Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 21:21     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
I thought Courteney Cox was amazingly funny, and also Lisa Kudrow. Both had perfect comedic timing.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 21:19     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.


"PIVOT!!"
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 20:56     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They worked great as an ensemble. Actual talent (in this order):

Aniston
Perry
Kudrow
Schwimmer
Cox
Leblanc

They all have their capacities.


This is not the right order. I do think they were all talented. Have you ever seen Matt LeBlanc not doing Joey? He is a completely different person. (That is also how I feel about Jean Stapleton who used to play Edith Bunker… she is amazing!)


It’s not remotely close to the right order.. Schwimmer first.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 20:53     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.

I really enjoyed his other show Episodes. But it may just be that he’s playing himself?
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 19:46     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:They worked great as an ensemble. Actual talent (in this order):

Aniston
Perry
Kudrow
Schwimmer
Cox
Leblanc

They all have their capacities.


This is not the right order. I do think they were all talented. Have you ever seen Matt LeBlanc not doing Joey? He is a completely different person. (That is also how I feel about Jean Stapleton who used to play Edith Bunker… she is amazing!)
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 19:33     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:Ross was annoying, but Schwimmer's comedic timing and physicality were spot-on.
LeBlanc got more nuanced as the show went on, and definitely developed as an actor (which Perry chronicles in his book).
Perry was one-note. Could he BE any more one note?
I didn't understand Kudrow's character. Phoebe was just zany and off. No depth.
I think Aniston and Cox both brought a lot to roles that could have been stock characters (Type A and spoiled princess).


In the first season Joey seemed a little more intelligent than in later seasons. Not sure why they changed the character but he did a great job.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 19:30     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:Ross was annoying, but Schwimmer's comedic timing and physicality were spot-on.
LeBlanc got more nuanced as the show went on, and definitely developed as an actor (which Perry chronicles in his book).
Perry was one-note. Could he BE any more one note?
I didn't understand Kudrow's character. Phoebe was just zany and off. No depth.
I think Aniston and Cox both brought a lot to roles that could have been stock characters (Type A and spoiled princess).


Monica was former fat girl turned beauty after her teen years, plus the sibling that the parents never noticed, with all the baggage that enrailed.

She was type A because of that transition from her tern years.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 19:10     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Ross was annoying, but Schwimmer's comedic timing and physicality were spot-on.
LeBlanc got more nuanced as the show went on, and definitely developed as an actor (which Perry chronicles in his book).
Perry was one-note. Could he BE any more one note?
I didn't understand Kudrow's character. Phoebe was just zany and off. No depth.
I think Aniston and Cox both brought a lot to roles that could have been stock characters (Type A and spoiled princess).
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 19:05     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 17:15     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The show was subversive garbage and the characters were beyond corny.


I don’t think you know what subversive means.


+1
I laughed at the sheer cluelessness of the PP.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 16:26     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:The show was subversive garbage and the characters were beyond corny.


^^^ This post

Has anyone seen the Tracy Ulman BBC sketch on the millenial support group that was given an assignment to watch friends to help them to overcome getting offended by and finding microaggressions in everything?


Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 16:03     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Aniston is sort of the Taylor Swift of actors. She's popular and likeable but without an edge.


Horrible Bosses, The Morning Show? She's had her moments.

Isn't Horrible Bosses a bro comedy where she just plays a nymphomaniac? Hardly one of her better roles, and I do think she's a good actress.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 16:02     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
I think they are all good enough TV/rom-com actors, some better than others. I would say Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston are the better tier.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 15:38     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:The show was subversive garbage and the characters were beyond corny.


I don’t think you know what subversive means.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 15:22     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Aniston is sort of the Taylor Swift of actors. She's popular and likeable but without an edge.


I like her a lot, but get tired of her falling into her “Rachel” shtick and calling everyone “honey” in all of her roles. Gets old.