Joey’s Magna Doodle art became a job for the crew. So, they hid Cox’s pregnancy to the best of their abilities with costumes and props. This was not written into the show for an obvious reason: the series had already established that Chandler and Monica couldn’t have kids. On the other hand, in the final season, Cox was pregnant with her daughter, Coco Arquette. Kudrow was dubious about Phoebe getting pregnant, too, but the writers decided to have Phoebe act as a surrogate for her brother’s triplets. Kudrow got pregnant with her son, Julian Murray, in 1997. Kudrow’s pregnancy was written into the show, but Cox’s was not. How is that possible? With the help of some Hollywood trickery. It turns out that Monica and Chandler may have bought the house owned by the McCallisters in the movie. In 2016, the folks at 22 Vision shared a video documenting a previously unrealized connection between Friends and 1990's Home Alone. Phoebe Buffay’s twin sister, Ursula, was also a character on Mad About You. By the final season, each cast member was earning $1 million per episode. "What is unusual is this cast’s effort to use solidarity as leverage." “Stars of hit shows often threaten to boycott their series in pursuit of higher salaries," The New York Times reported. In 1997, all six cast members refused to work until they all earned an equal salary of $100,000 per episode. But allegedly, by the second season, each actor had a slightly different salary. They were the first TV cast to negotiate as a group.ĭuring the first season, each cast member was receiving around $22,000 per episode. In 1997, David Crane told Entertainment Weekly, “No, Chandler isn’t gay. During the first few seasons of the show, many fans speculated about Chandler’s sexual orientation. Kudrow said that she was surprised to hear Perry’s interpretation of Chandler at the first table read because when she first read the script, she thought Chandler was supposed to be gay. Many people, including Lisa Kudrow, thought that Chandler was gay. “We always remove the audience for the cliffhangers because, obvious reasons, you don’t want to spoil it.” 11. “We couldn’t have an audience for that,” Aniston said. So, what wasn’t filmed in front of a live audience? One example is the cliffhanger in the season four finale, “The One With Ross’s Wedding.” At the end of the episode, Ross is about to marry Emily, but accidentally says Rachel’s name at the altar. Perry agreed, “Our energy just elevates every time there’s an audience.” “It’s kind of like a test to see if the material works, if the jokes work, if the story tracks,” LeBlanc said. And that’s the way the cast preferred it. Still, the show was filmed in front of a live audience made up of 300 fans. Shooting an episode of Friends was a lengthy process, typically lasting five hours, with multiple takes per scene and 20 minutes between scenes to change sets. Friends was filmed in front of a live audience-except for cliffhangers. And thank goodness because “Smelly Cat” is perfect just the way it is. She decided that Phoebe would only know a handful of chords anyway. Kudrow learned a couple of chords, then announced that she was done with the lessons. So I think I even asked, ‘What if she plays the bongos?'" They ended up bringing a guitar teacher in, but that didn’t last long. "I didn’t like the guitar," Lisa Kudrow admitted about Phoebe Buffay's chosen musical instrument. Lisa Kudrow didn't know how to play guitar. "I thought it was so interesting," Arquette told Entertainment Weekly at the time, " I gave it to Courteney" for the show. We really owe David Arquette a lifetime of gratitude because he's the one who made it happen. In the 2003 episode "The One With the Soap Opera Party," Monica is shown casually reading a new magazine called Mental Floss while hanging out at Central Perk. The Friends producers originally asked her to play Rachel, but she requested the role of Monica because she liked the “strong” character. She was known for many commercials plus Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” music video. The producers wanted Courteney Cox to play Rachel, but cox resisted.īefore the show premiered, Courteney Cox was probably the most famous cast member. Thankfully, it wasn’t picked up, and Perry was able to take the Friends gig. The show would have been about baggage handlers at LAX who sorted aliens’ luggage. During the 1994 pilot season, he filmed the pilot for a show called LAX 2194 in addition to Friends. For example, Kathy Griffin and Jane Lynch actually became friends after meeting while both were auditioning for the part of Phoebe.īoth Jon Favreau and Jon Cryer were considered for the role of Chandler before it went to Matthew Perry, but Perry almost didn’t get the gig either. With a cast of six people, it’s not a surprise that many different actors were considered for each role.
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