Friends Return, But Without Chandler

2023 Author: Henry Pass | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-27 21:12

Less than a day after the announcement of the triumphant reunion of the Friends team, the hopes of their fans creaked at the seams: Lisa Casteler - agent Matthew Perry - announced that the actor would not be able to participate in the new episode due to the pre-premiere rehearsals that are now taking place in London … According to her, the head of NBC Entertainment Robert Greenblatt, announcing a new meeting of the main characters of the television series, was well aware of Perry's busy schedule. He is currently preparing for his West Endsoe debut with The End of the Long Waiting, which is slated to premiere on 2 February.

Regardless, this month virtually all of Friends' main cast - Courteney Cox (Monica), Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe), Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), Matt LeBlanc (Joe) and David Schwimmer (Ross) - will meet on set. for the first time since 2004. They will remind the world of themselves on January 21, when on NBC, which showed the first episode of Friends in 1994, a special issue dedicated to director James Burroughs will appear (he worked on 15 episodes in the first seasons).

This fact has already been emphasized by Perry, who replied from London. According to the Daily Mail, the actor said the following today: “This is not the reunion everyone is hoping for, as they are honoring James Burroughs, the director of Friends. I play here, that's why I can't be there. " Nevertheless, the rest of the "friends" are already working on the episode, which will be filmed in Los Angeles - so one of the best comedy projects in the history of American television will be given a new life for two hours. It's worth looking at it even out of curiosity alone.