facts about friends! -By Neha

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you know that friends is my favourite tv show. and i love writing blogs about it. and most of them also get a lot of views, so i decided to do another one. in this one i'll be stating facts about friends you probably didn't know. and i also research about my favourite tv shows and movies A LOT, so i already know these. 

1. jennifer aniston actually auditioned for monica and courteney cox auditioned for the role of rachel, but she convinced the producers and directors that she herself was actually a lot alike monica (a neat freak and super organized) and so the role of monica was given to courtney, and the role of rachel was given to jennifer. i can't imagine anyone else playing monica, but jen playing monica and courtney playing rachel? i gotta admit that would be interesting. and jennifer is also the godmother of courtney's daughter coco arquette. that is so sweet. they're just like monica and rachel in real life and that makes me so happy. 

2. the iconic orange friends couch was actually found in the basement of the warner bros  studios, they probably used it as an extra but its so iconic. the couch that was in the basement is now the iconic friends couch. the couch is also used in the intro. now i'm pretty sure this is not just me, but some dedicated friends fans never skip the intro, i just have never skipped the intro. it makes me smile and dance with them and the reason why friends is so iconic and popularized because everything about this show is amazing and iconic. 

3. all the friends keep in touch with each other and hang out with each other. almost like in the series, lisa kudrow said in the reunion"we keep in touch with each other, maybe not everyday but we do. being a part of this show has bonded us in such a way that we can't forget" (i've seen the reunion 3 times but i'm still not exactly sure if she says the last word. so excuse me if i've said it wrong) what she said brought tears to my eyes, it's really beautiful, i've seen quite a few tv series and sitcoms in where, the actors are not how they seem on tv, but in friends it's sort of exactly like the tv show and that's what makes me so happy, that their lives are actually like that, and i keep imagining how amazing it would be to be a part of this friend group. and while they were greeting each other at the beginning of the friends reunion, you can truly tell how close they are with each other. and yes im crying as i'm writing this. this entire friend group just makes me so happy, 

4. do you guys remember at the end of each episode this pops up: 

does this name sound familiar? well it's  because these are the last names of three people that is kevin s bright, martha kauffman and david crane. david crane and marta kauffman actually created the series. i love that there is a meaning behind this end slate. i remember (i mean when i didn't know the meaning behind this, i watch friends everyday i wouldn't say i remember for that.) looking at this end slate and thinking about what it means and wondered if it was just some names of the producers and it definitely sounded familiar. it was revealed in the reunion about the end slate. 

5. i don't know if you guys noticed this but friends has always been on the top 10 list on netflix 

when the reunion first aired friends was on top 1 again. this is the thing that amazes me, after 27 years, it's still on top 10. im probably responsible for half of that. friends is my comfort show and i watch it all the time. i've seen all of the 10 seasons of friends 10 times. in 1 year. i know. 

6. im sure many of you have heard of this but friends was originally called Insomnia Café

 and six of one. (and so many other things) insomnia cafe sounds very weird and doesn't really make sense, and it was also called six of one because. there were six people in the group and all of them were one together. but the producers decided to go with friends. it's such a simple word, but because of this show the word "friends" is so popular, even when you search friends the definition of friends doesn't show up, what shows up is the tv show. and the show is just amazing, every aspect it is just beautiful. there's not only laughter but also tears. and how they all get through it together. 

7. david schwimmer was kept in mind when ross was written. i wasn't really surprised when i read this. you can tell david schwimmer and ross are very similar. 

david schwimmer had actually quit acting and he started acting in plays  He was also "fed up" with the industry after a bad experience on an unnamed, short-lived series he starred in. "I told my agents not to send me anything," he said. "I was in Chicago doing a play with my company [Lookingglass Theatre Company.] I got the call from my agent, and she said, 'Look, I know you told me not to send you anything, but there's a show I really think you should take a look at.'"

Schwimmer's agent went on to explain that the show was written by Marta Kauffman and David Krane, who wrote the pilot for a show he had previously auditioned for. "And I go, 'Oh, yes. I remember loving the writing.' And she said the magic words to me: 'It's an ensemble show. There's no star. There are six people, all similar age,'" Schwimmer revealed. "And I say, 'O.K., I'll read it, but I'm not going to do it.'" and so he loved the script, obviously how could he not its friends. the writers revealed some of this in the reunion. 

8. when the cast received their paycheck check,

 matt leblanc bought himself a nice hot dinner, where as courtney cox bought herself a car, when matt leblanc auditioned for friends he had 11 dollars in his pocket. and he had an injury where a thick piece of skin came out of his nose, and a huge scar was left on his nose. 

9. joey and monica were actually supposed to be the main couple

 but they ssw the chemistry between david and jennifer and they were the main couple and plus jen and david actually crushing on each other (I JUST CAN'T ANYMORE) so win win. but it would be interesting to watch joey and monica as a couple, how amazing would that be? but at the same time i love monica and chandler so... i guess it would be fun if they wrote monica and joey as a couple in one of the episodes. 

10. the opening credits were actually not shot in new york. i still can't believe this is true, i thought the opening credits was shot at a set or at central park. but it wasn't shot in new york, but fans can still visit it.  it was actually shot in los angeles

Before the series decided on the opening credits sequence, there was a plan to film the cast on a rooftop. The series was shot at Warner Bros. Studios, so the showrunners hoped the Los Angeles background could pass for New York City. The rooftop idea proved to be too expensive so the crew went searching for a backdrop around the studios' backlot. They came upon a fountain sitting in front of row houses that were originally built in the 1930s. The cast was then brought in and wound up filming the opener at four in the morning. They weren't exactly pleased with the cold conditions, especially when they had to jump in the water, but it turned out better than expected.

Even though Friends fans won't be able to visit the filming location of the opening in New York, they can still find in California. The iconic fountain can be seen during the Warner Bros. studio lot tour and visitors are even given the chance to take photos in front of it. Even more interesting is the fact that the same location was used for a scene in Hocus Pocus. The fountain can be seen in the movie which came out in 1993, a year before Friends premiered. Rather than act as New York City, this version of the fountain was supposed to reside in Salem, Massachusetts.

and how do i know all of this? well i did some research and read a ton of trivia books about friends. (not for writing this blog, because i find it fun) 

anyway that's it for this blog, i hope you guys liked it. i've wanted to write this from a long time but i've been putting it off because it takes such a long time, but i knew it was going to be worth it. and that's an ideal day for me, i could talk about friends all day and i did. i'll see you guys in the next one. caio!