
KA: I think selfishly I wish Lane and Paris ( Liza Weil) had more of a relationship because I just think Liza is so funny and so great and so intense. Us: What story line would you have loved to do? I wasn’t invested in any of it so when it happened I did not see that coming. I think there were rumors back and forth but I never bought into anything. I kind of wanted to go through the whole experience like someone else who loves this show. They kept it very under wraps on set so nobody knew. When the episodes came out there was no formality. Us: What did you think of Rory’s pregnancy bombshell? Emily is such a great actress that getting to do that scene with her, even though so short, was so moving. When I walk into the room and it’s just all completely upended where all the secret compartments are exposed. And also - just because I love drama - I loved when she finally kicked me out of the house. And to me that was such a sweet moment because it was a changing of a dynamic between the two of them. Keiko Agena: There is one where we do a tiny, tiny shot of us having a drink with each other. Us Weekly: What was one of your favorite scenes with Emily Kuroda? Jimi Celeste/Getty Imagesįor more, read the rest of her Q&A in our Now and Then series: Keiko Agena and Alexis Bledel attend the WB Casting Call presented by Clean & Clear at the Puck Building in New York City on May 15, 2002. Maybe they would have explored that story line a lot longer.”

(Pai was a coproducer of the show.) “I definitely think they would have. “I think they would have invested more time in it - just because Dave Rygalski is Helen Pai’s actual husband’s name and they are still married,” the 13 Reasons Why star tells Us.
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In real life, Brody left the series after he snagged the role of Seth Cohen on The O.C. After all, she was once smitten with his former bandmate Dave Rygalski, played by Adam Brody. Lane and Zack may have never happened, though. I think once you invest in the idea of where someone is going then you’re not fully open to being able to play the opposite of that if that’s what the character is going to do.” “The strange thing about being an actor is it’s almost a little dangerous to invest in an idea. It’s almost like a gift that’s been given and just being surprised and enjoying that part of it,” she explains. So in a weird way I’m an audience member to her and I know that sounds strange because I play her but I’ve always been someone to discover. It’s reactive to the written material that’s given. “It’s so funny because my relationship with Lane is very reactive.

The couple stayed together in Netflix’s 2016 revival Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, but Agena is unsure about their future. Todd Lowe and Keiko Agena in ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in a Life.’ Neil Jacobs/Netflix
