A director of the legendary 90’s sitcom “Friends” didn’t hold back any punches after calling one of its cast members on the show “not funny,” the Daily Mail reported.
Director James Burrow had a lot to get off his chest when he admitted that UK actress Helen Baxendale, who played Emily Waltham in 14 episodes of the show, couldn’t gel with other cast members because she wasn’t as comedic.
“She was nice but not particularly funny,” Burrow said.
“In sitcoms and any type of romantic comedy, the funny is just as important as the chemistry,” he continued.
Baxendale joined the iconic sitcom, which first aired on Sept. 1994, during its fourth season.
She played an integral role on the show as the girlfriend and fiancée of David Schwimmer’s character, Ross.
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Director James Burrow had a lot to get off his chest when he admitted that UK actress Helen Baxendale, who played Emily Waltham in 14 episodes of the show, couldn’t gel with other cast members because she wasn’t as comedic.
“She was nice but not particularly funny,” Burrow said.
“In sitcoms and any type of romantic comedy, the funny is just as important as the chemistry,” he continued.
Baxendale joined the iconic sitcom, which first aired on Sept. 1994, during its fourth season.
She played an integral role on the show as the girlfriend and fiancée of David Schwimmer’s character, Ross.
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00:05 A director of the legendary 90s sitcom Friends didn't hold back any punches after calling
00:10 one of its cast members on the show "not funny," the Daily Mail reported.
00:15 Director James Burrow had a lot to get off his chest when he admitted that UK actress
00:19 Helen Baxendale, who played Emily Waltham in 14 episodes of the show, couldn't gel
00:23 with other cast members because she wasn't as comedic.
00:27 "She was nice but not particularly funny," Burrow said.
00:30 "In sitcoms and any type of romantic comedy, the funny is just as important as the chemistry,"
00:36 he continued.
00:37 Baxendale joined the iconic sitcom, which first aired on September 1994, during its
00:42 fourth season.
00:44 She played an integral role on the show as the girlfriend and fiancé of David Schwimmer's
00:48 character Ross.
00:50 Ross mistakenly said his ex Rachel's name instead of Emily's during their wedding in
00:54 the season 4 finale, dooming the on-screen relationship.
00:58 In earlier seasons, Schwimmer's Ross was in a relationship with Jennifer Aniston's lead
01:03 character Rachel.
01:04 Burrow claimed Baxendale's so-called "nice" demeanor just didn't cut it for him, where
01:08 he made the point and emphasis that any new girlfriend for Ross needed to be as funny
01:13 as Rachel.
01:14 Ross mistakenly said his ex Rachel's name instead of Emily's during their wedding in
01:18 the season 4 finale, dooming the on-screen relationship.
01:22 In earlier seasons, Schwimmer's Ross was in a relationship with Jennifer Aniston's lead
01:26 character Rachel.
01:28 Burrow claimed Baxendale's so-called "nice" demeanor just didn't cut it for him, where
01:32 he made the point and emphasis that any new girlfriend for Ross needed to be as funny
01:36 as Rachel.
01:38 Since then, she spoke about her tenure on Friends with the Sunday Mirror in 2012, describing
01:43 her time on the show as a "strange serial little blip in my life."
01:47 People expect because it is called Friends that everyone was great friends, but they
01:51 were real professionals, Baxendale said.
01:54 Over the course of time on the show, Baxendale realized her vital role on the show was parlaying
01:59 over into the real world, and not in the way she desired.
02:03 Baxendale said the show made her more identifiable than ever.
02:06 "You couldn't walk down the street to buy a pint of milk.
02:09 In fact, you couldn't go anywhere.
02:11 It was impossible to mix with the crowd and do what ordinary people do," she admitted
02:15 to the Mail in 2012.
02:17 "I saw the fame as a gilded prison.
02:20 It was something I wasn't prepared for," she said.
02:24 Baxendale went on to say how she didn't regret coming back to the US after she headed
02:27 back home to the UK to restart her life.
02:29 "I'm not going to go back to the UK," she said.
02:30 "I'm going to go back to the US."
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