Live from New York … it was almostJennifer Aniston!Before filming the pilot forFriends, Aniston says she was offered a chance to audition forSaturday Night Live— though she wasn’t sold on the idea.“I didn’t think I would like that environment,” she said Monday onThe Howard Stern Showat the launch of the new SiriusXM Hollywood studios. “I remember turning up and [Adam] Sandler was there and [David] Spade was there, and I’d known them already and they were like, ‘Look, Aniston’s here!’ I met them when I was 20, 21, after I’d done a television show with a guy who knew them.”Aniston, 50, said she went to a meeting with showrunner Lorne Michaels, whom she confronted about the lack of female representation on the show.“I was like, ‘I think that women need to be treated better here.’ Because it was such a boys club,” she said. “You’re just, not the brightest when you’re in your early 20s. I didn’t lecture him, I was just saying what I would hope if I was to do this, what I would hope it to be.”Source: Saturday Night Live/YouTube“I was such a young twit,” she joked.Aniston ultimately decided to pass on the opportunity. Of course, she went on to land the career-launching role of Rachel Green onFriends, and she eventually appeared onSNLhas a host and in cameos over the years.Friends— starring Aniston,Lisa Kudrow,Courteney CoxDavid Schwimmer,Matt LeBlancandMatthew Perryas a group of young pals in New York City — ran for 10 seasons from 1994-2004. In the years since the show went off the air, it remains a hit thanks to new generations of fans streaming it.Friends.Danny Feld/NBC“We all miss it every day,” Aniston toldHoward Sternof filmingFriends. “I would be nothing without out.”The cast has remained close over the years andregularly reunitesfor the occasional dinner or night in together.“We just had dinner this week. The whole gang,” Aniston shared. “Everyone was there. Schwimmer was in town and we all happened to have a window of time, so we all got together. We laughed so hard.”
Live from New York … it was almostJennifer Aniston!
Before filming the pilot forFriends, Aniston says she was offered a chance to audition forSaturday Night Live— though she wasn’t sold on the idea.
“I didn’t think I would like that environment,” she said Monday onThe Howard Stern Showat the launch of the new SiriusXM Hollywood studios. “I remember turning up and [Adam] Sandler was there and [David] Spade was there, and I’d known them already and they were like, ‘Look, Aniston’s here!’ I met them when I was 20, 21, after I’d done a television show with a guy who knew them.”
Aniston, 50, said she went to a meeting with showrunner Lorne Michaels, whom she confronted about the lack of female representation on the show.
“I was like, ‘I think that women need to be treated better here.’ Because it was such a boys club,” she said. “You’re just, not the brightest when you’re in your early 20s. I didn’t lecture him, I was just saying what I would hope if I was to do this, what I would hope it to be.”
Source: Saturday Night Live/YouTube
“I was such a young twit,” she joked.
Aniston ultimately decided to pass on the opportunity. Of course, she went on to land the career-launching role of Rachel Green onFriends, and she eventually appeared onSNLhas a host and in cameos over the years.
Friends— starring Aniston,Lisa Kudrow,Courteney CoxDavid Schwimmer,Matt LeBlancandMatthew Perryas a group of young pals in New York City — ran for 10 seasons from 1994-2004. In the years since the show went off the air, it remains a hit thanks to new generations of fans streaming it.
Friends.Danny Feld/NBC
“We all miss it every day,” Aniston toldHoward Sternof filmingFriends. “I would be nothing without out.”
The cast has remained close over the years andregularly reunitesfor the occasional dinner or night in together.
“We just had dinner this week. The whole gang,” Aniston shared. “Everyone was there. Schwimmer was in town and we all happened to have a window of time, so we all got together. We laughed so hard.”
source: people.com
