The confession occurred when host James Corden asked the six leads of the famous comedy series if any of them had felt chemistry in real life. Both David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston said yes.
Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer almost had a love story from the beginning of the recording of the series “Friends”, where they played the mythical couple of Rachel and Ross, revealed the two actors in the special program dedicated to the series and put on line on Thursday.
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The confession occurred when host James Corden asked the six leads of the famous comedy series if any of them had felt chemistry in real life. Both David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston said yes.
“The first season I fell quite in love with Jen,” said the actor, to which she replied, “It was reciprocal.”
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An attraction that was not perceived at the time by the other members of “Friends”, revealed Matthew Perry (Chandler) and Courteney Cox (Monica).
“But it was as if two ships crossed because one of the two was always in a relationship, ” said the New York actor. “And we never crossed that line. We respect it ”.
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“I remember once telling David that it would be a shame if the first time we kissed was on national television ,” said the actress, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of Rachel in 2002.
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“And, of course, the first time we kissed was in that cafe, ” Jennifer Aniston continued, referring to the famous “Central Perk” set in the seventh episode of the second season.
“So we channeled our adoration and love into Ross and Rachel .”
The special “Friends” program , put online Thursday on the HBO Max platform in the United States, was the occasion to tell a handful of other anecdotes, in particular about the relationship between Monica and Chandler.
“Originally, it was intended that they would sleep together in London,” but it was going to be “a short story,” according to show co-creator David Crane.
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It refers to the episode “The One Who Marries” , the last of the fourth season, in which Monica and Chandler, indeed, end up in bed.
But the reaction of the viewers (the series was filmed with a live audience), which celebrated with more than 20 seconds of applause and whistles when Monica poked her face out from under the covers, surprised the writers.
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“We realized that there was definitely more to exploit there and that we had to pay attention to it,” recalled Marta Kauffman, co-creator of the series.
On a more serious note, Matthew Perry opened up, in too short a sequence, about his difficulties during filming.
“I felt like I was going to die if they didn’t laugh,” he told the audience on set. “And that is not healthy, of course.”
“You never told us,” replied Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe), amazed. “I felt that every day” of filming, insisted the actor, harassed for a long time by an addiction to opiates and alcohol, from which he now says he is free.
