20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About Friends

14. The Role Of Chandler Was Offered To Someone Else

UnREAL Craig Bierko
Lifetime

The show€™'s creators and casting crew always thought that the role of Chandler, the sardonic, wise-cracking cynic of the group, would be the easiest one to fill, but in reality it was anything but. Matthew Perry was one of the first names under consideration, but at the time he was shooting another pilot for a show called LAX 2194.

Had the high-concept idea of baggage handlers in charge of sorting alien luggage gone ahead, Perry wouldn'€™t have been available for Friends, and he even coached his friend Craig Bierko to help him prepare for his own audition.

Perry did such a good job that Bierko was offered the part but turned it down. The Friends brain trust ended up casting Perry anyway in the belief that LAX 2194 would not be picked up, and it wasn€™'t the only gamble they took when deciding on their final cast.

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