Scott Patterson on The Event and The Possibility of a Gilmore Girls Movie

Were you ever worried that Gilmore Girls fans would have a problem seeing you as a character other than Luke Danes?

No, no. <span

class="pullquote right">[Gilmore Girls fans] would watch me read the phone book in Japanese. They are extremely loyal and extremely intelligent. They were chomping at the bit to see the pilot, let me tell you.

Do you think there is an actual possibility that a Gilmore Girls movie could happen?

Sure, anything is possible. Why not? There is still a very hungry fan base out there. I don't see why it couldn't be put together.

How much do you hate talking about Gilmore Girls three years after it ended?

[Laughs] I don't mind it.

Did you keep any of Luke's gear? His flannels or hats?

Well, I have some flannels. I have some clothes. I actually had the original hat he wore in the pilot in a safe but about five years ago I was on vacation and somebody broke into the house and stole the safe.

That is tragic.

Yeah, but I have other Luke hats that I wore in the series.

You had a pretty successful baseball career before acting. How did you cross over? Had you always been interested in acting?

Not really, no. I was in Europe traveling around with this couple from New York. They were both actors and I stayed with them in Europe while looking for an apartment and I went to their acting class and that's how it all began. I fell in love with it. I thought this is something I can apply my rather spartan work ethic to and just get better and better at it. Because the more you do it, the better you get it. I thought that it posed a really interesting challenge at that time of my life and I've had a love affair with it ever since.

Your bio says you paint. What type of painting?

I am an abstract expressionist. I am a frustrated art school rejectee. In high school I applied to all the big art schools in New York and I didn't get into one of them. So I continue to try to prove myself worthy to the admissions committees at NYU and the New School and Cooper Union and what have you. A feeble attempt, I know.

Actor, athlete, painter. You're a modern day renaissance man.

Yeah, I have a little too much creative energy.

If you don't mind, I found this fan website dedicated to you with some crazy trivia that I am having a hard time believing. Do you mind clearing up a few of these rumors?

Not at all.

Are you friends with Marc Summers -- the former host of Nickelodeon's Double Dare -- and have you formed a band with him?

No, that is not true. I did start a band but it is not with that person. And it's not soft rock either. I saw that site too. I don't know where they got that.

What about the prehistoric petrified baby frog collection that you allegedly have on loan to the Louvre? Is that true?

Oh sure.

How did you get into collecting petrified frogs?

I never reveal my sources when I collect something rare. It's another whole world unto itself.

Fair Enough.

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