Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey has revealed why a unique actress changed her position on the hit sitcom, Friends.
The US actress, now 63, portrayed the position of Mindy – the very best pal of Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) – in episode 20 of the primary season in 1995.
But when the position of Mindy returned late within the second season, Grey was changed by actress Jana Marie Hupp.
Speaking to MediaVillage, Grey admitted to being a “huge fan” of the present when she was requested to visitor star, however her expertise filming the comedy put her off desirous to reprise Mindy in a while.
“When I did it, I had such bad anxiety because they kept changing the script. It’s very hard to be a guest star because you’re not a part of it, and you’re really trying to figure it all out,” she mentioned.
“They were trying to figure out what the character was, what the scene was, and it was changing, and changing, and changing. It all made me so anxious that I could barely do it.”
Grey mentioned her “performance anxiety” noticed her decline the possibility to return as Mindy the next yr. Around the identical time, she additionally turned down the possibility to host Saturday Night Live.
“It makes me sad that I would say no to continuing on Friends or doing Saturday Night Live because of my anxiety. The truth is, I wished I had people to help me navigate that kind of fear, but I couldn’t be there until I was there,” she mentioned.
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In the pilot episode of Friends, which aired in 1994, Rachel seems at Central Perk in a marriage gown after bailing on her fiance Barry (Mitchell Whitfield) on the altar. It turned out Barry was having an affair with Mindy behind Rachel’s again.
Nineteen episodes later we lastly meet Mindy (Grey) when she asks Rachel to be the maid-of-honour at her and Barry’s upcoming marriage ceremony. In the episode, ‘The One With The Evil Orthodontist’, Barry feels he should still have emotions for Rachel, earlier than finally deciding to stick with Mindy.
Flash ahead to the twenty fourth episode of season two ‘The One with Barry and Mindy’s Wedding’ and Mindy was as an alternative performed by Hupp.
While she was “sad” she declined the chance to return, Grey mentioned she’s grateful it highlighted a problem she wanted to work on.
“Everything you do in life, especially the hard things, the really painful, difficult things, are usually the things that are the most instructive and helpful,” she mentioned.
“In life, I always learn more from things that you feel like a failure at, and the successes, you don’t learn as much, although, they might be fun. But it’s all a part of life.”
Originally revealed as Jennifer Grey reveals why she was changed on ‘Friends’
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
