Jennifer Gray appears in the first season of Friends but her time on the show was surrounded by fear.
“I was a fan of the show and got the call about it,” she shared media village in an interview. “When I did it, I was so scared because they kept changing the script. It’s really hard to be a guest star because you’re not a part of it and you’re really trying to figure everything out. They were trying to figure out what the character is, what the scene is, and it changed and changed and changed. It all made me so anxious that I could hardly manage.”
Gray played Mindy, Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) former best friend and bridesmaid who had a secret affair with her fiancé, Barry. When Rachel escapes her marriage in the pilot, Barry takes Mindy on the honeymoon he was originally supposed to have with Rachel. When Barry and Rachel meet again, they discuss things and decide to give their relationship another chance. However, this time Mindy is engaged to Barry and Rachel turns out to be the other woman. Mindy and Rachel then team up to confront Barry and his deception.
The dirty dance star said this while he was up Friends She had “severe performance anxiety”, and although she didn’t know what was wrong with her, she knew she needed help.
Gray was recast and reprized her role on the hit NBC sitcom, but declined to make a comeback reprising the role as Jana Marie Hupp.
“When they asked me to come back, I said I couldn’t,” she said. “They got someone else to play the role. It saddens me that I would say no to continuing Friends or do Saturday night live because of my fear. The truth is, I wish I had people to help me deal with this kind of anxiety. But I couldn’t be there until I was there.”
Although it does not return FriendsGray said she learned from the experience, adding, “In life, I always learn more from things that feel like you fail and you don’t learn as much from the successes, even though it can be fun.” “But that’s all part of life.”
Source: Deadline
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