Unaired vs. aired pilot of "Gilmore Girls"

[@lindseycassella3015]

Melissa McCarthy gave the character Sookie so much personality

[@animallover747]

Exactly

[@lexymich22]

This shows not only how important casting is but as Scott Patterson said where was Hollywood?? How did it take them so long to discover Melissa McCarthy??

[@JanesJoys]

But they did eventually :) I truly believe that everything comes at the right time.

[@CM-pf1xc]

But the other actress is good too!! She found a her time on marvelous Ms maisel!!

[@JanesJoys]

@@CM-pf1xc aaaaaand she has played a couple of roles on Gilmore Girls, too :)

[@mollycblaeser]

​@@CM-pf1xc you do know Alex Borstein was famous before Maisel, right? 😅

[@TheHivesbane]

@@mollycblaeserthese comments are cringe. Alex Borstein was on TV long before and long after Gilmore Girls

[@melissacallia4230]

I’m glad Amy Sherman Palladino utilized Alex Borstein’s talent in a more suitable role in the Fabulous Mrs. Maisel because Melissa McCarthy as Sookie is INCOMPARABLE ❤

[@JanesJoys]

Me, too :)

[@mollycblaeser]

Great comment! 💙

[@michelledeer7659]

Alex Borstein appeared in a couple of Gilmore episodes.

[@melissacallia4230]

@@michelledeer7659 Yes! Drella the harp player and Miss Celine! 💕

[@sunnyyyyyyyyyy]

she’s also lois in family guy

[@MsWarriordiva]

Melissa McCarthy was the perfect Sookie!!!

[@JanesJoys]

Yeah!!!!!

[@ashleydobson1532]

Unaired Sookie ended up being the grumpy harp player on the show for the first season of gilmore girls

[@imnotthatway]

she also played Miss Celine, Emily’s stylist 😊

[@lisaplummer8144]

She’s awesome. Just not Sookie.

[@ashleydobson1532]

@@imnotthatway Holy crap! I just came back to post this video under this comment and see you've shared this news already!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHqXZ6l_pM90fK8 GOSH how did i watch this show for literally 30 years and just realize these people doubled up?! HOW FUN!

[@ashleydobson1532]

@@lisaplummer8144 Agreed! 💗

[@MrBibi86]

what a downgrade lol from a series regular to a harp player.

[@pinkyalmeroth3702]

Alex was too tough inside to play Sookie.. she's a tough, dark humour kinda broad! Melissa McCarthy gave a softness and kindness to Sookie. Amazing how personalities shine through in acting. Or the difference one person gives to a role over another. Both amazing ladies.

[@lobaggins3328]

Alex can’t be soft and quirky to save her life she’s just a legend at being a cut throat one liner badass ❤

[@JanesJoys]

I should watch something featuring her. I only know her as Della and Miss Celine on Gilmore Girls

[@alissa6380]

@@JanesJoys Her supporting role in Catwoman (2004) is not quite soft, but definitely more approachable andd flirty

[@explodingmangos3416]

@@JanesJoys she also was in the Lizzie McGuire movie😌

[@sydneythekidney23]

@@JanesJoysshe’s amazing in marvelous mrs maisel

[@PaperbackWriter92]

So true. I haven’t watched the full unaired pilot but one of Alex’s best one liners as Drella in the first season in my opinion is the following: (when Lorelai asked Drella to lower the volume of her harp playing) “Do I look like I got Panasonic stamped on my ass?”

[@kimmywimmy7305]

Melissa brings warmth to the role. This whole show is like a warm blanket. Can’t have a cold personality in a big role in a show that’s comforting.

[@romaisawisal4559]

The aired sookie was perfect

[@JanesJoys]

Totally! Couldn't agree more :) Melissa McCarthy as amazing!

[@rkh7360]

It feels weird without the right sookie

[@JanesJoys]

It's like it lacks something

[@carr0760]

@@JanesJoys Lauren even plays the scene differently in response to Melissa's energy.

[@JanesJoys]

@@carr0760 definitely!

[@emmainhiding]

this really shows the importance of chemistry between costars

[@JanesJoys]

Chemistry is everything! Look at "Friends," "House MD," "Scrubs" ... :)

[@chellechilderson7656]

Melissa and Lauren’s chemistry really shines in this take after comparing the two! Love it

[@ladiorange]

Interestinglly, Alex breaks eye contact and almost looks ashamed but Melissa keeps it. Also, Melissa just plays it as Child-like energy. Both are great takes but I am so glad it went to Melissa. Melissa's Sookie looking Lorelei in the eye tells you that they are equals, they are friends. That's what makes this show great - two adult female friends, female friends at all levels. I love this show.

