{"id":51686,"date":"2023-11-06T11:01:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/matthew-perry-made-friends-writers-change-controversial-storyline\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:01:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:01:50","slug":"matthew-perry-made-friends-writers-change-controversial-storyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/06\/matthew-perry-made-friends-writers-change-controversial-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Perry made Friends writers change controversial storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Matthew Perry<\/a> made the writers of ‘Friends’ change a controversial cheating storyline.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Perry’s character Chandler was supposed to cheat on Monica – played by Courteney Cox – in Friends<\/p>\n

The actor – who died last month aged 54 – played Chandler Bing in the hit sitcom with Courteney Cox<\/a> as his girlfriend\/wife Monica and it’s now been revealed the pair were supposed to be caught up in a scandal with Perry’s character cheating on her during a trip to Las Vegas in a 1999 episode titled ‘The One in Vegas: Part 1’.<\/p>\n

The revelation was made by actress Lisa Cash, who was hired to play a hotel worker who brings room service to Chandler’s room after he has a huge fight with Monica. She told TMZ.com: “The scene was Chandler and Monica were arguing In Vegas about Monica having lunch with [ex-boyfriend] Richard and in our script, Chandler goes up to the hotel room and orders room service and I bring it up as a hotel worker..<\/p>\n

“And we end up talking and laughing and connecting and Chandler ends up cheating on Monica with my character.”<\/p>\n

However, Perry didn’t feel comfortable with the storyline and he went to the writers and asked for it to be changed.<\/p>\n

\nLisa added: “We had rehearsed it … and the day before we were supposed to shoot it in front of a live audience, I was told that [Perry] went to the writers and said the fans will never forgive [Chandler] for cheating on Monica. He was probably right. That would have possibly changed the course of the show.”<\/p>\n

\nThe cheating scenes were removed from the script and Lisa’s part was cut. However, she was given the chance to appear in a different scene as a flight attendant with Ross and Rachel – played by David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston.<\/p>\n

\nLisa added: “They were so nice for not completely cutting me out of the episode .”<\/p>\n

\nShe also praised Perry for making her feel welcome and comfortable on set and insisted the writers made the correct decision by removing Chandler’s cheating scene.<\/p>\n

\nLisa said: “They had that whole other thing with the Ross and Rachel ‘we were on a break’ but Chandler and Monica weren’t on a break. It was a decision that he was going to make to cheat on her. In the moment … but I don’t think the audience would have really forgiven that. So I think it was smart.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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