Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) is starring this month in the off Broadway play, Love, Loss and What I Wore. Last week, Broadway.com sat down with her for a few photos and an interview.

Alexis talked about how she got used to working with a live audience, and how satisfying it is. She also talked a bit about Gilmore Girls:

Do you have any clothing-related memories that would work in the show?
We actually talked about that in rehearsal, and my high school uniform, a khaki pleated skirt with a blue wool blazer, came to mind. I loved it because I didn’t have to figure out what to wear every day. I’m not really good at figuring out what goes together and it takes me a long time to get it right. By the time I was a senior, though, I hated it and wanted to burn it after graduation. A year later, I started Gilmore Girls and I had to wear Rory’s school uniform for four years. Hers was much cuter than mine, but I couldn’t believe I was back in uniform.

Definitely trying! After this, Alexis shared some background into how Rory was dressed on the show and how it is important for clothes to be very colourful on the show so they “pop” on TV. She was given many of the clothes when the series ended.

When Gilmore Girls ended in 2007, Rory was following Barack Obama on the campaign trail. What do you imagine she would be up to these days?
I think she would be working at a newspaper, probably in Washington or New York. She was so interested in journalism and I think eventually she’d travel abroad. She looked up to [ABC news correspondent] Christiane Amanpour, who’s always out on location and getting to the nitty gritty.

Do you think Rory would have travelled abroad for her journalism career?

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