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Aug 31, 2020 · Jared Padalecki's Dean Forester was a major part of Gilmore Girls' run as Rory's first boyfriend, but he suddenly left in season 5. Here's why.
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Jul 15, 2021 · As Screen Rant notes, although Jared Padalecki was an integral part of "Gilmore Girls," particularly in the beginning, he wasn't actually the first choice to play Rory's first boyfriend. Nathan Wetherington was originally cast in the role, only for Padalecki to take over after the pilot was shot.
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Mar 9, 2020 · Gilmore Girls starred Supernatural's Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester, Rory's first boyfriend, but a different actor played him in the original pilot.
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- What Happened to Dean on Gilmore girls?
- What Happened to Dean in Gilmore Girls: A Year in The Life?
- Why Jared Padalecki Left Gilmore Girls
- Where Is Jared Padalecki Now?
Originally from Chicago, Dean Forester moved to Stars Hollow with his family members, May, Randy, and Clara, sometime before the start of Gilmore Girls. Dean pursued Rory romantically and the two pursue dating. However, Rory felt like the relationship was moving too fast for her and the two broke up. While they eventually get back together, the arr...
Jared Padalecki briefly returned in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life to reprise his role as Dean. The 2016 series revival answered the question of who Dean ended up with -- and it wasn't Rory. The show features Rory and Logan's affair and Dean appears as a friendly character when Rory bumps into him at Doose's market. Dean and Rory never rekindled...
By Jared Padalecki's initial departure, Gilmore Girls had grown beyond Dean Forester as a character. While Dean made sense throughout Rory's high school career, once she started studying at Yale, the gap between the characters became too wide. Much of Rory's growth as a character involved learning which of her peers were compatible with her. In the...
While Gilmore Girls fans probably mainly know Jared Padalecki from his time on Gilmore Girls, Padalecki's most iconic role is Sam Winchester in the long-standing CW TV show Supernatural. This role skyrocketed Padalecki's career, as the series garnered a particularly vast fandom. Padalecki led the show alongside co-star Jensen Ackles throughout fift...
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- THEN: Alexis Bledel. Alexis Bledel landed her breakout role as Rory Gilmore when she was just 19 years old. While working on the show, Alexis began her career in film, starring in Tuck Everlasting and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
- NOW: Alexis Bledel. Since Gilmore Girls, Alexis' career has continued to flourish. The actress had a reoccurring role on Mad Men in 2012, where she met her now-husband Vincent Kartheiser.
- THEN: Lauren Graham. In 1996, Lauren Graham snagged her first role in television in a guest spot on 3rd Rock from the Sun, but she didn't hit her stride as an actress until she played the fast-talking, coffee-crazed single mother, Lorelai Gilmore.
- NOW: Lauren Graham. Lauren enjoyed a few roles in films like Evan Almighty and Because I Said So after saying farewell to Stars Hollow. She made her triumphant return to TV in 2010 as Sarah Braverman on NBC's Parenthood.
Sep 14, 2017 · Dean Forester (Jared Padalecki) appears in the first episode of Gilmore Girls, and is immediately set up to be Rory’s boyfriend with a meet cute that involves books and a movie reference.
Feb 11, 2016 · Rory's first love is also headed back to Stars Hallow! Jared Padalecki has officially signed on for the highly anticipated Gilmore Girls continuation, ET confirms.
