'Friends' director James Burros has revealed that he nearly fired Ross Geller's wife, played by Helen Baxendale, because she was 'not particularly funny.'
COURTENEY COX'S EX-HUSBAND DAVID ARQUETTE ADMITS HE FELT ‘INFERIOR’ DURING THE HEIGHT OF HER ‘FRIENDS’ FAMEThe 82-year-old director continued,"In sitcoms and any type of romantic comedy, the funny is just as important as the chemistry. We discovered that any new girlfriend for Ross needed to be as funny as Rachel."Casting a new actress to portray Emily was never completely off the table for Burrows, but due to the sitcom's"tight" schedule, it never happened.
"Often, you can’t recast, because of tight shooting deadlines or other logistical considerations," Burrows said."You need someone who gets laughs. Sometimes you start an arc and it ain’t working out, so you have to get rid of that person. If it’s a day player, it’s a quick goodbye."go to work to figure out some way of keeping the actor."Baxendale appeared as Emily in a total of 14 episodes and made her debut in season four.
Eventually, Ross and Rachel reunited. At the"Friends" reunion special in 2021, Schwimmer shed some insight on his and Aniston's onscreen romance."At some point, we were crushing hard on eachother," he began."But it was like two ships passing because one of us was always in a relationship and we never crossed that boundary. We respected that."
Aniston said,"Honestly, I remember saying one time to David, 'It's going to be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is going to be on national television.'"
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