Paul Rudd admits he ‘felt like a prop’ when he guest starred on Friends

PAUL Rudd has admitted that he “felt like a prop” when he guest starred on Friends as Mike Hannigan. Paul, 51, appeared in 18 episodes of the hit sitcom where he portrayed Phoebe Buffay’s love interest and then eventual husband. Speaking about his time on the much-loved show during a chat with his Avengers co-star […]

PAUL Rudd has admitted that he “felt like a prop” when he guest starred on Friends as Mike Hannigan.

Paul, 51, appeared in 18 episodes of the hit sitcom where he portrayed Phoebe Buffay’s love interest and then eventual husband.

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Speaking about his time on the much-loved show during a chat with his Avengers co-star for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Paul said it was very “interesting” time in his career.

“In something like Friends, the show was about them, but it’s an interesting thing to be a part of,” he told Chris.

“I was only in it for just a blip. I felt, ‘I’m like a prop on this show. It’s not about Mike Hannigan’.

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“But there’s a very interesting feeling to be a part of something that has that kind of profound impact on pop culture,” he added.

The Ant-Man actor was originally only supposed to appear in two episodes of Friends but thanks to his chemistry with actress Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe, he ended up staying on for much longer.

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Paul previously told Metro.co.uk: “I have really fond memories but doing that many episodes? That was news to me.

“It was never the original idea. I only ever signed on for two episodes but they kept writing more and had more ideas for that character, so it was certainly exciting – but it was a strange phenomenon to work with this very well established and highly regarded group of people known all over the world.”

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His comments come after a guest star on Friends admitted she was never invited back after she made a remark about the show’s lack of diversity.

Sherri Shepherd, who played museum tour guide Rhonda in one episode, apparently made a joke about the the sitcom getting some colour but it wasn’t received very well.