Scott Patterson, who starred as Luke Danes on “Gilmore Girls,” said that he’d be game to reprise the role.
“I’d love to do a Christmas special,” Patterson, 67, exclusively told The Post.
He added, “The fans want content, so we’re doing our darndest to get it to them. So maybe it’ll happen again, hopefully in a Christmas special that Amy and Lauren are talking about. I think there’s some intention there. But, who knows.”
The show’s creator, Amy Sherman Palladino and star Lauren Graham both remarked in interviews this year that they’d be interested in a “Gilmore Girls” Christmas special.
Since both of them have publicly commented on it, Patterson said, “I don’t know that that’s an accident. I think maybe they’re signaling to each other that that is what they want, what they could do and manage in their busy schedule.”
Patterson, who currently stars in “Sullivan’s Crossing,” said, “I’m going to go ahead and communicate the same thing.”
Patterson was reflecting on the show in honor of its 25th anniversary, as it originally premiered in October of 2000.
The beloved family drama aired from 2000 to 2007 on The WB (which then became the CW) before it briefly returned for a 2016 Netflix revival, “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.”
“Gilmore Girls” was set in the fictional quaint town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, and followed former teen mom Lorelai (Graham) as she raised her precocious teen daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel).
Supporting characters included Lorelai’s diner-owning hat-wearing love interest Luke (Patterson), Lorelai’s difficult mother, Emily (Bishop), Luke’s nephew Jess (Milo Ventimiglia), Rory’s first boyfriend, Dean (Jared Padalecki), local town weirdo Kirk (Sean Gunn), and Lorelai’s best friend, Sookie (Melissa McCarthy).
The show’s 2016 Netflix revival was controversial to fans, since it ended with Rory getting pregnant, and it didn’t reveal if the baby’s father was Jess, Dean, or her old college boyfriend, Logan (Matt Czuchry).
Patterson, who only started watching “Gilmore Girls” in 2021 for his iHeartRadio podcast, “I Am All In…Again!,” also wasn’t impressed by Rory’s behavior.
“I’m not interested in any of them,” he said, referring to Jess, Dean, or Logan.
“I think they are teenage flings and necessary teenage romances to deepen her heart. I think she needs to get her act together.”
He pointed out that Rory is a mother now, following the events of “A Year in the Life.”
“And if I’m doing the math correctly, she’s got a 9 year old…And please forgive me. I’m not a television scriptwriter – but maybe there’s a world where there’s a new energy introduced into her life, and somebody [new] that really captures her attention.”
If “Gilmore Girls” returns for a Christmas special, he’s optimistic that Luke and Lorelai are still together, he said.
“They’re forever. I mean, they’ll never change. They’re rock solid.”
He added that Luke and Lorelai are, “two people who are wildly independent. They don’t need each other to get through life, but want to be with each other. That’s powerful. So, I think that glue stays.”
