Friends: the record-breaking episode
Contrary to what many might think, the episode of Friends the most watched of all time is not the last of the series, but an episode of the second season. The one who finds his monkey part 1 and part 2, holds this record for a simple reason: it was broadcast immediately after the Superbowl on American television (it is also called The one after the Superbowl in the original version) on January 28, 1996. It was thus seen live by almost 53 million viewers (compared to 52 million for the last episode of the series).
It is also the episode with the most guest stars. In both parts, in fact, he appeared alongside the actors of Friends : Brooke Shields, Chris Isaak, Julia Roberts and of course Jean-Claude Van Damme.
The latter plays his role in the disaster film “Notice 2” alongside Marcel, Ross’s monkey, who has become a real Hollywood star. It is on the set that he meets Rachel and Monica who are both fascinated by the “Brussels muscles”. And while it was Monica who initially had a crush on him, eventually in the end it was Rachel who got a date, which led to an argument between the two best friends.
JCVD is ashamed of his cameo
In a recent interview given to New York PostJean-Claude Van Damme confided that he didn’t like his appearance in the series Friends and that he was even ashamed of it:
I sound so bad I say “hey, hi girls…”. I’m ashamed of myself. And then on set, these girls kiss me, and I don’t know what to do, or how to do it… it was weird. They were very kind
he declared, still confiding that the experience on the set of Friends was “a wonderful memory”.
The kissing scene mentioned by JCVD in this interview was cut from the final cut of the episode, but can be seen below:
Source: Cine Serie
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