A guest star on Friends reveals that Matthew Perry stopped a storyline, which would have seen Chandler cheating on Monica.
Lisa Cash played a flight attendant in “The One in Vegas: Part 1”, an episode towards the end of the sitcom’s fifth season. The actress revealed in an interview with
“I came in as a guest star and I was super excited,” Cash recalled. “The scene was Chandler and Monica were arguing in Vegas about having lunch with Richard.” Cash continued: “Initially in our script, Chandler goes up to the hotel room, orders room service and I bring it up as a hotel worker. We end up talking and laughing and connecting and Chandler ends up cheating on Monica with my character.”
The actress goes on to explain why Perry put a stop to the story: “We had rehearsed it and everything,” she said. “The day before we were shooting in front of a live audience, I was told that Perry went to the writers and said the audience would never forgive for cheating on Monica. He was probably right! That would’ve changed possibly the course of the show and his character.”along with executive producer Kevin Bright, saying in part: “He was a brilliant talent.
Perry’s co-stars on Friends – Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer – released a joint statement of their own. It reads: “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family. There is so much to say, but right now we’re going to take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss. In time we will say more, as and when we are able.
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