[@ladiorange]

I just remembered Alex's character from Mad TV, you look like a man. Kills it each time. She performed it for the troops in the 90s - just killed it btw. And the person sharing that story was like, I had to do a set, come up with stuff but they LOVED ALex.

[@misskaydiy8747]

So THIS is what it’s like to step into an alternate universe

[@mrbear1302]

The dialog in the second one was better too.

[@JanesJoys]

It was :) They probably took that chance to refine it even more

[@alyseh9539]

Can we talk about how Lorelei speaks perfect Spanish only in this episode and then never knows how to speak it again??

[@maliamohr]

OMG ive thought this so many times

[@alyseh9539]

@@maliamohr Luke does it also later in the series in the ep where he takes over the Dragonfly kitchen while Sookie is on bed rest. Yet we never hear him speak in Spanish to Cesar it's the weirdest thing.

[@tonicox4005]

Yeah and Kirk is some random dude named Mick 😂 I think they just had to establish some canon. There are a TON of inconsistencies even within episodes but I still love the show ❤

[@alyseh9539]

@@tonicox4005 like the coffee shop owner guy from her business class that Lorelei was dating until she wasn't. They didn't even give him an off screen break up they just never mentioned him again.

[@ishitasareen1160]

@@alyseh9539Alex

[@irabulava2422]

I recently read an interesting thing.. About Melissa McCarthy. I don't think any fan of the series can imagine anyone else playing Sookie. But we could not only not see her in this role, but generally not have such an actress as Melissa McCarthy. The thing is that she made her way into the cinema for a very long time. For about 10 years, she probably was in inconspicuous secondary roles. And then she said that if she didn’t get anything significant before the age of 30 (in terms of roles), she would give up her film career. A week before her 30th birthday, Melissa landed the role of Sookie St. James. As for me, it was this role that opened her to the viewer. And what else can you call it if not fate? She's beautiful as Sookie and generally wonderful in all roles. How glad I am that then everything turned out for her just like that and we have Melissa))

[@JanesJoys]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this! It's very inspiring!

[@soniaruns]

Alex added a different flavour to their relationship; I’m going to have fun imagining what GG would have turned out like with such a different influence on the rest of the Stars Hollow universe. Thanks for sharing.

[@MelissaNgai]

I love this! So happy they found Melissa.

[@lexyc8127]

Now I wanna see an unaired pilot of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with Melissa McCarthy playing Susie Myerson.

[@JanesJoys]

Haha :) Me, too :)

[@andyf3342]

As much as I ADORE and LOVE Alex Borstein, Melissa McCarthy just nailed this character! Such a delight. ❤

[@nomorecensoringme]

Thanks for editing and posting this clip.

[@JanesJoys]

Thank you for your comment! I enjoyed doing this! :)))

[@nomorecensoringme]

@@JanesJoys you're welcome.

[@aoibhg1211]

Melissa McCarthy is soo much more charming as Sookie. I am soo glad she was the one to play her!!!

[@sakblahblah123]

Unaired sookie is the voice actress of lois griffin from family guy

[@JanesJoys]

Cool fact! Didn't know that

[@waterbasednutrients]

shes also the harp player they had in the first couple episodes she was also in gilmore girls a year in the life as another character

[@JanesJoys]

@@waterbasednutrients , I didn't catch her there :(

[@BerryNiceToMeetYou]

@@JanesJoys she was also the old woman stylist who dressed Lorelai and Rory in a couple of episodes.

[@JanesJoys]

@@BerryNiceToMeetYou, OMG! I didn't know that!

[@citydweller99]

Melissa added a whimsical element to Sookie that was needed. Her Sookie was a nice contrast to the more sarcastic Lorelei. I could buy Melissa's Sookie being so one track minded about her cooking that she'd injure herself..and would be too excited about her creation to notice she was injured lol Alex B and Lauren G were almost too similar to mesh well..imho

[@JanesJoys]

Wow, that's interesting. I didn't see this contrast before

[@dablackangel]

I'm so glad that got Melissa McCarthy

[@JanesJoys]

Me, too :)

[@kaitlynlindsay4143]

MM and LG just have so much more chemistry!

[@JanesJoys]

True!

[@jammienguyen69]

They both have that quirky energy 😌

[@mjs6767]

Susie!!!

[@gossipandgrigio7200]

Wow good call

[@SusannGER]

This is almost casting a cat vs casting a dog.

[@Tess623]

Do you have more of these comparisons?? I heard there were a lot of actors that got changed from the original pilot. Like Dean for example.

[@Maatjuhhh]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5eraJ-reMlgY9k I've found this one. There is comparison too.

[@Tess623]

@@Maatjuhhh Oh wow, you're good! Thanks!

