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'Gilmore Girls' Star Keiko Agena Says She Was in 'Survival Mode' While Playing Lane Kim

Keiko Agena played Rory Gilmore's best friend, Lane Kim, for all seven seasons of 'Gilmore Girls' and in the Netflix revival.

The 50-year-old Japanese American actress played Lane, a Korean-American teen, who wants to obey her strict mother while also pursuing her passion for music and becoming a drummer. So for me it's this separate thing a little bit because I think what it was for people was different than what it was for me," Agena admitted of the show, noting that she wants to "honor" the "love" fans feel for Gilmore Girls. As for her relationship with the rest of the cast, Agena said she's closest with co-stars John Cabrera and Sean Gunn, who played her Hep Alien bandmate, Brian Fuller, and Stars Hollow everyman, Kirk Gleason, on the series.

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