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The special, set to air on HBO Max, is an unscripted special reuniting the original cast members.
Returning cast members include Matthew Perry as Chandler, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel, Courtney Cox as Monica, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe, David Schwimmer as Ross and Matt LeBlanc as Joey.
The Hollywood Reporter had previously said that the actors are set to “earn more than double their former per-episode fee for the reunion and be paid between $2.5 million and $3 million for the special.”
Friends, previously said of the special: “We all want it to happen; we just have to wait until it is safe. This is a show that is not scripted, but this is the way the show works – we are going to need a live audience.”
Monica (Courteney Cox) is also shown wearing the turkey head later in the episode.
“When we made the Bean movie in 1996 we decided to plagiarise ourselves and use the turkey on the head joke again,” Atkinson said, adding: Also shooting in the 1990s was
Friends – and they stole the joke.”
Atkinson said that, due to reusing the joke for Mr Bean’s big screen adventure, many people then assumed it was the opposite way around and that he had stolen the joke from
Friends. (Tiger Aspect Productions / Warner Bros. Television Distribution)
Also speaking on the documentary was Atkinson’s collaborator Richard Curtis, who wrote the turkey gag.
The character, portrayed by fellow writer Rowan Atkinson, first appeared on screen more than 30 years ago in the 1990 sitcom and was an instant hit with audiences.
Credit: From Tigeraspect Productions
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