Friends legend Lisa Kudrow teases epic twist to reunion show involving entire cast
FRIENDS OG Lisa Kudrow has teased fans there will be an epic twist to the highly-anticipated reunion show involving the entire cast. The star revealed the one-off show will not just be a sit-down chat with the cast and creators – there’s going to be much, much more to the project. Lisa, 56, played Phoebe […]
FRIENDS OG Lisa Kudrow has teased fans there will be an epic twist to the highly-anticipated reunion show involving the entire cast.
The star revealed the one-off show will not just be a sit-down chat with the cast and creators – there’s going to be much, much more to the project.
Lisa, 56, played Phoebe Buffay in Friends for its entire 10 season run, alongside co-stars Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and Courteney Cox.
Speaking to the press to promote her new Netflix comedy Space Force, Lisa confirmed all six Friends actors are still committed to the reunion.
“It is definitely going to happen,” said Lisa. “We just keep putting dates in the calendar. When we can do it, we will do it.
“[The planning] was pretty far along, but it seemed pretty clear that if people can’t gather then we can’t do it.”
Originally, the show had been planned to coincide with the launch of new US streaming platform HBO Max on 27 May but the coronavirus pandemic shut down TV and film studios across the world.
Speaking about whether or not the reunion special would be scripted, or if it would revolve around the cast and creators reminiscing about the show, Lisa revealed: “There are other things in it.
“There are other things to it; things I shouldn’t really talk about because they should be good – but those things can’t happen [right now]. We just decided on another date and we’ll see if we can do it then.”
The hugely popular US sitcom has had fans clamouring for a reunion ever since its last episode in 2004.
Last year its 25th anniversary was celebrated with a huge multi-million dollar deal for old episodes to be shown on HBO Max.
Teasing a collaboration, Lisa’s co-star Jennifer Aniston broke Instagram when she posted a reunion photo with her former workmates, before revealing the cast are working on “something” together.
During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jen was quizzed by Friends superfan and pop star Charlie Puth about a possible reunion.
After Ellen asked whether there was a reunion in the pipeline, she replied: “Like a reboot? No.”
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However, all was not lost as the star then went on to reveal that the cast members would love to reunite on screen in another project.
She continued: “We would love for there to be something but we don’t know what that something is.
“So we’re just trying. We’re working together on something.”
After being grilled by Ellen over whether there would ever be a Friends movie, Jen replied: “I don’t know. I don’t want to lead people on.”
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