{"id":1981,"date":"2015-10-19T08:01:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T15:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/actress-talks-kodiak-with-jimmy-kimmel\/"},"modified":"2015-10-19T08:01:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T15:01:12","slug":"actress-talks-kodiak-with-jimmy-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/actress-talks-kodiak-with-jimmy-kimmel\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress talks Kodiak with Jimmy Kimmel"},"content":{"rendered":"

KODIAK \u2014 <\/strong>An actress who spent the first years of her life in Kodiak and now plays a lead role on the hit ABC TV show \u201cScandal\u201d appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night to talk about coming to Kodiak this summer and receiving a key to the city.<\/p>\n

Darby Stanchfield, who plays Abby on \u201cScandal,\u201d told Kimmel that she was born in Kodiak, lived there until she was 7 years old and then moved to Unalaska\/Dutch Harbor.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally, I think the only thing I know about Kodiak is that the chewing tobacco is from there, right?\u201d Kimmel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the Kodiak bear,\u201d Stanchfield replied.<\/p>\n

Last summer, Stanchfield arrived in Kodiak to film a documentary and while there was presented with a key to the City of Kodiak by Mayor Pat Branson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hadn\u2019t been back (in Kodiak) in 30 years,\u201d Stanchfield told Kimmel.<\/p>\n

She toured Alaska as part of a Discover America documentary series that features celebrities touring their home state.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was basically between me and Sarah Palin,\u201d Stanchfield said. \u201cYou have to be from the state, and \u2018Scandal\u2019 right now is a little, you know, maybe hotter than Sarah Palin, so I got to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the filming, Stanchfield said she went fishing, bear watching, drank water from a glacier and took helicopter flights, most of which, except for the fishing, she hadn\u2019t done before.<\/p>\n

When she arrived in Kodiak, Stanchfield received a Facebook message from a local woman, Fru Finn, who wanted to set up a time for Stanchfield to receive the key to the city.<\/p>\n

Finn told the Daily Mirror that she\u2019s a huge \u201cScandal\u201d fan and got to pose with Stanchfield as \u201cgladiators,\u201d a term for the heroes in the series.<\/p>\n

Stanchfield ignored the message at first, she told Kimmel, but Finn showed up at the airport during filming and set it up.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe really \u2018gladiated\u2019 the entire situation,\u201d Stanchfield said.<\/p>\n

It happened atop Pillar Mountain, Stanchfield told Kimmel, after shooting a dinner scene for the documentary during a rainstorm.<\/p>\n

On Jimmy Kimmel, Stanchfield showed off the key, including the city logo prominently displayed in the handle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not bad looking, by the way,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cWhat does this entitle you to then?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, I don\u2019t know,\u201d Stanchfield responded. \u201cI don\u2019t know what it opens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel asked how many other people have the key to the city, and Stanchfield pointed out a key to the city website and 1-800 number on the back of the key.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you really want to order one, you probably could just call them up and get your own made,\u201d Stanchfield said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to use this to open a door and there\u2019s going to be a whole bunch of other people in there,\u201d Kimmel joked. \u201cThis is probably real gold, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would hope so, it\u2019s Alaska!\u201d Stanchfield responded.<\/p>\n

The two also joked about being able to fish with the key, using it as a lure to catch salmon, Kimmel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA very big salmon,\u201d Stanchfield replied.<\/p>\n

The online clip of Stanchfield on Jimmy Kimmel Live can be viewed on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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