Emily Gilmore fanatics, Kelly Bishop sees you.

“I started hearing from — especially the younger viewers — they seem to like her,” Bishop, 81, says of her iconic character in Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek of Drink Coffee, Talk Fast, an upcoming fan-generated Gilmore Girls documentary.

The doc — supported by a Kickstarter campaign launched on Tuesday, September 30, by codirectors Meghna Balakumar and Kevin Konrad Hanna — showcases various fans admiring the Gilmore matriarch’s “badass moments,” and Bishop couldn’t help but agree.

“I think it’s because she is so outspoken,” the actress says of Emily’s growing fanbase. “You can kind of like the fact that she’s a little bit mean. I don’t know, really, what it is, but I’m delighted by it. Who wouldn’t want to be the favorite person in the s

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