Gilmore Girls’ Alexis Bledel has scored her first regular role in over five years.
The 31-year-old has been cast as the female lead in Friends & Family , and will be starring opposite Jason Ritter in Fox’s comedy pilot.
According to Deadline , the single-camera comedy is based on the UK series Gavin & Stacey . The series centers on Gavin (Ritter) and Stacey (Bledel) who try to maintain their relationship, originally formed online , while combining their families’ lives.
Ritter recently recurred on NBC’s Parenthood opposite Bledel’s Gilmore Girls co-star Lauren Graham. Ritter played Mark Cyr, who has a brief relationship with Graham’s character, Sarah Braverman. Mark and Sarah break up after Sarah decided to put her job before her relationship. She turns down a wedding with Mark to accompany her boss to Los Angeles for a photography job.
Dustin Ybarra, who most recently appeared in the film 21 & Over and two episodes of Showtime’s Californication , has been cast as Gavin’s roommate and friend, Smithy.
Alexis Bledel most recently appeared in three episodes ofAMC’s Mad Men . She will be appearing in the Brian Horiuchi-directed film Parts Per Billion , which is currently in post-production and set to be released in 2014. Bledel also played Lena Kaligaris in the 2004 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and its 2008 sequel.
Friends & Family is written by James Corden ( How To Lose Friends & Alienate People ), who played Smithy in Gavin & Stacey , Ruth Jones, who played Nessa in the UK series, and David Rosen.
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