Friends star Lisa Kudrow struggled to play Phoebe and feels she tricked show bosses into giving her the role

Friends star Lisa Kudrow struggled to play Phoebe and feels she tricked show bosses into giving her the role

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Lisa Kudrow struggled with playing her ditzy Friends character Phoebe in the shows early years.

Lisa, 56, said that she couldnt connect with the part in the first three seasons, even though she had played similar roles before.

But it took a quick – and sweary – pep talk from co-star Matt Le Blanc to get her back on track.

Appearing on the YouTube series hiking with Kevin, she said: I had played dumb girls for sure, but it wasnt really me. I feel like, s**t I tricked them.

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At the audition I feel I was the only one who could cope with the audition process and thats how I got it I think.

I had to work hard at being Phoebe, then third season in I was struggling so much. And Le Blanc was like, “Whats going on with you?” and I was like, “I dont think I have it. I dont know what Im doing”.

He said “Youre her, relax, you got it, youve been doing this f*****g character for three years. Youre working too hard, thats your problem. You dont need to work as hard.”

FRIENDS -- Season 6 -- Pictured: (l-r) David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani -- (Photo by: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Lisa Kudrow struggled to play Phoebe in the first three seasons of Friends (Picture: NBC Universal)

She also admitted to presenter Kevin that she has never watched the popular sitcom, which ended in 2004.

Kevin joked: You wanna watch it, and Lisa quipped: I hear its good.

Friends is celebrating its 25th – 25th! – anniversary with many of the celebrations taking place in the shows home of New York.

But theres plenty going on in the UK too, so head here to find out how you can mark the occasion.

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