Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing in the TV series Friends, passed away tonight. We have previously written about how his colleagues in the series reacted, and now we suggest you remember the most interesting facts about the film.
There were other variations of the name: Insomnia Cage, Friends Like Us, Six One, Across the Hall.
The theme song for the series was supposed to be REM’s Shiny Happy People and was used in the pilot episode.
Actresses Jane Lynch and Kathy Griffin auditioned for the role of Phoebe. Ellen DeGeneres was also offered the role, but she turned it down.
When the actors received their first paycheck, Courteney Cox celebrated by buying a Porsche.
Originally, the writers planned a romance between Joey and Monica.
Shooting an episode of Friends usually took about five hours. But the show was almost always filmed with a live audience (up to 300 fans gathered).
Courteney Cox (Monica) is three years older than David Schwimmer (Ross) in real life. But in the series, she is the younger sister she.
Matthew Perry’s father also starred in the TV series Friends.
The frame of the door in Monica and Rachel’s apartment is an old mirror that was broken by the film crew.
Extra James Michael Tyler was cast as Gunter because he was the only person on set who knew how to use the coffee machine. He only said his first sentence in episode 33 (it was the word “yes”).
The famous orange coffee shop couch was found in Warner Brothers’ warehouse.
Matt LeBlanc had $11 with him when he came to the casting. So he understood his character Joe very well.
The story of the triplets Phoebe gave birth to for her brother was added urgently due to Lisa Kudrow’s real pregnancy.
Lisa Kudrow was hired to teach guitar, but she never mastered the instrument. Thus her hero became an evil, self-taught musician.
After the fifth season, Courteney Cox married producer David Arquette. In the credits of the first episode of the sixth season, the surname Arquette was added to the entire cast as a congratulations.
June Gable played both the nurse who gave birth to Ross’s first wife and Jo’s manager, Estelle.
At first the apartments were number 4 and 5, but then the manufacturers realized that they should be located lower. And 19 and 20 appeared at the gates.
Actors who worked in the first episodes of the series were given 20 thousand dollars, and millions were given in the last episodes.
The white statue of Joe the Dog actually belonged to Jennifer Aniston.
The opening scene of the series was shot in California, not New York. The famous fountain is located in the city of Burbank, on the territory of the Warner Brothers studio.
Originally it was supposed to be four friends. Phoebe and Chandler were intended to be secondary characters.
Fans were deeply saddened when the news broke online that “Friends” would be removed from the Netflix service. As a result, Netflix renewed the rights to show the series, costing them approximately $100 million.
Central Perk Cafe is a fictional location. However, in 2010, Du Xin, a fan of the series, opened such a facility in Beijing and it became very popular.
Source: People Talk
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