After tweeting with David Sutcliffe (Christopher Hayden on Gilmore Girls) about his project, Group, (Go support it!) he was kind enough to agree to an interview. He answered a series of questions via his video blog – here’s Part 1 of the 2-part interview!

GilmoreNews.com – Did you always want to pursue acting? Tell us a little about your journey into this field

David: I did not always want to pursue acting. I grew up as a jock: I was a hockey player then a basketball player. That was really my identity. I was asked to audition for a school play in high school, because I was good at reading aloud in class, Shakespeare and that kind of thing, so there was some recognition of some potential for talent… I said no, of course, as a jock and ‘we don’t do theatre.’ Secretly, I wanted to do it. I went to the play and watched it and had some excitement and some fantasies around ‘Maybe I could do that…”

Finally, when I got to college, the opportunity presented itself. I got injured while playing for the basketball team and I was living with a playwright and he asked me to audition for his play and I did. And that was it.

How did you get casted for your role as Christopher on Gilmore Girls?

I just went in for a general audition. I remember getting the sides (the script, the audition scenes) and feeling like I had a pretty good handle on it. I worked really hard at it. The show, at the time, was still new, in its first season, but there was a little bit of buzz about it. People were talking about it, writing about it, because the writing was so good. I could see that. The writing was really strong, so it was fun to play with. [Read more...]