Jennifer Aniston had to film season 4 of Friends with her ex-boyfriend during the breakup – Film News

The season that premiered in mid-1997 marked an important point in the life of the actress we all initially knew as Rachel.

We all know more about Jennifer Aniston’s private life than she herself would like us to know. We know that she was in a relationship with Brad Pitt for years, that they ended up tragically breaking up, and that she ended up marrying Justin Theroux, who she also divorced. But there is one piece of the puzzle that is still missing and that is vital to understanding why Friends season 4, although perfect in terms of script, manages to be so… strange.

In 1995, when Friends was starting to become wildly popular, she started seeing Tate Donovan, a young actor who was starring in another series, Partners. The series lasted less than their relationship, which for three years seemed destined to last… Until finally, in 1998, it came to an amicable end. But of course, no matter how friendly it is, no one likes meeting their ex when they’ve just broken up, right?

In Aniston’s case, it was even worse, because Friends had already cast Donovan to play Joshua, Rachel’s romantic interest during season 4 (as I’m sure you remember, it’s a Bloomingdale’s customer with whom she ends up having something more). . Their first episode together was filmed as soon as they broke up and so the chemistry between the two actors didn’t work anyway. If you’ve ever wondered why Joshua’s storyline never took off, here’s the secret: there was absolutely no possibility of that happening, given the way things were going.

By the way, don’t worry about Tate Donovan: although his role on Friends didn’t go ahead, he’s appeared in The OC, Argo, and has been voicing the Disney protagonist Hercules for years. In fact, we recently saw him in the Oscar-nominated film The Rejects. Luckily, he was able to get over being “Rachel’s ex” – it wasn’t that easy for everyone!

*Translation from a partner site of QuandoCinema

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