“Friends: The Reunion” director Ben Winston is speaking out about the diversity criticism surrounding the much-loved show.
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The cast of "Friends" is staying just that and nothing more – friends. Ahead of the highly anticipated reunion of Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, the gentlemen sat down with Access to discuss their history.
“Friends: The Reunion” director Ben Winston is speaking out about the diversity criticism surrounding the much-loved show.
Friends fans were treated to a hugely emotional moment in the recent reunion special as the cast got back together – but the moment was almost ruined by a disaster with the backstage set-up. Ben Winston, who directed Friends: The Reunion, told The Sunday Times that the big scene which saw the six main stars all come face to face for only the second time since the hit show ended in 2004 nearly didn't happen.
David Schwimmer is looking back on the “Friends” reunion! The 54-year-old actor took to Instagram on Friday to share some behind-the-scenes pics from the long-awaited reunion, which premiered on HBO Max last month.
The real reunion! While fans were thrilled to see Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc together again on HBO Max’s Friends: The Reunion, it was the actors themselves who were even more excited.
David Schwimmer is looking back on the reunion! The 54-year-old actor took to Instagram on Friday to share some behind-the-scenes pics from the long-awaited reunion, which premiered on HBO Max last month.The first of the pics shows Schwimmer on a Zoom call with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc, during which they were busy «planning the reunion.»Another shot was a selfie of Schwimmer, which featured Kudrow and Aniston in the background, from when the
Did the Friends cast ever find their lobsters? Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and more costars had their fair share of high-profile romances since the sitcom catapulted their careers.
Friends: The Reunion delighted us last week and helped us escape reality for a bit as the six friends reunited. The show was high on its nostalgia factor as fans across the globe wept and celebrated with them.
Friends fans seemed to thoroughly enjoy the reunion special when it aired on HBO Max last week, and now we’re getting more details on how it all came together, including what the cast was reportedly paid to film it. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer were all initially offered $1 million to appear in the special but turned it down, according to the Wall Street Journal.
“Friends” becoming a hit was a big surprise to some.
Friends: The Reunion was jam-packed with major star power as along with the original six castmates - Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer - celebrities who guest-starred on the iconic sitcom like Tom Selleck and Reese Witherspoon as well as huge fans of the beloved series like BTS and Justin Bieber, were a part of the highly-awaited special.However, fans were left baffled about the fact that fan-favourite Friends guest stars like Paul
Matthew Perry is calling out his castmates. During HBO Max's long-awaited reunion special, which featured Perry along with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, the 51-year-old actor that brought Chandler Bing to life jokingly lamented about the lack of communication between the cast.The moment happened just as Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay, was gushing over the cast's continued closeness.«We stay in touch for sure,» she said.
Friends have said they will not do another on-screen reunion.During this week’s one-off special Friends: The Reunion, host James Corden asked the main cast members – Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc – if they could consider returning again.Referring to showrunners Marta Kauffman and David Crane, Kudrow said (per Digital Spy): “It’s all up to Marta and David and I once heard them say, and I completely agree, that they ended the show
Spoiler alert! Major spoilers ahead for “Friends: The Reunion”. Turn back now if you don’t want them to know that you know that they know!
cast will always be there for each other, but they say their new HBO Max special is the last time that they will reunite publicly. Courteney Cox made the declaration toward the end of as she and her castmates -- Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc -- tearfully looked back on their time together. «Honestly, this will really make me cry, but this will be the last time that we’re ever asked about the show as a group that we will do this,» she said. «Like,
Warning: This story contains spoilers from the “Friends: The Reunion” special on HBO Max.Hey, Joey — how you doin’?In a harrowing incident that was kept hush-hush for decades, a 1996 episode of “Friends” took a turn when star Matt LeBlanc took a “cringe-worthy” fall while filming — and paramedics had to rush him to the hospital in excruciating pain.During the much-hyped “Friends: The Reunion” special — which hit HBO Max Thursday — series creator David Crane revealed that production ground to a
The Friends reunion special on HBO Max is set to drop at 3am on May 27 and we cannot wait.
The cast of Friends really lived up to their show’s name. “There was a rule that we had, it was really important to the six of us, that we kept a friendship, that we were friends,” Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the beloved ’90s-early 2000’s sitcom, told Access in a sit-down interview uploaded on May 25.
The cast of Friends is getting ready for their big HBO Max reunion on May 27, and the cast – Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer – have been doing interviews in preparation for the special.
reunion is almost here, and while it's bound to be an emotional moment for longtime fans of the show, there was no one more tearful than the cast!Ahead of the special's debut on Thursday, the stars of the beloved sitcom -- Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer — opened up to ET's Nischelle Turner about getting back together for the reunion taping, and returning to their old soundstage, which had been rebuilt with sets resembling their
reunion isalmost here, and ahead of the special's big debut, the cast opened up to ET's Nischelle Turner about where they think their characters are now. «I've thought about it,» Lisa Kudrow said of her character, Phoebe Buffay. «I don't think it makes for great storytelling but because I think they're all just really happy, and then they get together once in a while.