I Had No Idea How Badly Lisa Kudrow Wanted To Play Friends’ Rachel Before Landing Phoebe
- Emmy-Winning actor Lisa Kudrow initially wanted to play Rachel on the sitcom Friends, but casting directors insisted she play Phoebe Buffay instead, with the Rachel role eventually going to Jennifer Aniston.
- Producers struggled to cast Phoebe, viewing the role as essential to the show's success, while Kudrow admitted the eccentric character required "a lot of work" because it differed so much from her personality.
- "Idiot that I am, I went, 'Oh, but you know what? I gotta say, Rachel is Jewish, and boy, I love doing a Jewish American princess,'" Kudrow recalled, unaware Rachel was the romantic lead opposite David Schwimmer's Ross.
- Earlier this year, Kudrow told The Independent that "nobody cared" about her character during Friends' run, claiming there was "no vision" for her career or professional expectations while the show aired.
- Years later, perceptions shifted when Kudrow starred in the Robert De Niro comedy Analyze This, after which "agents and business people started circling, wanting to put me in romantic comedies and things," she said.
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