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The long-awaitedFriendsreunion special is on the horizon.
David Schwimmer, who played Ross Gellar in the hit sitcom, confirmed in an interview onSiriusXM’s Radio AndyWednesday that the upcoming HBO Max special — which will bring the core cast back together on the NBC comedy’s original soundstage — will be taping soon.
“It’s happening,” the actor, 54, said of the reunion. “Actually, in a little over a month I’m heading out to L.A.”
“So, finally, I mean, we figured out a way to film it safely and there’s going to be a portion of it that we filmed outside because of, you know, for safety protocols,” added Schwimmer.
The conversation then turned to who is — and who isn’t — hosting the special, whenAndy Cohenasked ifEllen DeGenereshad been booked for the gig.
But Schwimmer shut down the possibility of DeGeneres' involvement, and then explained to Cohen that he’s unsure if he can reveal who is hosting the reunion special. “I can tell you it’s not Ellen, and it’s notBilly Crystal,” Schwimmer said. “I can tell you who it’s not, but that’ll take a while, probably.”
David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston.Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
“Unfortunately it’svery sad that we had to move it again,” Aniston, 52, toldDeadlinein August. “It was, ‘How do we do this with live audiences?’ This is not a safe time. Period. That’s the bottom line. It’s not a safe time to do it.”
“It’s going to be super,” she added. “I choose to see it as the glass is half-full that it got postponed. Look, we’re not going anywhere. You’re never going to get rid ofFriends, sorry. You’re stuck with us for life, guys.”
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Kudrow, who played the eclectic Phoebe Buffay, revealed in January that she and her costars havealready shot some scenesfor the reunion.
“There’s different facets to it, and we already shot packages of things,” she said on theLiterally! With Rob Lowepodcast. “I pre-shot something already so we’re definitely doing it, because I already shot a little something.”
Kudrow, 57, also clarified the cast will not be reprising their iconicFriendscharacters, but chatting as themselves. “It’s not a reboot,” she said. “It’s not like a scripted thing, we’re not portraying our characters. It’s us getting together, which just doesn’t happen a lot and has never happened in front of other people since 2004 when we stopped.”
source: people.com
