There's no one who wouldn't jump at the chance to appear. friendApparently it's Adam Goldberg.
The actor explained Independent Why he nearly turned down the chance to play Eddie, Chandler's (Matthew Perry) weird short-term roommate.
“I was a snob at the time, so it wasn't anything particularly noteworthy,” he confessed.
He said TV roles were once his “main source of income”, listing cameos on shows like: NYPD Blue, emergencyand friend He strengthened his confession, claiming that he and his “companions were all snobs.”
“we Confused and confusedand I remember a lot of us were like, 'Oh man, we're never going to be on TV again,'” he recalled.
Goldberg described her reaction when she got the call from her agent saying she got the job.
“I said, 'No way. I'm not on that show.' And my agent said, 'Yes,'” he continued.
Goldberg said, “I [he] What should he have done with his career,” he said, referring to the “personal issues” he was having with the hit sitcom.
“My ex-girlfriend at the time, the love of my life at the time, was a guest star in the pilot,” he revealed, “so I remember being like, I really wanted to hate it. These kinds of things influence your decisions!”
But he ended up accepting the role, saying, “In the end, [he] He also acknowledged the ratings the show garnered only after the first of the three-part series aired.
“I Some “Back then, when I appeared on TV, there were a lot of shows that very few people knew, so people recognised me. But this time, so many people recognised me,” he recalled.
He praised the late Perry's “incredible comedic talent” and praised both Perry and Matt LeBlanc, saying, “It was so much fun working with both of them.” In fact, he reflected on his involvement in the spinoff, in which LeBlanc starred. JoeyIn the Friends Cinematic Universe, [he’s] I'm playing two different characters.”
“I'm so happy to be a part of the tradition of this show,” Goldberg concluded.
“I love them,” he added. “When I think about them, I realize how incredible it is to have someone like Jennifer Aniston have had such a diverse career. And that's really amazing, because I think it must be so, so hard to be a part of something so hugely popular and not be famous for it.”
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