Why did two actresses played Carol on Friends?

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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Why did two people play Carol in Friends?

Barone had originally auditioned for one of the main characters in Friends but was offered the recurrent role of Carol instead. After playing her in one and only one episode, Barone quit as she wanted to pursue a more full-time role, and was replaced by Jane Sibbett.
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Why did Carol and Susan stop appearing in Friends?

We saw less and less of the pair as the main cast of "Friends" had big life changes. Eventually, after Ross and Rachel had a child of their own, we stopped seeing Carol and Susan completely, though their names were brought up in conversation.
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Why did Ben stop appearing on Friends?

Sibbett and Hecht offered another explanation for Ben's absence in an interview with Comedy Central while they were on tour in the UK. "He moved to England. So we've come after him and that's why we're gonna stay," Sibbett explained, with Hecht adding: "We put him in a boarding school just to get him out of dodge.
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Why did the original Susan leave Friends?

She left the show as she wanted to pursue a more full-time role and was replaced by Jane Sibbett. She starred on The Jeff Foxworthy Show for the first season (1995–1996) and in The War at Home from 2005 to 2007. In 2000, Barone also co-starred in the sitcom Daddio.
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Was Carol on Friends pregnant in real life?

But Friends star Jane Sibbett managed to get herself into work after pushing out an entire human. The actress, who played Carol Willick on Friends, revealed that she first took on the role of Ross's ex-wife just two days after giving birth. Now that's some work ethic.
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Was Jane Sibbett actually pregnant in Friends?

"It was actually Rachel but I usually don't tell people that because Jen… There's no one who could've done it like Jen." When asked why she rejected the role, Jane shared: "I asked them [her agents] if they'd told the producers I was pregnant [at the time] and they said, 'Oh no, we thought we'd tell them later.
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Was Jane Sibbett's baby on Friends real?

I understand that you have a funny story to share about something that happened right after you wrapped the episode “The One with the Truth About London.” [Jennifer Aniston] is an old friend of mine. I had just delivered my baby, Violet, so she was just a few months old at the most.
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Was Monica really pregnant in the last episode of Friends?

Courteney Cox strategically hid her pregnancy during Monica's final on-screen moments. Toward the end of filming season 10, Cox was pregnant with her first child, her daughter Coco, who was born just a few weeks after the final episode of "Friends" aired on NBC.
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Did any of the Friends cast smoke?

Actor Matt LeBlanc, who played fan favourite Joey in the series, has previously opened up about how emotional he was filming the final episode – revealing on Norwegian-Swedish TV show Skavlan that it was so upsetting, he took up smoking again. "I had quit smoking and the last episode, I started smoking again.
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Where is Rachel's baby in the last episode of Friends?

Emma lives with both her parents after she is born, until they get into a fight over Ross not telling Rachel that a man that she met at a bar left a message for her. Rachel then moves back in with Joey. In the series finale her parents reconcile and get back together.
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Did Jennifer Aniston know Ross was going to fall?

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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Why does Monica look so different in the last season of Friends?

Jennifer Aniston's hair may be the most famous style from Friends. But as The Skincare Edit notes, it looks like Cox also had some fun experimenting with hair and makeup during the time she was filming Friends. Photos seem to reveal that for a time, she dyed her hair darker than its natural color.
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Did they really shoot Friends 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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Was Jennifer Aniston pregnant when on Friends?

While Rachel Green aka Jennifer Aniston giving birth to a baby girl on FRIENDS was the happiest moment for all the fans, Monica Geller aka Courteney Cox was going through a rough time as she suffered a miscarriage. Rachel Green aka Jennifer Aniston's sudden pregnancy in FRIENDS had got all the fans quite excited.
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How much did Janice make on Friends?

She's also received a salary of around $19,000 per episode for her iconic guest-starring role throughout the ten-year run of "Friends." Wheeler was in 19 episodes, per IMDb, and with that paycheck, she probably garnered over $350,000, (via Celebs Net Worth Bio).
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Why is Monica's hair so short in season 4?

Season 4: Short, Choppy Layered Crop

Season 4 brought back another bob for Monica, after previously growing out her hair the past two seasons. Instead of sporting her shoulder-length tresses, she decided to cut them off again in favor of a choppy layered crop.
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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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Did Friends cast have plastic surgery?

In the first season of 'Friends,' now 56-year-old actress Courteney Cox was 30 years old. While stating she has let most of her surgeries fade in recent years, Courteney has had several cosmetic facial procedures done.
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Is Jennifer Aniston still Friends with David Schwimmer?

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer met through their roles as Rachel and Ross on "Friends." At the 2021 "Friends" reunion special for HBO Max, the stars admitted that they had a mutual crush. A recent report stated that they're dating, but Aniston's rep told Insider it's not true.
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Is Jennifer Aniston married to David Schwimmer?

The pair broke things off in November 2003. Friends wrapped filming in 2004 and the cast went on to pursue careers outside of their iconic sitcom characters. David married Zoë Buckman in 2010 and they welcomed their daughter, Cleo, a year later. Jennifer married actor Justin Theroux in 2015.
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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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What happened to Joey at the end of friends?

After the final season of Friends, Joey becomes the main character of Joey, a spin-off/sequel series, where he moves to L.A. to polish his acting career. His sister Gina Tribbiani (Drea de Matteo) and his nephew Michael (Paulo Costanzo) are two other central characters in the show.
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What happened to Emma at the end of friends?

Emma was supposed to move to Paris with Rachel

Monica (Courteney Cox), Chandler (Matthew Perry), and their baby twins were leaving New York for — gasp — the suburbs, while Rachel was preparing to move to Paris for a new job with Louis Vuitton, with Emma in tow.
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