Melissa McCarthy says Lauren Graham quietly helped her learn on Gilmore Girls, where McCarthy was inexperienced and often missed her mark. Graham guided her into position and out of Graham’s light during scenes without breaking character, McCarthy recalled.
McCarthy called Graham, the show’s star, a real pro and said her kindness was an early lesson in wielding power with grace and patience.
In a Sept. 21 Variety interview, McCarthy also described working with writer Amy Sherman-Palladino as hard. She recalled 93-page scripts whose wording could not be changed, even when they arrived that morning for a 10-page oner.
