“Somebody had to pay the price for that,” says Patterson.
“And I’m still paying the price for it.”
It sounds like the residents of Stars Hollow oweScott Pattersonan apology.
Scott Patterson felt like ‘some kind of meat stick’ while filming a ‘Gilmore Girls’ scene.WB TV
Off-screen, Patterson similarly echoed his character’s sentiments.
“Oh, you mean, objectifying somebody’s body part?
“It is infuriating because you’re being treated like an object.
I couldn’t wait for that day to be over.”
“That’s the one thing I hate about this episode is that scene.”
“Just because it was 2003 didn’t mean it was okay.
It’s never okay.
And I didn’t feel comfortable doing it and it pissed me off,” he shared.
Because, you know, it does, it devalues people.
It also felt personally demeaning as an actor.
“I get this big break on this show, right?
They just want to rise up.
They want to be respected.
They want to be feted.
They want to win awards.
And caused him to worry about its implications on his career.
“What are Academy members gonna say when they see this scene?
‘Oh, we’ve gotta nominate him.
That butt scene was amazing.
Best Butt,'” he remarked.
“I mean, really, what am I involved in here?
It really questioned why I was doing the show at the time.”
So yes, Patterson gets the punchline, but not without feeling the punch part of it too.
“Somebody had to pay the price for that,” he said.
“And I’m still paying the price for it.”
