Matthew Perry asked writers to axe Friends plot that involved Chandler cheating on Monica
Courteney Cox and Chandler Bing in a still from 'Friends'
The One Where Chandler Cheated would have been one of the episodes of Friends if Matthew Perry had not intervened. Actress Lisa Cash has revealed that the late actor had requested writers to cancel a plot twist that involved Chandler cheating on Monica while they were in Las Vegas.
Cash appeared in the show's season 5 episode - The One In Vegas: part 1 and revealed that she was originally a part of the storyline where Matthew Perry's character Chandler Bing cheated on Courteney Cox's Monica Geller.
“Basically, the scene was Chandler and Monica were arguing in (Las) Vegas … Chandler goes up to the hotel room, orders room service and I bring it up as a hotel worker,” Cash told TMZ. "And we end up talking, laughing and connecting and Chandler ends up cheating on Monica with my character."
Cash recalled they had “rehearsed it and everything.” But the day before they were scheduled to shoot in front of a live audience, Perry asked the writers to axe it.
“I was told that (he)went into the writers and said the audience would never forgive him for cheating on Monica, which he was probably right,” Cash explained. “That would have changed possibly the course of the show and his character.”
Friends creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane are yet to confirm Cash's claims.
Cash did feature on the show though and the storyline was changed. She was instead featured in the same episode as a flight attendant on Rachel Green's (Jennifer Aniston) and Ross Geller’s (David Schwimmer) flight.
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The actress was all praises for Perry though and said, “I was coming in, and I was new to the industry. And it could have been really intimidating for me to have… a scene with Matthew Perry, but I felt so comfortable,” she noted.
“He was really likable and welcoming and just made me feel at ease, and it's fun you know,” she added. “It was really fun doing the scene with him and it was easy doing the scene with him.”
Perry was found dead at his Los Angeles home on October 28 at age 54. First responders were called to the residence for cardiac arrest, and no illicit drugs were found at the scene. Initial investigations revealed he had drowned in the hot tub of his home.
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