Jennifer Aniston is popular for portraying the iconic character Rachel Green on FRIENDS. However, do you know she wasn’t the only one who auditioned for Rachel’s character? Find out who almost played Rachel instead of Jennifer Aniston.
FRIENDS’ has always been one of the most popular sitcoms ever on Television. The sitcom revolves around the life of six friends—Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, and David Schwimmer as Ross Geller. The audiences love Rachel Green’s character on FRIENDS. In fact, Jennifer got her BIG break when she starred as Rachel Green on FRIENDS. But do you know, there’s another FRIENDS actress who auditioned for Rachel’s character.
Jane Sibbett as Rachel Green:
Remember Ross Geller’s lesbian wife Carol on FRIENDS. Jane Sibbett portrayed the character of Carol on the show. During an interview with Australia’s News.com.au, Jane revealed that the makers wanted her to be one of the main six characters. Yes, you read it right! Jane Sibbett almost played Rachel Green.
“I actually was up for another character. They wanted me to be one of the main six. It was actually Rachel, but I usually don’t tell people because there’s no one who could’ve done it like Jennifer Aniston.”
Why Jane Sibbett didn’t get the role:
Jane aka Carol revealed the reason for not getting the role of Rachel Green. The 58-year-old actress said she didn’t get the role because of her pregnancy. “I asked them (my agents) if they’d told the producers I was pregnant (at that time) and they said, oh no we thought we’d tell them later. And I said no you’ve got to tell them now. She insisted, so obviously producers said it wouldn’t work out”
Further, she added that there’s no other actress who can play Rachel Green than Jennifer Aniston. “I have no regrets, my goodness, there’s no way anybody could have come close to what Jennifer Aniston did with Rachel. She was so perfect”
What are your views on it? Do you like Jennifer Aniston’s as Rachel Green?
