for years to come Friend, Lisa Kudrow has admitted that she couldn’t bring herself to watch reruns of the iconic NBC sitcom, explaining that she didn’t want to risk not liking her work on the show. However in a recent interview with hollywood reporter To advertise your next Apple TV+ order while the robberKudrow — who became a household name in the mid-’90s as the beloved and eccentric Phoebe Buffay — says she’s started revisiting the old days. Friend episode, staged largely to keep the memory of his former co-star Matthew Perry alive.
Perry died on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54 months from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine, his gruesome death causing a worldwide stir. A legal investigation is underway into how he died.
“To be honest, I wasn’t able to watch it because it’s too embarrassing to watch it myself. But if I make it about Matthew, that’s OK,'” Kudrow explains. heart, “And it’s just celebrating how hilarious he was — and that’s what I want to remember (about him).”
Friend It premiered to 21.5 million viewers on September 22, 1994, which immediately transformed the cast of Kudrow, Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer—who played six best friends living in New York City. – In the world superstar. The show ran for 10 seasons and 236 episodes, with the latter generation marking the 20-year anniversary of the Order finale.
right through it Friend In the reunion special, which aired on HBO Max in 2021, Kudrow told her former co-stars that, after she began reformatting for the show with her husband, Mitchell Stern, she was amazed at how much the show it was fun. – a sentiment that has persisted recently.
What does Kudrow see when she revisits the show now?
“I’m laughing out loud, and everyone is hilarious. I’m obsessed with Courteney Cox. I’m obsessed with Jen. Matthew is, obviously, uniquely hilarious. Before him no one knew that rhythm or comic rhythm. Matt LeBlanc is hilarious. And also David Schwimmer. Sometimes I even laugh at what I do,” Kudrow says with a self-deprecating laugh. “So yeah, I mean, it’s my own little way of celebrating (the anniversary), just seeing it. But this is shameful. At home, if someone walks into the room and I’m looking FriendI think, it’s a terrible look, isn’t it?”
of perfect moments Friend Among those immortalized in popular culture, perhaps the show’s funniest episode was “The One Where Everybody Finds Out”, when the characters’ remains reveal that Perry and Cox’s characters, Chandler and Monica, have been secretly dating. Were staying. In the closest study, Phoebe decides to manipulate one of them by flirting with Chandler or even trying to seduce him. Many times he has admitted in weekly interviews that he no longer remembers his positive moments. FriendKudrow says she remembers that LeBlanc once encouraged Joey to unbutton Phoebe’s blouse in an attempt to outwit Chandler.
“It’s like, ‘We’ve got to come up with something to stake out.’ And I think it was he who said, ‘What if he just (Simulates opening shirt buttons with one hand) …and the shirt comes off?'” Kudrow recalls the amusingly ridiculous story. “And they say, ‘Is it OK for you to wear a bra?’ And I said, ‘It’s more covering than a bra?'”
And Kudrow says it’s the feeling of immense joy she feels each week with her ensemble that remains her fondest memory of creating Friend, “You just laugh all day, basically, between scenes, because these are funny people. And especially someone like Matthew, whose goal was: How many laughs can I get every day in real life? So we were always laughing so hard, with tears streaming down our faces,” she recalls with a warm smile.
When asked how she hopes the world will remember her good friend Perry, whom she thanked in a heartfelt tribute upon his passing in late October, Kudrow simply said: “I think the world will remember him. Remembering the way he wanted to be remembered. “I think that’s (already) happening.”
After this, Kudrow will be recognized among Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Ian Morris. while the robber, Apple TV+ orders adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fiction vintage. The latest film Gilliam starred in Monty Python Co-stars John Cleese and Michael Palin in addition to Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall and Ian Holm. In the sequence – which continues Kudrow’s evolution of playing entertaining, comedic characters who lack a certain amount of self-awareness – Kudrow plays Penelope, the de facto head of a ragtag crew of thieves. , who travel through the day and range with their unedited leases. : An 11-year-old historical ghost named Kevin (Kal-El Tak).
while the robber Premieres July 24 on Apple TV+.
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