04/03/2021 12:23
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Updated 04/03/2021 12:23
Finally, and after more than a year of waiting, the special episode of
Friends
that will reunite the entire cast,
already has a recording date
.
It will be from Monday, April 5, when the actors and actresses of the famous series will meet again on a set, according to the specialized site
Variety
.
The episode, which was to be initially recorded between February and March 2020,
had to be postponed several times due to the pandemic
and its restrictions that prevented film and television productions from being carried out around the world.
Friends.
The six members of the legendary series meet again in a special.
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And it was intended to be part of the launch of the
HBO Max
platform
. According to what transcended, the episode
will not be a traditional chapter
but a non-fictional special.
This time, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc will not return to the original set of the series, at Warner Bros studios in the shoes of their characters.
They will do it as themselves to talk and remember moments from the series that made them famous throughout the world.
Matt Le Blanc, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer, in 1998. PHOTO REUTER
But, for his part, David Schwimmer said that, at some point, they will probably read a segment of some scripts,
but did not specify what it will be about
.
Some sources close to
Variety
assure that each of the actors in the cast
will charge two and a half million dollars
for their participation in this special.
$ 400 million
The intention was to push the HBO Max service to compete with the ten seasons of
Friends
found on Netflix.
And for that,
WarnerMedia paid more than 400 million dollars
for the rights to the original series, which would allow it to make the reunion special.
Bob Greenblatt assured, in 2020 when it was decided to hold this summit meeting of the former
Friends
, as part of the launch of HBO Max, that they did not want it to be a simple virtual meeting, in a Zoom or in a video call, where each one was from the living room of your house.
Jennifer Aniston (Rachel) is estimated to be paid the same as her peers: $ 2.5 million.
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With the postponements imposed by the confinement due to the coronavirus, the special ran the risk of not being carried out.
And the executives of the production company considered the option of recording it from a distance.
But now, to the delight of the millions of followers of the series, there will be an extra with the stars of the series who, on the other hand,
will have all the news of the pandemic context
.
Although the premiere date of the special episode has not yet been confirmed, from the producer they assure that it will be soon so as not to continue delaying the expected meeting.
There will be no shortage of mentions of emblematic chapters of the series.
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In this way, those who played Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) and Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc)
will be together. on a set after 17 years
.
The series that recreated the life stories of this group of six friends in New York, was created by Marta Kauffman and David Crane, aired between 1994 and 2004 over 236 episodes over ten seasons.
Its success placed it at the top of television fiction: in 2019,
The Hollywood Reporter
considered it the best series in history and, a year earlier, according to
Ranked
,
Friends
is the best sitcom of all known.
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