While starring on Dax Shepard’s podcast, Lisa Kudrow opened up about her time on the hit 1994 sitcom Friends and her relationship with the five other co-stars.
According to Lisa Kudrow, the chemistry between the Friends cast wasn’t as easy off-screen as it appeared on-screen.
The Easy A actress has recently opened up about the hardships she faced on the set of the iconic 1994 sitcom. Earlier this year, she admitted the live audience laughs used to make her “really angry.”
Now, while appearing on the Armchair Expert podcast, she shared more details about her time on the show, including the “odd” reason she’s been able to cope with Matthew Perry’s passing.
While sitting down with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman, she spoke about many topics including her pre-med background, how she got into acting and the misconceptions about fame.
However, Kudrow captivated fans most when she shared details about how it was like to work on Friends.
While stars like Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston had an easier time getting along, the actress said she found it difficult to bond with her co-stars in the beginning.
She said they all “worked hard to being friends.”
Kudrow mentioned that it felt like the cast was in a “six-way relationship” because they always had to work disagreements out and “really talk things through.”
The actress explained: “If someone said something or did something, it didn’t get too big because it was, ‘Can I talk to you?’”
However, she admitted that when an incident involved her, it was “usually not me” who would initiate a conversation. “Respectful communication” and direct dialogue was something that she “had to learn.”
The other castmates, specifically Cox, Aniston and Matthew Perry, helped Kudrow become better at this communication style.
She said: “’I saw it modeled really well.”
Although Cox was arguably the most established in the industry when the show first started filming, she was the one that advised the group to put any egos aside and work together.
In Perry’s 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, he shared what the actress said at one of the first lunches.
Cox said: “There are no stars here. This is an ensemble show. We’re all supposed to be friends… Let’s really work and get to know each other.”
