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10 Reunion Portraits: Then and Now

See favorites from much-loved movies and TV shows as they were in their classics, and how they look today
By EW Staff Updated October 14, 2010 at 08:00 PM EDT
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Then: Victor Garber and Jennifer Garner, Alias

Alias, Jennifer Garner | Garber: ''J.J. Abrams put together this group of people —'' Garner: ''Who love each other.'' Garber: ''— who are still in contact and love each…
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Garber: ''J.J. Abrams put together this group of people —''
Garner: ''Who love each other.''
Garber: ''— who are still in contact and love each other and take care of each other.''
Garner: ''All of us, all the time. Not just Victor and me. We could have a room full of us.''

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Now: Garber and Garner, Alias

'' Alias changed my life. It gave me a television career, it gave me money to buy an apartment, which I'd never had. And it…
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''Alias changed my life. It gave me a television career, it gave me money to buy an apartment, which I'd never had. And it introduced me to people who are a part of my life. So thank you, J.J.'' —Garber

For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue, on stands Oct. 15.

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Then: Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Billy Boyd, ... | Bringing a cherished book to the big screen? No sweat. Peter Jackson's trilogy — or, as we like to call it, our preciousssss — exerted…
Credit: Pierre Vinet

''On our days off, we were together, because we really had no one else. We didn't know anyone in New Zealand. So Saturday morning came around, and we'd go for brunch and then we'd just hang out all day, whether that was surfing or buying records or buying clothes or seeing some girls around Wellington.'' —Monaghan, talking about spending time with Wood, Astin, and Boyd.

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Now: Astin, Wood, and Monaghan, The Lord of the Rings

Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, ... | ''Those were formative years. At 18, one would normally be going to university, or if there was a war, you'd be going to fight for…
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''Those were formative years. At 18, one would normally be going to university, or if there was a war, you'd be going to fight for your country. That's the time when you become a man. So for The Lord of the Rings to fit into that time period was so perfect. It exemplified a lot of those coming-of-age experiences for all of us. When people ask me about the movies, I don't really think about the movies. I think about the experiences making them, and I think about the relationships we all had and the growth that we all went through.'' —Elijah Wood

For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue, on stands Oct. 15.

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Then: Alexis Bledel and Lauren Grahm, Gilmore Girls

Alexis Bledel, Lauren Graham, ... | ''All of us [had to look up cultural references in the script], because if you hadn't read the complete New York Times on Sunday, you'd…
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''All of us [had to look up cultural references in the script], because if you hadn't read the complete New York Times on Sunday, you'd come [in] Monday morning, and there would be a lot of stuff you wouldn't recognize.'' —Graham

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Now: Bledel and Graham, Gilmore Girls

Alexis Bledel, Lauren Graham | Lauren: ''We are, like, the worst people to have a reunion interview because we don't remember anything. I mean, anything. People come up and they're…
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Lauren: ''We are, like, the worst people to have a reunion interview because we don't remember anything. I mean, anything. People come up and they're like, 'Oh remember, I played the real estate agent in the episode...' And I'm like, I have no idea. I have no recollection. It was a lot.''
Alexis: ''Because it was such dense language and we had long days, and it was, I think, overwhelming in a way at the time, to the point where we don't have really clear memories of certain portions of taping the show. It was just kind of a big blur.''

For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue, on stands Oct. 15.

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Then: Rob Morrow and Janine Turner, Northern Exposure

Northern Exposure, Janine Turner, ... | They met and clicked at the auditions for the show, even though she thought he was hitting on her as they left. ''It was so…
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They met and clicked at the auditions for the show, even though she thought he was hitting on her as they left. ''It was so clear that she was Maggie,'' he says.

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Now: Morrow and Turner, Northern Exposure

Rob Morrow, Janine Turner | ''We had some good kisses.'' — Morrow, on his favorite moments from the show For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue , on…
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''We had some good kisses.'' —Morrow, on his favorite moments from the show

For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue, on stands Oct. 15.

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Then: Jon Cryer, Molly Ringwald, and Annie Potts, Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink | Cryer: ''There was a time when [my hair] rose several feet off my head, but that time is no more.'' Potts: ''I had the same…
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Cryer: ''There was a time when [my hair] rose several feet off my head, but that time is no more.''
Potts: ''I had the same thing.''
Cryer: ''That's true! Yeah! Yours was actually like a foot and a half.''
Potts: ''At our age it's better to just get rid of it.''
Ringwald: ''Less is more.''

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Now: Potts, Ringwald, and Cryer, Pretty in Pink

Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, ... | ''I think we've all stayed intact! I think we all kinda look the same.'' — Ringwald For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue…
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''I think we've all stayed intact! I think we all kinda look the same.'' —Ringwald

For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue, on stands Oct. 15.

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Then: Michael J. Fox and Leah Thompson, Back to the Future

Back to the Future Part II, Lea Thompson, ... | Despite the whole my-mom's-trying-to-seduce-me angle, ''[ BttF ] was just so uncontroversial and just fun,'' says Fox.
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Despite the whole my-mom's-trying-to-seduce-me angle, ''[BttF] was just so uncontroversial and just fun,'' says Fox.

