Matt LeBlanc wasn’t the only actor to audition for the character of Joey in Friends. A very famous actor also passed the casting of the series.
It’s thirty years since the first episode aired and twenty years since Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler and Joey returned the keys to the famous New York apartment with purple walls. A moment filled with emotion which closed Friends in the most beautiful way. But despite the passage of time, the series has not aged a single bit. Friends affects all generations and even twenty years after stopping, it is still broadcast on television as well as available for streaming on MAX, the Warner and HBO platform. Enough to reassure fans who were very saddened when the series was removed from the Netflix catalog.
Vince Vaughn auditioned to play the role of Joey in Friends
Friends made the six actors real stars and against all odds, the role of Joey could not have been played by Matt LeBlanc. It turns out that during casting, Vince Vaughn was considered to play the character of Joey. During an interview for the Huffington Postcasting director Ellie Kanner, however, made it known that Vince Vaughn did not fit into the group like Matt LeBlanc did. “It’s just about putting the pieces of the puzzle together.”she explained before taking stock of the final casting: “But you know, the main thing was that they were funny. That was always the most important aspect.”
Friends: why Vince Vaughn was rejected for the role of Joey
Casting director remembers Vince Vaughn as a “handsome, tall and good actor”. But the latter did not correspond to the personality of Matt LeBlanc, who stuck much more to the character of Joey. During his hearing for FriendsVince Vaughn had not yet broken into the profession, but he was already a promising actor. Ellie Kanner also joked by adding: “It would have been a little different.” Ultimately, Matt LeBlanc landed the biggest role of his career thanks to Friendsjust like his playmates.
Article written with the collaboration of 6médias.
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