‘Friends’ actor David Schwimmer calls show’s lack of racial diversity “wrong”
nme.comFriends.The actor famously played Ross Geller for all 10 seasons of the sitcom, and will return for an upcoming unscripted reunion special.In the last few years, the New York City-based comedy has been called out for the lack of racial diversity in the casting.Now, Schwimmer has revealed that he thought it was “wrong” for the show to lack representation of other races especially because NYC was so multicultural when the show was filmed between 1994 and 2004.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, he said: “It just felt wrong that there was not enough representation on the show.”He added that he had often pushed for his character, Ross, to date women of all races throughout the ten seasons. “I really felt like Ross should date other people, women.
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