'Friends' also took thee Rachel: According to TV director James Burrows, the hit sitcom considered recasting the actress who played Emily due to her lack of chemistry with David Schwimmer.
"She was nice, but not particularly funny," Burrows writes of Baxendale,. Burrows, who directed 15 episode of the beloved Must See TV show, felt that Baxendale and Schwimmer just didn't have the same kind of classic rom-com chemistry that Schwimmer and Aniston had in spades.Burrows continues, "In sitcoms and any type of romantic comedy, the funny is just as important as the chemistry. We discovered that any new girlfriend for Ross needed to be as funny as Rachel.
"You need someone who gets laughs," he writes. "Sometimes you start an arc and it ain't working out, so you have to get rid of that person. If it's a day player, it's a quick goodbye."
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