![]() ![]() The trivia game and talk show segments of the special, hosted by James Corden, were filmed in front of a live audience of "mostly union extras, COVID screened and hired for the gig". Filming of the special was delayed twice, first in March 2020, and second in August 2020, both due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The filming of the reunion began in April 2021. Studios, Burbank, where Friends had been filmed since its second season. The special was filmed in Los Angeles, California, at Stage 24, also known as "The Friends Stage" at Warner Bros. Unscripted & Alternative Television (later Warner Horizon Unscripted Television) was also involved in the production of the special. Ben Winston directed and executive produced through Fulwell 73. Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, and the show's main cast, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer. The special was executive produced by the show's co-creators, Kevin S. In February 2020, an unscripted Friends was commissioned with all original cast and co-creators returning. The special would feature the whole cast and co-stars. Television was developing a Friends reunion special for their new streaming service, HBO Max. The special sees the main cast revisit the sets of the original show (such as the Friends' apartments, the Central Perk coffee shop, and the signature water fountain), meet with guests who appeared on the show as well as celebrity guests, do table reads and re-enactments of Friends episodes, and share behind-the-scenes footage. Bright, the show's main cast, and Ben Winston (who also directed the special). The special was hosted by James Corden and executive produced by the show's cocreators, Marta Kauffman and David Crane, Kevin S. But it does.Friends: The Reunion is a 2021 reunion special of the American television sitcom Friends. I didn’t know what to expect coming into this.” He’s right, it is unexpected that this special works. “I have really enjoyed today,” he admits, “I really have. ![]() Towards the end, the cast are spread out on sofas and chairs in the purple apartment, and Matt LeBlanc turns to the others. And the whole thing was emphatically smooth and amiable in a way that was surely designed to gloss over the fact that the cast haven’t been in the same room more than once in the last 17 years, and therefore can’t still all be close friends. Yes, there were moments of powerful cringe. There’s a bit where the cast play a version of the famous quiz from the episode where they’re competing for the right to live in the nicer apartment. It consisted of table reads of classic scenes from the show, talking head interviews with famous and non-famous fans from around the world, behind the scenes looks at how the programme came together and crowd-pleasing blooper reels. ![]() When I cried, I wasn’t crying for love of Joey Tribbiani, but because I’m a sap who’s nearly 30 years old and aware that one day the crooked hand of death will come to rest on all our shoulders.īut aside from finding it curiously painful, I was also surprised to find that I enjoyed the special on its own terms. But seeing their faces, buffed to a shine by botox here and sagging gracefully there, juxtaposed with clips from the early days of the show, felt poignant. High definition TV and the best part of two decades will do that to anybody. Science and Technical Research and Development.Infrastructure Management - Transport, Utilities.Information Services, Statistics, Records, Archives.Information and Communications Technology.HR, Training and Organisational Development.Health - Medical and Nursing Management.Facility / Grounds Management and Maintenance.And let’s not forget that this special took so long to bring about because various cast members had refused to participate in any kind of Friends reunion in the 17 years since the show ended. Celebrated human rights advocate Yousafzai with a raw turkey carcass on her head. Justin Bieber turning to the camera and saying “how you doing?”, for some reason, to 30 seconds of rapturous studio audience screams. I had visions of Becks teaching the now 50-year-old male Friends to play “soccer” while Phoebe gets in hot water with BTS for ripping off one of their songs. There were stars who had parts in the show, like Reese Witherspoon and Tom Selleck, but also, inexplicably Lady Gaga, Cara Delevingne, David Beckham and, perhaps most forebodingly of all, Malala Yousafzai.Īll conceivable reasons for having these people together in an episode of Friends were chilling. In addition to interviews with the central cast of the world’s most popular television programme, the long-awaited return of Friends would also treat us to a large number of celebrity guest appearances. When details of the Friends reunion special came out a couple of weeks ago, they seemed to promise a car crash. ![]()
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