MrBing

This is the place to share Friends Stats and Facts (i know ive posted alot but read them, some are really interesting) anything you would like to share to everyone about friends that they may find interesting like Did You Know:

Courtney Cox was originally asked to play Rachel, but she asked to play Monica instead after reading the parts.

Jon Cryer (charlie sheen's brother on two and a half men) was originally offered the role of Chandler Bing.

Other titles considered for the show were "Friends Like Us," "Six of One," and "Across the Hall" and "Insomnia Cafe."

Because of a bet between Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis on the set of The Whole Nine Yards (2000) (which Perry won), Willis appeared in his two-episode guest role for free.

When Matt LeBlanc auditioned for the role he only had $11 dollars to his name. When the cast got their paychecks, the first thing that Courteney Cox bought was a car. Matt LeBlanc bought a hot dinner.

In the first couple of episodes Chandler and Joey's apartment number was #4 and Monica and Rachel's apartment number was #5. However, in the later episodes, they are 19 and 20

Before the show was cast, the main love interest was intended to be Monica and Joey.

In the opening credits to 'The One After Vegas', all of the names in the opening (actors and crew) were changed to have "Arquette" at the end of them, a gag on Courteney Cox-Arquette who had just recently married David Arquette.

The original idea for the show was going to focus on four characters with Phoebe and Chandler in supporting roles. In the early stages the creators toyed with the idea of Chandler being gay. They changed their mind when they met Matthew Perry. They did, however, insert many jokes about Chandler having gay mannerisms (not knowing about sports, loving show tunes, etc.).

Courteney Cox is the only regular cast member to not receive an Emmy nomination for their work on the show.

On the set, Matt LeBlanc was known as "LeBlanc" by all the cast and crew, and Matthew Perry was known as "Matthew" or "Matt". This was started by the crew to avoid confusion. Additionally, David Schwimmer was referred to as "Schwim" among the crew.

The orange couch used in Central Perk was found in the basement of the Warner Bros. studio.

Matt LeBlanc showed up on the day of the audition with a large ugly cut on his nose resulting from a tumble and a land on the edge of a sharp toilet seat.

At least three performers, Bruce Willis, Christina Applegate and Paul Rudd have guest-starred on episodes of the show after doing a film with one of the regular cast members. Willis and Applegate won Emmys for their guest turns.

The main characters from the show are named after "All My Children" (1970) characters. Ross for Ross Chandler, Joey for Joey Martin, Chandler for the Chandler family, Monica for Monique/Daisy Cortland, Rachel Greene for Janet Green, and Phoebe for Phoebe Tyler Wallingford.

The shows original theme song was "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M., but was changed later on to "I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts.

Some of the celebrity guest stars who have been on the show are Charlton Heston', Charlie Sheen, Tom Selleck, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Helen Hunt, David Arquette, Billy Crystal, Gary Oldman, Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Christina Applegate, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robin Williams, Dakota Fanning, Danny DeVito, Brad Pitt, Anna Faris, Ben Stiller, Paul Rudd, and George Clooney, among many others.

Giovanni Ribisi plays Pheobe's brother, Frank Jr in later episodes, but he also has a small cameo in the earlier seasons. He plays a boy who accidentally throws a condom into Pheobe's guitar case instead of a coin.

In the pilot episode's credits Rachel is seen mouthing the words to the song. It is not seen again after that episode in the beginning credits however on the last episode of each season they show at the end an extension of the friends dancing in the fountain and sometimes again including her mouthing the words.