- The audience is the reason Monica and Chandler ended up together. Originally, they were supposed to sleep together in London and have a brief fling afterward. However, the way the audience reacted made the writers realise there was more to it and they needed to pay attention. Monica and Chandler sleeping together happened at the end of the season, so they had time to make it into a real thing but the writers didn't realise how far it was going to go at that point.
- Janice's iconic laugh is a result of Perry being too funny. Maggie Wheeler auditioned for Janice after seeing a casting post looking for a fast-talking New Yorker. "I know her, she lives in me," the actress told host James Corden as she put on the "Janice voice." It didn't take long for her to realise she needed something to do or else she would break whenever she had a scene with Perry. Wheeler finally settled with the idea that "this character needs a laugh because I'm not going to be able to get through a single scene with this guy."
- Schwimmer and Aniston were crushing on each other while filming. During the early seasons of Friends, the duo had a mutual crush that they never acted upon since they never were single at the same time. Aniston recalled thinking how it would "be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is . . . on national television." Well, their first kiss was as Ross and Rachel in season two. "Sure enough, the first time we kissed was in that coffee shop. We just channelled all of our adoration and love for each other into Ross and Rachel."
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