Friends: 30 years ago, the creators of the series had to fight with Monica for this scene

We are no longer presenting Friends, the iconic show that highlights the daily lives of millions of viewers around the world and that continues to have a strong appeal (for example, a French series recently gave a nod to it). But things weren’t always rosy during the show’s ten seasons. So from the pilot, creators David Crane and Marta Kaufman had to fight one of the producers!

In an interview with The Times (The comments are reported by the website Deadline), David Crane reveals that an NBC executive wanted to change the story of Monica (Courteney Cox), who in the pilot is titled who movesFrom the first evening, she sleeps with a man with a nickname “Paul the Sommelier”. During the first meeting, the latter explains to the young woman that he has not had sex since the separation two years ago, which turns out to be a lie.

“One of the producers said, ‘We don’t like Monica because in the pilot she sleeps with a guy the first night.’declares David Crane.

“It was so biased…”

“To prove that the public wouldn’t like Monica if she slept with a man on the first night, the network handed out a little questionnaire to people during our dress rehearsal.”continues the American. “It was so biased. The question was, ‘When Monica has sex on the first night, is she a) a s*****? or b) a whore?’

the verdict Neither a, nor b, but a third option proposed by the community, which was not in the production plans! “People wrote ‘no, everything is fine'”You are welcome David Crane. audience, which also contributed greatly to the relationship between Monica and Chandler (Matthew Perry). “We thought it was just going to be a one-night stand between them.”tell him Martha Kaufman. “But they got such a strong reaction from people in London that it really changed the direction we were taking with the script.”

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