'Friends' Executive Producer Has No Regrets About The Show's All-White Cast YIKES.
, producer Kevin Bright made it crystal clear that he wasn’t taking diversity into account when he cast the show in the ’90s.
“There are different priorities today and so much has changed,” he said. “There was no social media whenwas on the air. Can you imagine what every episode might have been like if it had to go under that scrutiny every week? You might not have gotten the whole series.” Bright continued, “It’s important for today’s shows to be reflective of the ways society truly is. But for our experience, the three of us, that may have been our experience when we were young and in New York. But we didn’t intend to have an all-white cast. That was not the goal, either. Obviously, the chemistry between these six actors speaks for itself.”
It’s true that the cast ended up having incredible chemistry. But is Bright really defending his decision by saying thatexperience being young and in New York was having only white friends? That’s certainly one argument against inclusion.A post shared by Jennifer Aniston “No. I don’t have any regrets other than hindsight,” he said. “I would have been insane not to hire those six actors. What can I say? I wish Lisa was Black? I’ve loved this cast. I loved the show and I loved the experience.”