Once the cast were reunited for the “Gilmore Girls” revival, they were able to pick up their old rhythms together. “Then we all were together on set and it was just great,” Lauren Graham told ET in November 2016. “[We] got to hang out after … so anything else is just icing on the cake,” the “Parenthood” actor said. Even though McCarthy only had a cameo in the mini-series, she spent some time with her castmates and friends. “Oh my God, it was so sad. I got so sentimental,” she told People in 2016 (via Entertainment Weekly).
McCarthy was not the only one who was overcome by the moment. When the scene between Lorelai Gilmore and Sookie St. James was filmed, Graham was overjoyed to reconnect with her longtime friend. “I was a complete mess … I thought I [already] cried every tear that I had,” she told Yahoo! in November 2016. “And to be there with her and click back into our genuine friendship and also our Stars Hollow friendship was … really mind-blowing,” she said about working once again with McCarthy.
Working together as Lorelai and Sookie was not the end of their friendship. To commemorate the 20-year anniversary of their WB series, McCarthy posted a snap with Graham to Instagram. “It’s only taken 20 years for my growth spurt but I’m finally taller than LG!!” she jokingly wrote in February 2020. In later posts, McCarthy gushed over her former “GG” co-star.
