Friends guest star reveals Matthew Perry prank that ‘would get him cancelled today’
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Brooke Shields has reflected on her brief cameo in Friends, and the prank Matthew Perry played on set that she awkwardly attempted to copy. The late actor played Chandler Bing across all 10 seasons of the beloved comedy, alongside cast members David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and Jennifer Aniston.
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The series, which officially ended in 2004, also welcomed in a string of famous guest stars over the years, including Bruce Willis, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Ben Stiller and Brad Pitt to name a few. During an appearance on the View earlier today, the 59-year-old unpacked her one-episode stint as Joey’s stalker in season two, and recalled: ‘You go onto a show that’s so well-oiled, and so successful, and I was such a fan – all I wanted was for them to like me.
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‘I just wanted to be funny, but I wasn’t in the group. They were very tight. They had all these inside jokes.’. However, Shields shared that she ended up getting ‘rug burns all over her knees’ after she saw Perry play a prank on his co-stars, and tried to follow suit.
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‘I watched and they had one inside joke they did a lot,’ she told the panel. ‘Matthew Perry did it. I thought, “If I can make him laugh, it’s just going to feel so good. ‘He would – you couldn’t do it now, you’d get canceled – he would run and throw himself on the floor in front of a girl, and pretend to look up her skirt.
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‘Again, you’d get canceled today…. ‘I thought, “Oh my God, I know what I’m going to do”. So, I took a running… I ran so fast from one end of the stage all the way to the other, threw myself on the ground, and pretended to look up his pant leg.
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