[@michelledrew1475]

Melissa McCarthy had the magic🥰

[@mollycblaeser]

Alex Borstein?! How cool!

[@Harrison_J_T]

A lot of comments seem to presume Alex Borstein was recast because she wasnt suitable but I Amy reakly wanted her for the show but MADTV wouldn't let her appear in another show, even with Amy planning to film her scenes in a day that didn't clash with MADtv. It's why the character Jackson is called Jackson and played by Alex's real life husband Jackson Douglas and also Alex did show up in Gilmore Girls as the harpist Drella and then as Miss Celine. I do prefer Melissa McCarthy's Sookie but I dont think Borstein's was bad, just a different interpretation of the character.

[@JanesJoys]

Thank you for sharing this, Harri! I didn't know about that MADTV thing.

[@butterflynerd0078]

Whaaaaat I had no idea! I think the aired pilot had more chemistry

[@MoyaBrennan6825]

I love sookie’s voice

[@elianneshaneempleo4483]

DRELLAAAAAAAAAA

[@nomorecensoringme]

Interesting seeing the original concept of Sookie, which really didn't work, versus Melissa McCarthy as her.

[@Jay123hollis]

I love Gilmore Girls it is a amazing show I have seen every season of the original show and the spin-off series Gilmore Girls is amazing the spin-off series is decent but not as good as the original.

[@meinkanta]

Why is no one talking about the fact that she’s Susie in The Marvellous Mrs Maisel??

[@JanesJoys]

It's been mentioned in some of these comments :)

[@Animefreak242]

The fact that they switched from two spoons to one says a lot too. Though that might be because Alex was married

[@JanesJoys]

Could you explain the spoon thing?

[@pxrksmcser]

omg lois griffin was almost sookie

[@autiebleSam]

I know Melissa McCarthy was the better choice, but I would have loved to see the version of Gilmore Girls where Sookie was played by Alex Borstein

[@JanesJoys]

Good thing Amy has created "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" :)

[@afyaaalriyaee1410]

I like the earlier Suki though yet the real Suki cannot be replaced❤

[@JanesJoys]

Totally!

[@jdog8362]

Omg I’m so glad they didn’t use her as sookie 💀

[@adnap]

Alex played the role of Sookie more like she was flirting with Lorelei. The acting and chemistry from Lauren’s side alone, was vastly improved with Melissa as Sookie.

[@carolynmiller3254]

no way the harp player was sookie!?

[@JanesJoys]

Yeap :)

[@poslednisoud]

There was another pilot? The one they went with is already being shot in completely different locations so they made them make two before actually letting them build sets? :D

[@JanesJoys]

I think so :) Sometimes pilots don't get picked up so it's just too risky to start thinking about everything you need to do for episode two before the pilot is green-lit.

[@mymch-c3x]

So glad they didnt pick the first girl melissa was better for the role

[@SerenityxCelestial]

I love Alex as an actress, but her version of Suki was so dialed down...and blah. I am glad the Melissa became Suki, because she added so much more excitement to the character❤ I also noticed how they changed Lorelei some as well.

[@JanesJoys]

Me, too :) You mean they've made Lorelei more energetic?

[@SerenityxCelestial]

​@@JanesJoys Yes and how she looks more laid back with her hair down :)

[@MrBibi86]

*Does anyone know why the pilot was re-shot?*

[@JanesJoys]

I think there was a filming conflict with Alex Borstein

[@MrBibi86]

*Imagine being downgraded from a series regular to a harp player? but so glad Melissa got the role, she was born to play Sookie*

[@JanesJoys]

Alex Borstein went to play in Amy Sherman-Palladino's Fabulous Mrs. Maisel. So, it all went well for everyone involved:)

[@quirkyturk3y396]

Is this for real? For real life? For real for real?😯

[@Ace-sq1ys]

Is that the harp lady 😂

[@JanesJoys]

Yes :) And also Celine :)

[@kyalautner8685]

I mean I like Alex but that role is all melissa

[@christinawatkinsyoutube]

Melissa was meant to be Sookie!!

[@3bowwow22]

Lois

[@rebeccarose8745]

She definitely suited Drella more 🤣

[@livilydiddily]

DRELLA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOOKIE?!?!!?

[@JanesJoys]

I was surprised, too :)

[@quirkyturk3y396]

Is this real? For real life? For real for real?😯

[@samartime4374]

OMG they have no chemistry! So glad they went with Melissa

[@JanesJoys]

Me, too :)))

[@Bettejoane]

No one else could ever been sookie. Alex borstein was better fitted in Mrs Maisel. Melissa McCarthy is sookie

[@veronikapop8161]

So THAT’S why Drella was so sour, she lost the main role 😂

[@veronikapop8161]

So THAT’S why Drella was so sour, she lost the main role 😂