James Burrow: Last News

Lisa Kudrow recently opened up about her life before landing the iconic role of Phoebe Buffay on Friends. While making an appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Lisa, 57, looked back on being fired from Frasier back in 1993, right before landing her Friends role.

the Daily Mail reported. Director James Burrow had a lot to get off his chest when he admitted that UK actress Helen Baxendale, who played Emily Waltham in 14 episodes of the show, couldn’t gel with other cast members because she wasn’t as comedic.

Cold Feet actress Helen Baxendale has been labelled "nice but not funny" by Friends director James Burrow, who worked with the actress on the fourth series of the popular sitcom. Helen, 53, appeared in the comedy series as Emily Waltham, Ross' (David Schwimmer) second wife, who left him shortly after their wedding at which he famously called her Rachel during their vows. Reflecting on his time directing the show in his memoir Directed by James Burrows, James wrote that while Helen was "nice", she didn't have much comedic energy, and other cast members struggled in scenes with her as they "had no one to bounce off." He wrote: "She was nice but not particularly funny, Schwimmer had no one to bounce off.

Lisa Kudrow is reflecting on life before landing the role of Phoebe Buffay on Friends.

Brace yourselves, Friends fans, because Jennifer Aniston almost didn’t play the iconic role of Rachel Green! Yeah, we know, it’s wild to even think about!