Jennifer Aniston & Lisa Kudrow Share Behind-The-Scenes Friends Stories In Nostalgic Interview!
The real-life and onscreen pals had a virtual hangout for Variety’s Actors on Actors issue, in which they waxed nostalgic about their time on the beloved sitcom ahead of the upcoming HBO Max reunion.
Aniston could even recall the first time she met Kudrow at the first episode table read — right down to the outfit she was wearing! Describing the first time the six of them all sat down together as a “magical, magical moment,” she explained:
“You were wearing an appropriate Phoebe Buffay — like a white linen, hippie shirt, and you had a bunch of seashells and necklaces on. And you had your hair pulled up in two little clips, and you had these little blond tendrils. So, so, so beautiful!”
Lisa replied she was “trying to get into the character” — and Jen teased her for thinking she still needed to audition!
The pair, who revealed their nicknames for each other are “Floosh” and “Joo” (Kudrow and Aniston, respectively), had glowing reviews for each others’ non-Friends material. But even beyond their fruitful later careers, still enjoys catching an episode of the 90s juggernaut. The Morning Show star shared:
“I love stumbling on a Friends episode. This one time I was with Courteney [Cox], and we were trying to find something to reference, an old Friends thing. And then we stumbled on… bloopers online and we sat there at the computer like two nerds watching these bloopers laughing at ourselves.”
Kudrow has appeared on many beloved shows since Friends, like cult hit The Comeback and most recently Space Force. But she confessed she experienced a “commitment issue” with other series after spending 10 years on the NBC program. She said:
“It’s not like, ‘Oh, it was such hard work for 10 years.’ It’s not that. It was that I know that show worked because we all committed to each other too. It wasn’t just committing to a role, committing to a contract. We all still love each other. Our cast is like that, and that’s why that worked. I think part of me died. I can’t do that again.”
