1.
The
show’s
fictional
Stars
Hollow—which
has
gone
on
to
become
one
of
TV’s
most
beloved
settings—was
inspired
by
Amy
Sherman-Palladino‘s
unexpected
visit
to
Washington,
Conn.
Charmed
by
the
people
she
met,
traditions
she
witnessed
and
the
inn
she
stayed
at,
she
left
the
small
town
with
the
concept
for
the
series—including
some
of
the
pilot’s
dialogue.
“If
I
can
make
people
feel
this
much
of
what
I
felt
walking
around
this
fairy
town,”
Sherman-Palladino
told
Deseret
News, “I
thought
that
would
be
wonderful.”
2.
Alexis
Bledel
had
only
one
uncredited
acting
role
on
her
resume
and
was
a
student
at
New
York
University
when
she
auditioned
for
Rory.
“I
was
very
sick,
I
was
a
student
at
NYU,
and
they
kept
calling
me
back
up
to
audition,”
Bledel
recalled
during
an
appearance
on
Late
Night
with
Seth
Meyers. “I
think
I
went,
like,
six
times.
Oddly,
I
wasn’t
a
very
seasoned
actor
at
all.
I
didn’t
know
the
process.
I
grew
a
tad
bit
impatient.
I
had
a
little
attitude
and
our
boss
really
liked
that
a
lot.
She
was
like, ‘That’s
our
girl!’
I
was
like, ‘Are
you
guys
going
to
bring
me
back
again?’
and
she
was
like, ‘I
like
that,
that’s
perfect.'”
Celebrity Fails