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Now: Thompson and Fox, Back to the Future

Lea Thompson, Michael J. Fox | Thompson was thrilled to get to play around in a replica of the DeLorean from the movie since she ''didn't actually get to shoot in…
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Thompson was thrilled to get to play around in a replica of the DeLorean from the movie since she ''didn't actually get to shoot in the car ... I'm a little bitter!

For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue, on stands Oct. 15.

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Then: David Faustino, Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, and Christina Applegate, Married With Children

Christina Applegate, David Faustino, ... | ''I remember we had a joke in the pilot where Al tells Steve (David Garrison) that PMS stands for 'pummel men's scrotums.' We weren't allowed…
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''I remember we had a joke in the pilot where Al tells Steve (David Garrison) that PMS stands for 'pummel men's scrotums.' We weren't allowed to use it because of its off-color nature. That would be considered nothing today.'' —Applegate

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Now: Faustino, Applegate, Sagal, and O'Neill, Married With Children

Christina Applegate, David Faustino, ... | ''Al loved his kids in a strange, weird way, and he didn't cheat on Peg.'' — O'Neill For more on this reunion, read our Reunions…
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''Al loved his kids in a strange, weird way, and he didn't cheat on Peg.'' —O'Neill

For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue, on stands Oct. 15.

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Then: Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and (inset) Neve Campbell, Scream

Scream, Courteney Cox, ... | ''I was supposed to die in the first one, and Wes kept me alive. So that was my favorite death scene: me coming back to…
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''I was supposed to die in the first one, and Wes kept me alive. So that was my favorite death scene: me coming back to life.'' —Arquette

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Now: Cox, Campbell, and Arquette, Scream

Courteney Cox, Neve Campbell, ... | ''It was really exhilarating and really fun. We definitely feel like family. It's been, like, 14 years now that we've known each other and made…
Credit: JAMES DIMMOCK FOR EW

''It was really exhilarating and really fun. We definitely feel like family. It's been, like, 14 years now that we've known each other and made these films and we've always had a lot of fun on them. That always creates a good atmosphere on set as well when you know people are going to have a good time.'' —Campbell on making Scream 4

For more on this reunion, read our Reunions Issue, on stands Oct. 15.

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Then: Eric McCormack and Debra Messing, Will & Grace

Will & Grace, Debra Messing, ... | Their gay/straight besties won over audiences with their take on platonic love, especially their '80s flashback to how it all began. ''It was just so…
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Their gay/straight besties won over audiences with their take on platonic love, especially their '80s flashback to how it all began.
''It was just so sweet to act out that moment when they were actually thinking that they were lovers,'' —McCormack

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Now: McCormack and Messing, Will & Grace

Will & Grace, Debra Messing, ... | ''We're very comfortable with each other, and after nearly a decade of working together, we have a shorthand that will always be there,'' says Messing.…
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''We're very comfortable with each other, and after nearly a decade of working together, we have a shorthand that will always be there,'' says Messing.

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Then: Kermit and Miss Piggy, The Muppet Show

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy | ''I remember the great guest stars. We worked with everyone: Elton John, Steve Martin, Johnny Cash, Sylvester Stallone, Julie Andrews, Bob Hope, Gene Kelly, and…
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''I remember the great guest stars. We worked with everyone: Elton John, Steve Martin, Johnny Cash, Sylvester Stallone, Julie Andrews, Bob Hope, Gene Kelly, and the cast of Star Wars ... to name just a few.'' —Kermit

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Now: Kermit and Miss Piggy, The Muppet Show

Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog | On the status of their relationship: Kermit: ''Don't ask...'' Miss Piggy: ''... don't tell.
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On the status of their relationship:
Kermit: ''Don't ask...''
Miss Piggy: ''... don't tell.

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    1 of 20 Then: Victor Garber and Jennifer Garner, Alias
    2 of 20 Now: Garber and Garner, Alias
    3 of 20 Then: Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and Sean Astin, The Lord of the Rings
    4 of 20 Now: Astin, Wood, and Monaghan, The Lord of the Rings
    5 of 20 Then: Alexis Bledel and Lauren Grahm, Gilmore Girls
    6 of 20 Now: Bledel and Graham, Gilmore Girls
    7 of 20 Then: Rob Morrow and Janine Turner, Northern Exposure
    8 of 20 Now: Morrow and Turner, Northern Exposure
    9 of 20 Then: Jon Cryer, Molly Ringwald, and Annie Potts, Pretty in Pink
    10 of 20 Now: Potts, Ringwald, and Cryer, Pretty in Pink
    11 of 20 Then: Michael J. Fox and Leah Thompson, Back to the Future
    12 of 20 Now: Thompson and Fox, Back to the Future
    13 of 20 Then: David Faustino, Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, and Christina Applegate, Married With Children
    14 of 20 Now: Faustino, Applegate, Sagal, and O'Neill, Married With Children
    15 of 20 Then: Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and (inset) Neve Campbell, Scream
    16 of 20 Now: Cox, Campbell, and Arquette, Scream
    17 of 20 Then: Eric McCormack and Debra Messing, Will & Grace
    18 of 20 Now: McCormack and Messing, Will & Grace
    19 of 20 Then: Kermit and Miss Piggy, The Muppet Show
    20 of 20 Now: Kermit and Miss Piggy, The Muppet Show

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