just extremely nervous in interviews. I've recently seen very early interviews (with Letterman) where, yes, she appears to be the electrified cat who cannot put a thought together. It was painful to watch, and I usually stop watching half-way. She seems to have improved a bit on the nighttime talk-show circuit but she is still very nervous. Then I see her in regular interview situations, and she is calm, intelligent, and well-spoken. I just watched TV Revolution on "Maids, Mothers, and Something Or others" (sorry). She had a considerable amount of air-time giving her take on women in TV from Lucy to Lorelai, and she showed no signs of nervousness. I also saw her on the View a while back, and again she was calmer than usual and very intelligent.

Maybe she just doesn't like or is scared of the night-time talk shows.

[aidanspencer]

Then I see her in regular interview situations, and she is calm, intelligent, and well-spoken. I just watched TV Revolution on "Maids, Mothers, and Something Or others" (sorry).

Yeah, I saw that too. She had some very insightful comments. I have never thought that Lauren seems ditzy, just nervous. But I find the nervousness to be completely endearing. I saw her most recent appearance on Conan (less than 1 month ago) and she seemed completely relaxed. I think that she just needed to get used to being on talk shows. After all, not everyone is predisposed to being able to talk about themselves to all of America.

[chickflick]

A little off topic, but I just found out that Lauren has a production company called Good Game. Does anybody know anything about it or what they have or are going to produce?

I wouldn't be surprised if she showed up in the credits as a producer on Gilmore next season.

[dealan]

I also remember reading (Ted Casablanca again) that one of the leading lovlies of GG hated one of her main acting buddies because he got more mail and was liked more than she was. Now I don't know if this was Lauren or Alexis.

That it was Ted reporting makes me take this with a grain of salt. Both he and Kristin kinda suck at reliable intel.

[smrou]

I just watched TV Revolution on "Maids, Mothers, and Something Or others" (sorry). She had a considerable amount of air-time giving her take on women in TV from Lucy to Lorelai

She was on that? Damn. I watched the first hour, which was about gays on TV, but then decided to skip the second hour in favor of hitting the forums. Stupid, stupid me. I'm gonna have to watch out for reruns of it now.

ETA:I just checked tvguide.com and for anyone else who might have missed it and be interested in seeing it, TV Revolution, "Maids, Babes and Mothers" will be rerun:
Monday (today): 8PM
Tuesday: 12PM
Friday: 9PM
Saturday: 4PM
Sunday: 2PM

This post has been edited by smrou: May 24, 2004 @ 8:17 am.

[Romantique]

smrou, thanks for the update on the additional airings of that episode...what channel is that?

Also, I don't know if everyone here has seen the "Welcome to the Gilmore Girls" extra on the S1 DVDs, but Lauren does speak quite a bit in this behind-the-scenes look and while, yes, it's taped and edited, there is this bit at the end while they roll the credits where she's making a shout-out to any die-hard fans who may have noticed the tray of nuts in their living room that's been there since S1. It was funny, because I was wondering if she was actually going to eat one, and I think she was daring someone (Daniel Palladino?) to try one? It did seem like nervous energy, but maybe that's just the way she is when she's being spontaneous, tripping over her words and gesticulating wildly. Man, I wonder what she'd be like on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"...I wonder if she stays away from improv?

This post has been edited by Romantique: May 24, 2004 @ 8:43 am.

[smrou]

It's on Bravo.

[yoyoelizabeth]

I also remember reading (Ted Casablanca again) that one of the leading lovlies of GG hated one of her main acting buddies because he got more mail and was liked more than she was. Now I don't know if this was Lauren or Alexis

I think that ended up being about "Crossing Jordan" (Jerry O'Connell was getting more mail than Jill Hennessey) and not "GG." Although I bet Milo and Jared certainly got/get a ton of fan mail.