“Friends” director James Burrows recently hinted in his memoir he wanted to recast Helen Baxendale, who played Ross Gellar’s wife Emily on the show.
Burrows said he never found her to be “particularly funny” and that she and David Schwimmer, who played Ross, lacked chemistry, according to People. The famous director of the iconic show said the recasting of Baxendale wasn’t off the table, but the show’s “tight” deadlines prevented them from making the change.
“She was nice, but not particularly funny,” Burrows wrote in his book, according to People. “Schwimmer had no one to bounce off,” he said. “It was like clapping with one hand.”
Burrows noted the natural chemistry between Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston, who was his longtime love interest and mother of his child on the show.
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