Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 22:00     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:If Perry had been able to stay sober he could have gone down a Tom Hanks-like path. I got to know him a bit personally—his story is so tragic. He and Kudrow were the most talented but Aniston probably the shrewdest performer. They were all perfectly cast and the chemistry was incredible. On paper it would be hard to buy that these six people would be best pals and yet they sold the hell out of it as actors while making it look effortless.


The creators of the show said they knew from day 1 Aniston was going to be a superstar, she had the “it” factor.

Also, first season, Schwimmer’s timing was impeccable.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 21:59     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Haven't seen The Morning Show but I've never seen any of them show serious acting chops.

Aniston and Kudrow have been good in numerous roles but nothing that wowed me.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 21:58     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They were a great ensemble group.


+1 their tremendous chemistry was lightning in a bottle. No sitcom since has been able to replicate it. It’s why it’s remained so popular, even when many of the jokes are dated now.


I agree with this comment, except I think Modern Family replicated the chemistry. But I also think the writing was smarter on Modern Family. The Friends cast didn’t have much to work with the last two seasons.


The last two seasons were not as good as the others because the series was suppose to end at season 8. Pretty sure it would have been baby with Ross and Rachel and then getting married. But then NBC wanted to continue it and that’s when the cast go a million each per episode.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 21:54     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No idea about the quality of the acting, but I loved the characters of Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay. I'm a research scientist, and felt offended at how a PhD scientist was portrayed in the show. Poor David Schwimmer. I felt he had a terrible role.


Apparently, you missed The Big Bang Theory. 😂


Still not as good as Friends.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 21:45     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They were a great ensemble group.


+1 their tremendous chemistry was lightning in a bottle. No sitcom since has been able to replicate it. It’s why it’s remained so popular, even when many of the jokes are dated now.


I agree with this comment, except I think Modern Family replicated the chemistry. But I also think the writing was smarter on Modern Family. The Friends cast didn’t have much to work with the last two seasons.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 21:28     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Absolutely.

If you’ve never seen bad actors you don’t know just how GOOD the good actors are.

Comedy is insanely hard to do.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 21:24     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:Lisa Kudrow, yes. Not the others. I also never got all the hype and tears over Matthew Perry.


Matthew created an entirely new cadence for the character of Chandler Bing. You can hear him emphasize the verb.

“Could I BE wearing any more clothes?”

That’s not the writers. That was Matthew Perry.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 21:22     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:I actually think Matt Leblanc is quite talented.

It takes a talented actor to play dumb and also chauvanistic in a way that is funny, endearing and charming, with depth of character and sensitivity.


He is fantastic in Episodes.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 19:55     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Lisa Kudrow, yes. Not the others. I also never got all the hype and tears over Matthew Perry.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 19:46     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:I never watched an episode.


You realize you’re not required to reply to threads when they don’t apply to you, right?
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 19:45     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:No idea about the quality of the acting, but I loved the characters of Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay. I'm a research scientist, and felt offended at how a PhD scientist was portrayed in the show. Poor David Schwimmer. I felt he had a terrible role.


Apparently, you missed The Big Bang Theory. 😂
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 19:44     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
No idea about the quality of the acting, but I loved the characters of Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay. I'm a research scientist, and felt offended at how a PhD scientist was portrayed in the show. Poor David Schwimmer. I felt he had a terrible role.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 19:42     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
If Perry had been able to stay sober he could have gone down a Tom Hanks-like path. I got to know him a bit personally—his story is so tragic. He and Kudrow were the most talented but Aniston probably the shrewdest performer. They were all perfectly cast and the chemistry was incredible. On paper it would be hard to buy that these six people would be best pals and yet they sold the hell out of it as actors while making it look effortless.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 19:38     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Never saw it
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2025 19:34     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
I actually think Matt Leblanc is quite talented.

It takes a talented actor to play dumb and also chauvanistic in a way that is funny, endearing and charming, with depth of character and sensitivity.