Friends Lisa Kudrow recalls being fired from another major US sitcom before Phoebe Buffay fame
However the director James Burrows stopped Lisa from filming scenes for the pilot and selected Peri Gilpin for the part instead.Lisa Kudrow reveals emotional reason she'd NEVER do a Friends film or new series
She took the part against her agent’s wishes but was invited back for five more episodes which took care of her ‘rent for the year’.The writer/producer of the show, Jeffrey Klarik, suggested to his partner David Crane that she would be ideal for casting auditions for Friends. Yet Lisa was the only one who had to audition as she had ‘had just gotten fired from Frasier’ and James was directing that series too."He is sitting at a desk. I’m in a chair, and the audition was like a little monologue.
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