Friends is one of the most popular shows ever made, and fans of the show were pretty intense, meaning guest starring on the show was actually super nerve-racking.
Kristin Davis was working on Sex and the City when she made her appearance on Friends as Erin, a woman who Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Monica (Courteney Cox) were trying to set up with Joey (Matt LeBlanc).
While it sounds like the dream job, Kristen revealed she was so stressed about it that she was losing sleep.
In an interview with Today.com she said, “I remember losing sleep. Sex and the City was in production, but I was nervous to be the tiny character of Erin, losing sleep, partly because of the live audience, but partly because you’re in this world that has been created that is so alive and so specific and you’re trying to make sure you’re fitting yourself in there properly.
“And I remember, like, ‘Will I set that joke up OK? Will Matt be happy? Will I just go blank?’ Things go through your head when you’re in those situations that are heightened like that. Obviously it was the highest of the high at that point.”
However, the thing she remembers the most was the camaraderie among the six main actors.
“I think the thing I remember most was the cohesion between the cast and the fact that they were somewhat besieged by the success from the outer world and they had kind of bonded together as a group. That was really great to see, and obviously I learned a lot from that.”
For Lauren Tom, who played Julie in season two, working on the show was pretty damn intense.
She told the website that fans were so invested in Ross and Rachel’s relationship they would boo her, “I wasn’t prepared for the amount of venom I was about to receive in a live audience where they actually booed my character.”
“And, of course, I was trying very hard not to get my feelings hurt. So I had to get used to that. But I did understand intellectually that, you know, the audience was meant to be rooting for Rachel. Even I was rooting for Rachel, on some level, ’cause I was a fan of the show.”
When asked where Julie would be now, Tom said, “Ross should’ve picked Julie. We would’ve been so happy with our cats. But I think Julie probably ended up with Russ, so I don’t think she did too bad.”
Dead To Me’s Christina Applegate also reflected on her time on the show as Rachel’s self-unaware sister Amy, telling the publication her time on the show was much less traumatic than the previous two women.
“It’s easy and it wasn’t a hard job. It felt like I got to just hang out with a bunch of people and socialise for a couple of days. And then in the middle of it, we shot a show.”
One of our favourite guest star stories, however, would have to be Robin Williams and Billy Crystal’s.
The pair were filming on a neighbouring set and the writers asked if they wanted to be on the show, they said yes and they were written in, however, they improvised all of their lines.
Watch the scene here for a laugh:
