Did the Friends cast really go to London?

The finale was filmed in three parts, first the scenes with Lisa Kudrow were filmed in Los Angeles, then everybody went to London and they filmed the scenes on the street, then they filmed the dinner and other scenes in a studio in London before an audience.
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Did the Friends cast really go to Barbados?

Ross gets them all passes to his palaeontology conference. And who could turn down a vacation in the Barbados, right? With tropical sunshine, beaches, palm trees, and Caribbean waves, it's true that Barbados is a total paradise. It's not true, however, that the Friends cast visited the island on the show.
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Did any of the Friends cast not get along?

They worked together nearly every single day for an entire decade while shooting Friends. And while some actors can't stand their closest coworkers, this sextet always seemed to get along. Their real-life relationships hardly imitate their on-screen relationships.
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Where did Friends cast go in London?

Take The Ultimate 'Friends' Tour Around London With This List Of Locations
  • The London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square. ...
  • The Houses of Parliament & Westminster Abbey. ...
  • Trinity Place, Poplar. ...
  • Tower Bridge. ...
  • Buckingham Palace, Westminster. ...
  • Wapping High Street. ...
  • St. ...
  • The Wheatsheaf, Fitzrovia.
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What really happened in London Friends episode?

In this episode, we see that Joey took all but one of Chandler's condoms the night Chandler and Monica first slept together in London, however in "The One After Ross Says Rachel" (S5E1), Chandler said that they had sex 7 times that night.
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Did Jennifer Aniston know that Ross was going to fall down the stairs?

She screams in horror only to realize it's a dummy who fell down the stairs and not Ross. The funny thing about this scene is that Aniston didn't know about this particular on-camera prank and actually believed David Schwimmer, who plays Ross, actually fell down the stairs, according to Cheat Sheet.
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Did Jennifer Aniston know when Ross fell down the stairs?

Ross and Ben then come downstairs laughing hysterically, while Rachel is noticeably perturbed. It turns out: This was all real. According to "Friends Forever: The One About The Episodes" (per The Things), Aniston really believed her co-star had fallen down the stairs, and her reaction was 100% genuine.
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Did Friends have a live audience?

The sitcom was performed in front of a live audience and each 22-minute episode of `Friends` took six hours to film, which was twice the length of most sitcoms. The producers felt that the audience played an essential role in the series and they even hired a comedian to entertain the audience in between takes.
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Where was Friends actually filmed?

Though set in New York, Friends was lensed in Los Angeles, with many Big Apple establishing shots thrown in to help fake the East Coast backdrop. Recorded in front of a live studio audience, the vast majority of filming took place on a soundstage at Warner Bros.
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Where did the Friends cast live while filming?

All of the interior action was filmed in an LA studio, but the exterior of the building is a real-life New York location. The West Village at 90 Bedford Street, on the southeast corner of Grove Street and Bedford Street, is the building where both Monica's pad and Joey and Chandler's apartment lives.
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Who was the rude actor on Friends?

Fisher Stevens Admits to Being Rude Guest Star on 'Friends'
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Who smokes from Friends cast?

Saying goodbye to Friends wasn't just hard for fans, it was hard for the actors too. Matt LeBlanc recently opened up about what it was like to finish filming the iconic sitcom after 10 years — and revealed it caused him to start smoking cigarettes again.
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Why did Jennifer Aniston want to leave Friends?

Jennifer Aniston has revealed she had to walk off the set of the Friends reunion multiple times because of the bad vibes it brought back. The actor said the emotion of going back to the place she was in when Friends filmed was too much at times.
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Did Monica wear a wig in Barbados?

During an appearance of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Courteney Cox admitted that the success of Jennifer Aniston's haircut "bummed her out." Her character, Monica Geller, was given the 'Dudley Moore' hair cut and more famously the humidity-inflicted frizzy look when they were in Barbados.
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Why is Jennifer Aniston's arm wrapped in the Barbados episode?

Jennifer Aniston cut her arm while filming the episode. As a result, she can be seen wearing a bandage in some of the scenes. One of the episodes that was submitted for the show at the Emmys for outstanding comedy series and for Matt LeBlanc for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series.
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Why does Monica have hair in Barbados?

When they arrive in Barbados, Monica's hair gets all poofy due to the humidity.
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Did Friends shoot in London?

The finale was filmed in three parts, first the scenes with Lisa Kudrow were filmed in Los Angeles, then everybody went to London and they filmed the scenes on the street, then they filmed the dinner and other scenes in a studio in London before an audience.
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Is Central Perk a real place?

While Central Perk exists solely on a Los Angeles soundstage, the space that would house the corner-side café below the building where Monica, Rachel, Chandler, and Joey lived is very much real.
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Was the Friends apartment filmed in real life?

Of course, the show was actually filmed on a Warner Bros. studio set in Burbank, Calif., so their apartment was fictional, but the exterior shots were filmed at a real building located at 90 Bedford St. in the West Village.
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Is Monica apartment above Central Perk?

The six main protagonists frequently visited Central Perk throughout the series. It is situated in New York City's Greenwich Village, in the same apartment block as Monica's apartment. It was where they spent much of their free time conversing.
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Who got paid the most in Friends?

1 Jennifer Aniston: First Episode - $22,500 / Last Episode - $1 Million.
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Do the Friends actors still get paid?

The show's success still pays dividends for the cast. In 2015, USA Today reported that Warner Bros. earns $1 billion a year from "Friends." Of that amount, 2% -- or $20 million -- goes to each of the stars every single year.
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What wasnt scripted in Friends?

6 Chandler Getting Hit By The Cabinet

When Chandler gets Rachel into the room and tries to convince her to let him loose, he accidentally opens the filing cabinet- hitting him in the head. In the DVD commentary, it is revealed the scene wasn't scripted and was an accident.
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Why did Carol get recast in Friends?

In the early 1990s, she was a regular cast member of Carol & Company with actress Carol Burnett. Barone also played Carol Willick, Ross Geller's ex-wife, in the character's first appearance in Friends. She left the show as she wanted to pursue a more full-time role and was replaced by Jane Sibbett.
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Was Friends ever Cancelled?

The show was cancelled midway through the second season due to low ratings. A framed picture of Joey and Chandler can be seen on Joey's refrigerator and Friends characters were mentioned on the spin-off but, they never appeared in person.
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