20 Things You Didn't Know About Gilmore Girls
13. English Isn't The First Language Of Alexis Bledel
Throughout the show, the character of Rory Gilmore is occasionally seen speaking Spanish with Ezsperanza and is portrayed to be moderately fluent with it, using basic conversational phrases.
The irony is Alexis Bledel (Rory) is actually of Hispanic descent and her first language is Spanish. She grew up speaking the language with her family and didn’t learn English until she attended Elementary school. This makes Bledel’s performance all the more impressive as not only does she speak an authentic sounding American accent but on the occasion that Rory does attempt Spanish, she makes it sound slightly broken.
The markings of a true actress right there!