Melissa McCarthy Calls Out 'Gilmore Girls' Production: 'Someone Passed Out'

Melissa McCarthy played the lovable "Sookie" onGilmore Girls, but the set wasn't as whimsical as the show appeared on television.

One of the main things that will forever stand out for McCarthy is how she was on set. "Sometimes we were crammed into small things with coats on, but it was actually like 112 degrees in Burbank, [California]. And we were like, 'Brrr, Connecticut!'" recalls the actress.

She spoke with Entertainment Weekly, giving all the behind-the-scenes scoop on what life on the set was like. Many love that the vibe of the show was this quaint. A little tiny town that was home to a single mom just trying to make it and her daughter who was navigating first loves and the big school-related problems she could handle.

The Little Mermaid actress clarified that something that never made sense on set was how random the scripts would sometimes be. "And I was like, 'Are we explaining why I have Malaria and why I'm in a full flop sweat?'"

She also recalls a cast member passing it due to the heat and the excessive wardrobe. "When we did our first poster, someone passed out," she said with a smile. "Like, just [passed] out cold because we were all in coats and trying to look blustery, and we were just sweating in weird places, and [they were] like, 'Look cold!'"

Many fans hoped to see Sookie St. James in the Netflix revival, but she wasn't offered a role in the series. That was one thing that rubbed fans the wrong way. "Thanks for the invite, but sadly no one asked me or Sookie to return to Stars Hollow."

She revealed the sad news after a fan mentioned her lack of excitement and that she wasn't promoting anything Gilmore Girls revival. "Wish them all the best!!" she wrote. Fans noticed the absence and chatted about it online.

It didn't stop them from loving the standalone season. And creator Amy Sherman-Palladino admitted they did try to get McCarthy on set. While speaking with TV Line, she said the actresses' schedule was hectic.

McCarthy is always welcomed, though, said the director. "She's f**king busy. But I have said [to her teams, 'Look, if Melissa is available and has an afternoon free, I'll write her a scene."

She continued. "Melissa was one of us. Suppose she has a spare moment to run over [to the set] — even if for just a cameo — we would be totally game. And if it's a last-minute thing, I would write her in, and we would figure it out. That's the way we left it."

McCarthy revealed months later that she worked something out and returned to be a part of the 90-minute finale.

"I went back and visited about two weeks ago and saw the sets again and everybody on them, and it just felt — oh, my God, I get so sentimental. It felt like the greatest idea in the world. It was just lovely. It was just lovely."

She continued her experience, "There was the longest time when it was just not going to work out, schedule-wise, and then once we decided, like, 'Is there any possible way?' Something big fell out for me [and] something changed for them."

And one of the best things about this time was that no one fainted, and they weren't hot.