Charlie Sheen was so terrified to guest-star on Friends that the episode’s director had to pause one of his scenes due to Sheen’s legs shaking uncontrollably
Photo: NBC While we were busy mourning Friends’ impending departure from Netflix, a fun anniversary sneaked up behind us, unagi style, to simultaneously cheer us up and make us contemplate our mortality: the show’s 25th anniversary.
3. Before Friends settled on the now-iconic theme song “I’ll Be There for You” by the Rembrandts, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe was approached numerous times to record a theme, but he politely declined every offer. In fact, R.E.M.’s “Shiny Happy People” served as the original pilot theme, but the Rembrandts’s ditty was ultimately deemed more suitable.
6. Crane’s other biggest Friends regret was encouraging the cast to do multiple commercials for Diet Coke after the massive success of the first season. The commercials — which were crafted by the show’s writers and involved the characters being interrogated by police about a missing Diet Coke — were brought on by an enormous payday, but Crane later argued that it “put the show at risk” for commercialization.
9. The writers’ room was consistently divided over the character of Paolo, who had a purely sexual relationship with Rachel throughout Friends’ first season. Some of the writers believed “the Latin lover” was a tired trope, while others believed it was fun and realistic. Before he was written as an Italian Lothario, though, there were serious discussions about giving Paolo an Inuit background.
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