It was not a welcoming experience.
British actress Olivia Williams not too long ago recalled a “harrowing” and “alarming” working experience she allegedly experienced when showing up on the iconic Tv set exhibit “Friends.”
“Well, just as an illustration, I was taken to the studio in a shared motor vehicle with a wonderful actress whose character, I assume, was known as ‘Old Lady,’ ” Williams, 55, told the Independent.
In accordance to “The Crown” alum, the actress — whose identify Williams simply cannot bear in mind — rapidly observed herself in scorching drinking water with a person of the show’s producers.
“At a single position, a producer — who shall continue to be anonymous — just yelled at her: ‘You’re not funny,’ ” Williams claimed. “And she did not appear back again the upcoming day.”
Williams, who played a flirty bridesmaid in the second portion of the Time 4 finale “The One With Ross’ Wedding,” reported that the woman’s disappearance from the sitcom’s set was “alarming.”
“Oh,” the “Sixth Sense” actress ongoing. “And ‘Friends’ was a brand name, and you had to healthy the manufacturer.”
“You go into hair and make-up and you’re advised, ‘There’s a glance in this article, this is what we do.’ And that included, effectively, plucking off all of your eyebrows.”
According to Williams, she would beg the division to continue to keep her eyebrows.
“Literally, ‘Please never take my eyebrows off. I may will need them in an additional position,’ ” she joked.
“Maybe I’d have a whole lot a lot more function if I shut up more,” laughed Williams. “I might essentially be on some socialist actor blacklist, I really don’t know.”
The Write-up attained out to NBC and Warner Brothers for comment.
In the episode, which originally aired in May possibly 1998, Joey (Matt LeBlanc), Monica (Courteney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) travel throughout the pond to rejoice Ross’ (David Schwimmer) impending relationship to his fiancée, Emily (Helen Baxendale).
As the finale progresses, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) — who stayed guiding with a very expecting Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) — realizes that she continue to enjoys Ross and heads to London.
The second element of the finale sees the mate group trying to stop Rachel from ruining the marriage ceremony as nicely as the to start with time Monica and Chandler slumber jointly.
Year 4 finishes on a cliffhanger when Ross unintentionally claims Rachel’s identify in the course of his vows ahead of ending with a shot of Rachel’s deal with.
All 10 seasons of “Friends” are readily available to stream on Max, Hulu and Amazon Primary.
