Jennifer Aniston thinks her ex-husband Brad Pitt’s cameo is on Friends was absolutely hilarious, looking back fondly on his guest appearance during a rare public reflection on their past.
The actress, who played Rachel Green on the hit NBC sitcom, recalled the show’s iconic Thanksgiving-themed episodes during a joint interview with her former costar Lisa Kudrow for Black.
When Kudrow brought up Pitt’s cameo and noted how funny it was, Aniston completely agreed, while smilingly recalling how funny the moment turned out to be.
The memorable cameo took place in 2001 during the series’ eighth season, just as Pitt and Morning show the star was still married.
In the classic episode titled The one with the rumorPitt played Will Colbert, a character who secretly loathed Rachel Green and had even formed an “I Hate Rachel” club with Ross Geller, played by David Schwimmer.
Despite Aniston and Pitt divorcing in 2005 after five years of marriage, the Hollywood couple have famously managed to stay on good terms in the more than two decades since their split.
During her conversation with Kudrow, the Emmy-winning actress highlighted that Pitt was just one of the massive “movie stars” who stepped into Friends set over the years.
She was given a star-studded list of legendary guest actors, including Bruce Willis, Julia Roberts, Isabella Rossellini and Sean Penn.
Interestingly, Aniston revealed that no matter how famous or accomplished these celebrity guest stars were in the wider film industry, they were always incredibly nervous about appearing on the sitcom’s stage, a fact she always found deeply fascinating.
Kudrow agreed with his former co-star, explaining that the unique style of acting required for friends, which also starred Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and the late Matthew Perry, was quite different from what the movie stars were typically used to.
She recalled that guests would struggle to find the right tone because the multi-camera format is neither traditional theater, a film, nor typical television.
Kudrow laughed as she recalled how she once tried to explain the secret of the sitcom’s delivery to a confused guest star, telling them to keep the exact same intention but just speak louder, to which Aniston jokingly chimed in to finish her sentence, yelling, “Just louder!”
