From Stars Hollow to Manhattan! The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel reunited creator Amy Sherman-Palladino with a number of of her former Gilmore Girls forged members for each temporary and extended cameos.
Before season 4’s February 2022 premiere, the Amazon Prime Video collection made headlines after saying the arrival of two beloved actors from the CW collection, together with Milo Ventimiglia, who performed Jess Mariano.
“They were the ones who really gave me my break,” the This Is Us star stated of the Bunheads showrunner and her husband, Daniel Palladino, throughout a January 2022 look on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “They’re the ones who kind of put me on the map with Gilmore [Girls] and with Jess.”
He famous on the time: “They are the kinds of people that, for me, I was like, one, I’m going to know them the rest of my life; and two, anytime they call, I’ve got to be there. So, if they’re like, ‘Hey, Mi, why don’t you come in and [do] a small bit on the show we’re working on,’ ‘Great!’ ‘Hey, if you could take us to the airport,’ ‘Sure!’ Like, whatever you need, fake Mom and Dad.”
While few particulars concerning the Heroes alum’s Maisel character have been revealed, images taken on set seemingly teased his reference to Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan). Michael Zegan, who performs Midge’s ex Joel Maisel, went on to trace at how Ventimiglia’s character provides to the previous couple’s rigidity.
“Well, I think any new guy that they introduce is gonna affect Joel. It’s not like he’s just moved on and he’s over it,” the Boardwalk Empire alum solely informed Us Weekly in February 2022. “Even despite the fact that he’s with Mei [Stephanie Hsu], any guy who ends up with Midge, I think [Joel’s] gonna be insanely jealous of him. I mean, he’s the father of her children, and they have a history. There’s a shared love between each other.”
Zegen quipped: “I get it. Milo’s a really good-looking guy, but — and obviously, there will be jealousy as well — but I think it’s really anybody. It can be the ugliest dude in the world. And, you know, if he hears that they’re together, it’s gonna cause some problems.”
Ventimiglia isn’t the primary Gilmore Girls alum to pop by for an episode of the interval comedy. Ahead of the season 4 premiere, it was additionally introduced that Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore on the WB collection) can be featured on Maisel.
Daniel informed TVLine in February 2022 that Bishop — who labored with the married couple on ABC Family’s short-lived collection Bunheads — performs “Emily Gilmore on steroids.”
Gilmore Girls initially ran for seven seasons on The WB (which later turned The CW) between 2000 and 2007, helmed by the Palladinos. While the showrunners ultimately parted methods with the community forward of the closing season, they ultimately reunited practically the complete OG forged — together with iconic mother-daughter duo Lauren Graham (Lorelei Gilmore) and Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore) — for Netflix’s Gilmore Girls: A Year within the Life revival in November 2016. After Bunheads was canceled, the Palladinos started working on Maisel, which premiered in 2017.
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