Jennifer Aniston was part of a decades-long ‘friends’ mishap that fans are only now seeing
More than a decade after the sitcom aired, ‘Friends’ fans began to notice that Jennifer Aniston’s role was mistakenly appeared in two scenes
Friends fans may think they’ve seen it all, but will they watch The One Where They For Edit In Jennifer Aniston?
Friends aired for 10 seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2004. The beloved series starred Aniston (Rachel Green), Courteney Cox (Monica Geller), Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe Buffay), Matt LeBlanc (Joey Tribbiani ), Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing) and David Schwimmer (Ross Geller) play a group of 20 people living in New York City.
Now, more than a decade since the hit sitcom first aired, an eagle-eyed fan has discovered an editing error in season 9, episode 15, titled “The One With the Mugging ” – and this discovery went viral.
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In this scene, Rachel runs into Monica’s apartment to inform Joey that he has auditioned for a role with a fictional A-list actor named Leonard Hayes, played by Jeff Goldblum. As she shares the news, the camera pans to Joey, who appears to be standing next to “Rachel.”
However, fans noticed that Aniston was actually not standing next to LeBlanc, but was standing next to LeBlanc.
Joey stands next to “Rachel” in ‘Friends’. NBC
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This also wouldn’t be the first time an editing mistake made it into the final cut.
Previously in episode 4 of the same season, titled “The One With the Sharks”, loyal Friends fans discovered Rachel was replaced by a supporting actress 12 minutes and 20 seconds into the episode.
Monica and Rachel were sitting at the table when Joey walked in with them. In the original photo, Rachel is wearing a yellow shirt with curly hair.
But when the camera finally pans towards Monica, the actress can be seen standing as Rachel on the bottom left of the screen wearing a blue top with straight hair.
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After 17 years, the Friends cast came back together for the HBO Max special, Friends: The Reunion, in May 2021. During the special, the cast reminisced about how the show What the sitcom means to them in both their personal and professional lives.
“It was an incredible time,” Cox told his co-star. “Everything came together. We became best friends just because of the chemistry, the whole thing. It was life-changing and will forever be — not just for us but for everyone else.” people watch the movie, and it’s a wonderful feeling that will carry with them forever.” . I’m really grateful and love you so much.”
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Although Aniston was excited to reunite with her co-stars for the special, she admitted the experience was “sadder” than expected when appearing on Literally! With Rob Lowe’s podcast that September.
“I think it actually disappointed all of us more than we anticipated,” she admitted at the time. “Because in your mind, you think, ‘Oh, time travel would be really interesting.’ Turns out, oh, oh — it’s really hard to time travel.”
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“Going back there, it’s nostalgic in a kind of melancholic way, you know,” Aniston added. “Because a lot of things have changed and we’ve all taken different paths, none of which have been easy and some of which have been easy… for each of us.”