Friends has been an amazing show for all Americans. Jane Sibbett who portrayed the role of Ross Gellar’s ex-wife, Carol, from Friends was actually roped in to play another character on the show. In a new interview with Australia’s leading daily, the actress admitted that she almost played Rachel Green. She said, “I actually was up for another character,” she shared. “They wanted me to be one of the main six. It was actually Rachel, but I usually don’t tell people that because of Jen [Aniston]…There’s no-one who could’ve done it like Jen.”
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Jane also explained the reason why she didn’t get the role was that she was pregnant in real life. “I asked them [my agents] if they’d told the producers I was pregnant [at the time] and they said, ‘Oh no, we thought we’d tell them later.’ And I said, ‘No, you’ve got to tell them now,’” she insisted. “So obviously [producers] said it wouldn’t work out.” Jane also added that there’s no other Rachel Green than Jennifer Aniston. “I have no regrets, my goodness, there’s no way anybody could have come close to what Jennifer Aniston did with Rachel. She was so perfect.”
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For the unversed, in June during a discussion at The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Actress Roundtable, Jennifer Aniston unveiled to Janelle Monáe, Zendaya, Reese Witherspoon, Helena Bonham Carter and Rose Byrne how difficult it was to "shed" her iconic role, which she played for 10 seasons from 1994-2004. "You just exhaust yourself," said Aniston, of feeling typecast after the show ended.
