Peter Klausner, former actor-turned-attorney, had the good fortune of appearing on the legendary TV show "Gilmore Girls," where his character had the tough task of debating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, of all subjects.
Now, the actor who appeared in two episodes, says he has no idea what point his character was even trying to make.
Klasuner was cast for fourth season of the show, portraying a laundry room attendant at Yale University named William, who runs into Rory Gilmore, played by Alexis Bledel. With Rory attending the International Relations Club, they end up talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
While Klausner finished all his lines and doing his best to pretend he's well versed in geopolitics, he admits that to this day, he has no idea what he was talking about. It's hard to blame him, though. It is one of the most complex and intricate conflicts in world history.
“It’s just a power struggle, nothing mysterious,” William says on the show. “Who wins in this game? In whose best interest is it to keep the kids fighting? Personally, if I’m in an alley with Osama, I’d rather he was armed with a blatant, heinous lie than an uzi."
In that last line, Klausner's character appears to be referring to the supposed anti-Israel propaganda machine and by referencing "uzi," an Israeli-made submachine gun, he's talking about Israel's military superiority over the Palestinians.
Rory rebuffs him by standing up for Israel.
Actor Scott Patterson, who played one of the show's most prominent characters and a love interest of Lorelai Gilmore, hosted a Podcast called "I'm All In."
In preparation, he watched every episode of the show, from start to finish. In the podcast, he interviews Klausner, talking to him about his short-lived appearance on the show.
Patterson read Klausner a question from a fan of the show named Amanda. That prompted a memory in the former actor. "By the way, for what it’s worth, I don’t think I ever understood what I was saying in that scene. I think I’ve even gone back and listened to the dialogue more carefully and I still don’t even know if I know what I was really ultimately saying."