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The team behind 'Friends' have declared: "This is the The One Where Our Hearts Are Broken" - in a moving tribute to Matthew Perry. Marta Kauffman and David Crane - who created the hit sitcom - along with director Kevin Bright have issued an emotional statement remembering the actor following his death on Saturday (28.10.23) at the age of 54 calling him a "brilliant talent" and "the funniest person in the room". In a statement given to Deadline.com, they said: "We are shocked and deeply, deeply saddened by our beloved friend Matthew’s passing. It still seems impossible. All we can say is that w...
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Marta Kauffman has admitted 'Friends' bosses made a "mistake" by using the wrong pronouns to describe a transgender character. In the show, Chandler Bing's parent is referred to as his "dad" despite identifying as a woman and executive producer Marta has insisted bosses on the show should have done better but errors were made due to a lack of understanding at the time. Speaking on BBC World Service, Marta said: "We kept referring to her (Chandler’s transgender parent) as ‘Chandler’s father’, even though Chandler’s father was trans. Pronouns were not yet something that I understood. So we didn’...
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Marta Kauffman has pledged $4 million to African and African American studies as she apologised for the lack of diversity on ‘Friends’. The 65-year-old, who created the sitcom with David Crane, 64, gave the donation to her alma mater, the Boston area’s Brandeis University, to create an endowed professorship. Her Marta F Kauffman ’78 Professorship in African and African American Studies will support a distinguished scholar with a concentration in the study of the peoples and cultures of Africa. It will also help the department to recruit more expert scholars and teachers, map long-term academic...
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'Friends' bosses didn't initially intend for Joey Tribbiani to be "stupid". Marta Kauffman, who co-created the sitcom with her longtime friend David Crane, admitted Matt LeBlanc played dim-witted "so well" that it became part of his struggling actor character. She said: "We didn't originally intend for Joey to be stupid, but Matt LeBlanc played stupid so well that it became part of the character. "That's true if an actor is just starting out, or they've been around forever." Marta believes one of the reasons the sitcom still resonates with people is because people want to "hang out" with the c...
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'Friends' co-creator Marta Kauffman has insisted Ross Gellar made a big "mistake" when he and girlfriend Rachel Green were "on a break". The 64-year-old writer - who developed the show with her friend David Crane, with whom she also executive produce alongside Kevin Bright - has weighed in on the long-running fan debate about whether or not David Schwimmer's alter ego Ross and his girlfriend Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) were actually "on a break" when he slept with another woman following a fight between the characters. In an interview with RadioTimes.com, she said: "Whether or not they wer...
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