If you’re a big fan of Friends, you probably remember it more than Courteney Cox – and she starred in it! In a recent interview with Today, the 57-year-old performer said that she scarcely remembered working on the set of Friends, despite the fact that it was shot over a decade ago.
Cox, who portrayed Monica Geller on the iconic sitcom, discovered her “poor memory” while prepping for the reunion special, which will air on HBO Max in May 2021. “I should have watched all ten seasons because when I did the reunion and was asked things, I was like, ‘I don’t remember being there,'” she said. “Yeah, I don’t recall recording that many episodes before. ”
The Scream actress also said that when she watches the episode again, there are moments that she has no recollection of shooting. “I watch it on TV sometimes and think, ‘Oh my God, I don’t remember this at all,'” she said. “But it’s so amusing.” Cox, on the other hand, had one moment with her Friends co-stars that she will never forget.
Before Friends became a worldwide sensation, director Jim Burrows gifted each of her castmates $500 during a vacation to Las Vegas. “‘I want you to take care, like, really take note of this moment because it will be the last time all six of you can walk through a casino together,'” he urged. ” ‘Really?’ we wondered. And that was correct. “We could never do it again.”
“I mean, I don’t want to seem like, ‘Look at us,'” Cox concluded. We’re not the Beatles, you know. People, however, have the impression that they know you. If we all walked down the street, six of us, I believe that would be incredibly exciting to people. ” The Friends reunion special, fittingly named “The One Where They Get Back Together,” provided evidence.
Cox isn’t the only Friends star that has difficulty recalling their time on set. Her former co-star David Schwimmer (as Ross Gellar) declared on the HBO Max reunion special in 2021 that he had no recall of the Season 5 episode “The One with Ball.” Lisa Kudrow, who portrayed Phoebe Buffay on Friends for many years, said that she has a “poor memory” when it comes to the program and has yet to see all of the episodes.