David Schwimmer recalled a “really scary” moment while shooting the film live hit show ‘Friends’.
Schwimmer, now 58, revealed the medical emergency that sent his co-star, Matt LeBlanc, to the hospital.
“During the live taping of the show, (Matt LeBlanc) was going to do some kind of pratfall, and he actually dislocated his shoulder,” Schwimmer said. Entertainment weekly. “He turned completely white and stood up, and I could see his shoulder was out. It looked like he was going to pass out.”
He recalled that he “immediately turned to the camera and said, ‘Cut, cut, cut.’ That was really scary,” the actor noted. ‘You could see how badly injured he was. And that night, of course, we had to stop filming, and he went to the hospital.”
“That was scary,” he emphasized.
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David Schwimmer recalled in a new interview the injury that sent his co-star to the hospital. (NBC)
LeBlanc’s injury was first revealed during HBO Max’s “Friends” reunion. The actors were filming “The One Where No One’s Ready” when LeBlanc dislocated his shoulder. In the episode, LeBlanc’s character Joey fought Matthew Perry’s Chandler Bing for a seat in the apartment while waiting for the girls to get ready.
He had successfully filmed the shot jumping into a chair three times, but they opted to do a fourth take.
“I wanted to jump over the coffee table and somehow tripped,” he explained. “My legs went up in the air and my shoulder dislocated.”
LeBlanc’s injury was eventually written into “The One With the Jam”.
“We put that in the show and then waited until he was okay with going back and filming the end of ‘The One Where No One’s Ready,’” said executive producer Kevin Bright. “What started out as the simplest ‘Friends’ episode ended up taking the longest time to film.”
Matt LeBlanc played Joey in “Friends,” which first aired in 1994. (Jon Ragel)
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Schwimmer and LeBlanc starred together in “Friends”. Jennifer AnistonLisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox and the late Matthew Perry. Each cast member was between the ages of 25 and 31 during the filming of the show’s first season.
The group has remained close over the years, especially the last year since Perry’s death. The actor died on October 28, 2023 from the “acute effects of ketamine” and subsequent drowning, Fox News Digital previously confirmed.
The sitcom, which premiered on September 22, 1994, followed the story of six friends living in New York City. “Friends” was an instant hit and lasted a total of 10 seasons.
From left to right, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry film a scene for “Friends.” (Getty Images)
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During an “Actors on Actors” conversation in June, Aniston reflected on the day “Friends” premiered.
“It’s so strange to even think that it’s 30 years old, because it actually just was – I remember the day it premiered, on television, on NBC,” Aniston explained.
“Me and Matthew Perry were having lunch somewhere, and we knew Lisa was coloring her hair. So we ran into the salon, and I snuck upstairs, and she was in the sink… and I grabbed the nozzle and started washing her hair from the guy who was supposed to do it. And it got absolutely out of hand, and that was a shame.”
“Friends” lasted 10 seasons. (NBC)
“But the excitement we had, and it feels like yesterday,” she added. “The fact that it has had a long, wonderful life and still means a lot to people is one of the greatest gifts all six of us could have ever imagined.”
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