'Friends' Reboot: Lisa Kudrow Says She Would 'Love' To See 'The Now Version'
Lisa Kudrow says she is very much interested in watching a reboot of the iconic sitcom "Friends," but with a new cast.
"I would. I would love to see what the like, what the now version of that would be. I would love to see what that would be," Kudrow told Where Is The Buzz during the premiere of "Better Nate Than Ever" at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Kudrow played Phoebe Buffay on the show. Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green), Courteney Cox (Monica Geller), Matt LeBlanc (Joey Tribbiani), Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing) and David Schwimmer (Ross Geller) formed the rest of the gang members.
"Friends" was first aired on Sept. 22, 1994 and the final episode was dropped on May 6, 2004. The decade-long sitcom earned many awards, including Primetime Emmy, Screen Actors Guild Award, GLAAD Media Award and People's Choice Award.
This is not the first time "Friends" cast members have opened up about the idea of a reboot. Schwimmer previously shared that the show should have a reboot with "all-black Friends or an all-Asian Friends."
"Maybe there should be an all-black Friends or an all-Asian Friends. But I was well aware of the lack of diversity and I campaigned for years to have Ross date women of color," Schwimmer told The Guardian in January 2020.
The actor explained that he tried to add diversity to the show by ensuring that his on-screen girlfriends were women of color.
"One of the first girlfriends I had on the show was an Asian-American woman, and later I dated African-American women," he said. "That was a very conscious push on my part."
NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt dismissed the reboot idea in 2018, noting that other popular sitcoms like "West Wing" and "The Office" might happen but "Friends" and "Seinfeld" will never get new episodes.
However, a special episode, titled "Friends: The Reunion," was released on HBO Max last May.
Considering Kudrow's upcoming projects, she will be next seen in Disney's comedy musical movie "Better Nate Than Ever," which will begin streaming on Disney Plus from April 1. The movie also stars Joshua Bassett, Rueby Wood, Aria Brooks and Norbert Leo Butz.
The trailer of the movie was dropped last month.
"Better Nate Than Ever" is based on a novel of the same name, penned by Tim Federle.
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