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Vulnerable and hopeful woman Vulnerable and hopeful woman
By ALISON DE SOUZA 'My lot in life is to play single mums looking for love/ says YOU will hear actors say they hate being typecast, but after playing Gilmore Girls actress Lauren Graham. plucky single mothers on not one but two hit television comedies, Gilmore Girls (2000 to 2007) and Parenthood (2010 to 2015), actress Lauren Graham has made peace with it. Especially as she does it again in the new comedy series The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (available on Disney+ Hotstar), a reboot of the popular 1990s The Mighty Ducks film franchise about an underdog children's hockey team. HI just have to accept that this is my lot in life - to play these single mums looking for love,“ says the 54-year-old over video chat. There is something in all these characters stthat definitely speaks to me”, adds Graham, who plays a mother who starts her own hockey team when her son is dropped from his old one. They are all “looking for some thing and are unfulfilled, and kind of vulnerable and hopeful”, and that is why audiences connect with them, she says. “Because you don't want to fol low someone who has it all togeth er. And whafs an arc thafs relata ble? Perhaps being single or not having it all together. c