Intern or insurance man

I can’t lie to you, I am a huge Grey’s Anatomy fan before I was a huge Gilmore Girl’s fan. So when I eventually added Gilmore Girl’s to my list of comfort shoes, I was so excited to see some familiar faces! Currently on my fourth rewatch, and of course, restarted the series mid August as I get ready for fall. I’ll I’m missing is my homemade pumpkin spice cold brew and a comfy sweater. (Speaking of, I have created a Lorelai influenced outfit I could use some tips on so remind me to post that!)

You see, you met this wonderful man as Grandpa Gilmore; however I met him as Intern Norman Shales. Ed Hermann appeared in Grey’s as one of the oldest interns and was absolutely adorable. A bit of a stretch when it came to the storyline and plot however I loved his character. He was sweet, and soft spoken; which I see in Grandpa Gilmore. Imagine my surprise to find that Norman was now, a grandpa to our main character? Very surprised. I have to say Ed Hermann’s acting is *chefs kiss*. Of course, Grandpa seems to be much more posh, which we I think as a community like about him. I happen to really like Grandpa as a character and was very sad to find he wasn’t in the revival. (May he rest in peace.)

Just a brief history on Ed Hermann as we remember him;

He has a Tony Award for acting in plays, and was nominated for multiple Emmy awards, and also won an Emmy as well. So his start would seem to be Broadway, which is just stunning. He was versatile in his ability to act, and even had a voiceover series on PBS. (This is not an exhaustive list of what he has done, however, he has also been in multiple movies and even other productions in multiple ways. I chose to focus on what I found super interesting but you can find all his accomplishments here:

Richard Gilmore: our collective grandpa

So how did our man, Ed Hermann make it to our dear show? Interestingly enough he was the number one person considered for the the role of Richard. He supposedly sat down with the script and read the part of Richard Gilmore and the writers realized that he brought the character to life. Even more stunning was according to his agent he wasn’t even suppose to be there reading that script. (Very unclear why he wouldn’t have come to read the script but we are all happy he did!)

He was loved amongst the other cast members, and would regale the others with his excitement and extensive knowledge about theatre and acting. He was a lovely man, both on the screen and in real life.

Though I have to admit at times the strained relationship between Lorelai and Richard was alittle too real for me. I personally have an *interesting* relationship with my own father and sometimes watching their conflict on screen gave me peace about my own conflict in own life. I remember the scene where Christopher’s parents are going off in the Gilmore house about Lorelai and Richard stands up to them. And I cried, I cried watching that scene. Then following that scene Lorelai says thank you, and they fight and I cried more. These characters feel so real to me.

We will miss you Richard Gilmore, and Intern Norman Shales. I certainly know that I wished I had a grandpa like him. The revival was such a nice way to honor him after his passing, which is credited to brain cancer unfortunately. The whole show held a space for him, and I know we all felt the loss that was Richard Gilmore.