2. Before settling on Friends, other titles producers considered were フレンズ Like Us, Six of One, Across the Hall, Once Upon a Time in the West Village, and Insomnia Cafe.
3. Originally the 表示する was going to focus on just four characters: Monica, Ross, Rachel, and Joey. Phoebe and Chandler were going to be supporting characters.
4. Also, Monica and Joey were originally intended to be the main couple on the show.
5. Ellen DeGeneres turned down the role of Phoebe.
6. In the early stages of development, the writers considered making Chandler gay.
7. “Shiny Happy People” によって R.E.M. was the original choice for the theme song. It was used in the pilot.
8. The frame around the peephole originally had a mirror in it. It was accidentally broken によって a crew member, but because it still looked good, they decided to leave it there.
9. The iconic オレンジ ソファー, ソファ in Central Perk was found によって a set designer in the basement of the Warner Bros. Studios.
10. In the first couple of episodes, Monica and Rachel’s apartment number was No. 5. This was changed in later episodes to No. 20 because the producers noted that 5 corresponded to an apartment on lower floor.
11. “I’ll Be There for You” was co-written によって フレンズ producers David クレーン and Marta Kauffman, along with Phil Solem and Danny Wilde, of The Rembrandts.
12. In 1995, the song was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for eight weeks.
13. The ages of the cast when the 表示する premiered:
14. The full names of the characters are:
• Chandler Muriel Bing
• Rachel Karen Green
• Ross Eustace Geller
• Monica E. Geller (we never learn what the E stands for)
• Joseph Francis Tribbiani Jr.
• Phoebe Buffay (she never knew her middle name since she had never seen her birth certificate)
15. Season 2 is the only season without a Thanksgiving episode.
16. Jennifer Aniston has stated that she hated the now-iconic “Rachel” haircut.
In 2011 Jennifer told USA Today:
“Let’s say there have been moments I’d rather not relive, like that whole Rachel thing. I 愛 Chris [McMillan, her hairstylist], and he’s the bane of my existence at the same time because he started that damn Rachel, which was not my best look. How do I say this? I think it was the ugliest haircut I’ve ever seen. What I really want to know is, how did that thing have legs? Let’s just say I’m not a ファン of short, layered cuts on me personally, so I don’t 愛 revisiting that particular era.”
17. Courteney Cox was the only cast member not to get an Emmy nomination for her work on the show.
18. Reportedly, Christina Applegate was cast as Amy Green for the Season 9 Thanksgiving episode after Reese Witherspoon was unavailable to reprise her role as Jill Green.
Christina won an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the episode.
19. Bruce Willis guest starred on the 表示する for free.
While filming the movie The Whole Nine Yards, Matthew Perry made a bet with his co-star Willis that if the film were to open at No. 1 at the box office on its opening weekend, then Willis would have appear on フレンズ for free. (Willis was already scheduled to appear on the show.)
The movie opened at No. 1, and Willis donated the money he earned from フレンズ to charity.
20. Gunther was not originally a speaking part; the actor, James Michael Tyler, got the role as an extra because he knew how to work an エスプレッソ machine.
James was working at a coffee ショップ when he got the role, and he kept the job for the first four seasons of Friends.
21. The refrigerator in Monica’s apartment actually worked. It was filled with water and drinks for the cast and crew.
22. In reality, Joey’s white dog statue belonged to Jennifer Aniston. It had been 与えられた to her によって a friend as a good-luck gift.
23. During its run, the 表示する released two soundtracks.
Two soundtracks were released after the 表示する ended: Friends, The One with All the Party 音楽 EP (2004) and Friends: The Ultimate Soundtrack (2005).
24. During the first season of the show, each cast member earned $22,500 per episode. によって the end of the series they each made a $1 million an episode.
25. The final episode was watched によって 52.46 million viewers and is the fourth most-watched テレビ series finale in U.S. history.
credit: BuzzFeed Staff
