15 Things We Learned From Friends: The Reunion

8. David Schwimmer HATED Working With Marcel The Monkey

Friends: The Reunion
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During the Q&A portion of the reunion, an audience member asks the cast if there's any aspect of the show they didn't like, prompting David Schwimmer to quickly state his dislike for Ross' pet monkey Marcel.

Schwimmer, who prefaced his remarks by insisting he loves animals, explained that the monkey, though trained, would often fail to hit its mark, throwing off his or another cast member's carefully choreographed comedy bit, forcing the scene to be reset from the top.

Schwimmer also wasn't too thrilled that, between takes, the monkey's trainer would feed live grubs to it while it was still sat on the actor's shoulder, and the monkey would then rub those grubby hands all over Schwimmer's head.

In the actor's own words, "It was time for Marcel to f**k off, you know?"

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