Gilmore Girls Writer Reveals Why Milo Ventimiglia’s Spinoff Never Panned Out: ‘Such a Different Vibe’ (Exclusive)

Stan Zimmerman; Milo Ventimiglia in Gilmore Girls. Photo: Dusan Vuksanovic; Warner Bros./Everett Collection Milo Ventimiglia almost carried the world of Gilmore Girls to Los Angeles, but the West Coast didn’t match up to the magic of Stars Hollow. Many fans of the beloved series know that Ventimiglia’s character, Jess Mariano, was lined up to star in a spinoff set in the groovy-grungy neighborhood of Venice, Calif. The potential series got a backdoor pilot with the season 3 episode “Here Comes the Son,” which saw bad boy Jess visiting his dad in L.A. The beach town offshoot was never picked up for a full-season run, though Gilmore Girls writer and consulting producer Stan Zimmerman tells PEOPLE that there was plenty of interest behind the scenes. At the time, the hit show’s creator Amy Sherman-Palladino had a house in Venice near Zimmerman’s writing partner, Jim Berg, and they all appreciated what the area had to offer. “We hung out there a lot,” Zimmerman recalls. “We’d go have crazy lunches. [Sherman-Palladino] loved Venice … It’s a very colorful part of L.A.” Milo Ventimiglia in Gilmore Girls in L.A. Warner Bros./Everett Collection Gilmore Girls and Golden Girls Writer Stan Zimmerman on His Hollywood Career: ‘I Was Lucky’ (Exclusive) He adds that Sherman-Palladino — who went on to create The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — was interested in the contrast between lively, sunny SoCal and Gilmore Girls ‘ quiet cozy Connecticut setting. “I think she really wanted that to be such a different vibe from the leaves falling in Stars Hollow to being out in Venice in California,” says Zimmerman, whose credits include work on The Golden Girls and Roseanne . “It just never gelled into anything, but it was interesting to see Jess’s life and what that would’ve been like.” Zimmerman started working on Gilmore Girls during its fifth season, but he says he immediately understood why the colder seasons fit the series so well. “There is just something about the East Coast … those leaves changing. It just has this cool, towny feeling you just want to hang out in and it’s very […]

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