‘Friends’ Producer Says Cast ‘Revolted’ Over 1 Specific Story Line — Here’s Why It Stayed In

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Let them stay Friends! According to Friends producer Kevin S. Bright, the cast was furious about one specific story line the creators pitched — and ended up using.“[There was a creative fight] when we first started the arc where Joey was going to get together with Rachel.

The cast revolted when they read the first script on it. [They said], ‘No. Joey would never do this to Ross,’” Bright told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, May 27.While Bright noted that the show’s creators, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, were able to “explain how it wasn’t going to end in a place that would compromise Joey as a character for stealing his buddy’s girlfriend,” the story line almost didn’t come to light.“We would have lost what was a very good season for