Friends celebrates 30 years in the sitcom most loved and looked at as always. It was the September 22, 1994 when Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe entered living rooms around the world from the orange sofa at Central Perk. Created by David Crane and Martha Kauffman for NBC, the series transformed Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courtney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc And Lisa Kudrow in celebrity with stellar cachet. During his glorious 10 seasonsNew York friends have placed on the shelf 6 Emmy Awards out of 62 nominations. In 2021, the cast reunited to the delight of fans in the unscripted HBO Max special.
Matthew Perry will be missing from the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the very popular show. The late actor, victim of an overdose of illegally prescribed ketamine, left us on October 28th. Friends has been acclaimed since the pilot episode, rewriting the history of the sitcom. The finale glued over 52 million viewers to the TV, while thousands of people gathered in Times Square for a collective viewing on the big screen. In three decades, many guest stars have also passed by our legendary roommates. From Julia Roberts to Brad Pitt up to Winona Ryder. Do you remember them all?
Julia Roberts
Season 2, Episode 13. The most beautiful smile in Hollywood appears in the role of Susie, a former classmate of Chandler. It was 1996 and Matthew Perry managed to conquer Pretty Julia even off the set.
Winona Ryder
When we found out that Ross’s eternal love once kissed a girl, we didn’t expect it to be Winona Ryder. In Season 7, Episode 22, the 90s icon plays Melissa, Rachel’s former college classmate who’s still infatuated with her.
Brad Pitt
Season 8, Episode 9: The Most Iconic Guest Star Moment Friends. Fresh from his wedding with Jennifer Aniston, the sex symbol of Snatch and of Fight Club appears as Will: Ross’s former classmate. Co-founder of the high school “I Hate Rachel Green” club, Will is invited to Thanksgiving dinner, but he doesn’t seem to have even remotely put aside his contempt for the girl. Hilarious!
Sean Penn
The two-time Oscar winner appeared in two episodes during the show’s eighth season. The versatile actor played Eric, the ex-boyfriend of Phoebe’s (Lisa Kudrow) evil twin, Ursula (also Lisa Kudrow).
Susan Sarandon
The Oscar-winning actress is stunning as fading soap star Cecilia Monroe. In season 7, episode 15, Joey returns as a series regular in The days of our lives in the lab coat of Dr. Drake Ramoray who receives the brain transplant of Jessica Lockhart, a historical character embodied by a veteran eliminated from the show.
Robin Williams and Billy Crystal
In the penultimate episode of season 3, the showbiz duo shared the set of Friends in one of the sitcom’s funniest cameos. Robin Williams and Billy Crystal lounge on the Central Perk couch completely improvising the sketch. The result is an anthology.
Gary Oldman
Entered the dark imagination with Dracula and for his Sid Vicious, the versatile British anti-star is incredibly funny in the final two episodes of the seventh season in which he plays Richard Crosby. An actor who spits in Joey’s face every time he tries to deliver a line.
Reese Witherspoon
In two episodes of season 6, the former teen star of Cruel Intentions takes on the role of Rachel’s little sister, Jill. To spite her older sister, the girl goes out with Ross. Aniston and Witherspoon will find themselves, years later, sharing the set of the popular The Morning Show for Apple TV.
Isabella Rossellini
Season 3, Episode 5. The diva delivers a moment of irresistible irony by playing herself. Included in Ross’s list of celebrities with whom he would be allowed to cheat on Rachel, the “too international” Rossellini pops into Central Perk with the boy who awkwardly tries to flirt with her (spoiler: the actress sends his advances back to the sender).
Bruce Willis
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The action icon appears in three episodes of the sixth season, in the role of Paul Stevens: Rachel’s love interest. Willis participated in Friends for a bet lost with Matthew Perry with whom he had shared the set of FBI Witness Protection.
Source: Vanity Fair
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