After all, 22 years after the end of Friends, the actress and her costars—including Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc—are still bringing in about $20 million a year in residuals when the show is re-aired, according to The Times.
And Lisa has one theory as to why they’re getting so much in fees, quipping to the outlet in an interview published April 23, “Because Phoebe Buffay was so great?”
In all seriousness, the 62-year-old has another idea about why the show has stuck with fans all these years later, noting she rewatched Friends after Matthew Perry died in 2023 from the acute effects of ketamine.
“After Matthew died I watched the show again,” Lisa shared. “Before, I only saw what I did wrong or could have done better. But for the first time I truly appreciated just how great it was.”
“I felt I did OK, but Jennifer and Courteney? Amazing,” she raved. “David and Matt? They had me laughing so hard. And then Matthew—he was just beyond us all.”
She also feels the energy between the six characters was incredibly unique to the time.
by Naive_Cause8984
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I feel that Lisa although respected, is ridiculously underrated as an actor. Her body of work these last 10 years has been far better than Courtney‘s or Jennifer‘s in my opinion.
Sounds like all those “brutal” writers actually knew what they were doing then?
I know it’s not cool to say with shows like The Wire and True Detective etc but Friends is one of the greatest TV shows ever.
Brilliant writing and acting.
The cast of friends truly was amazing. Every one of them did such a great job in their parts.
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