Brad Pitt 'flubbed' his first line on 'Friends' appearance with then-wife Jennifer Aniston
WASHINGTON – Where there's a Will, there's a way.
Brad Pitt revealed at Monday's special screening of his new film "Ad Astra" at DC's National Geographic Museum that his acting chops aren't always (inter)stellar.
He appeared in a memorable episode of "Friends," which celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, in 2001, when he was married to Jennifer Aniston, aka Rachel Green. At the time, Pitt portrayed Will, a co-founder of their high school's "I Hate Rachel Green Club" who brought his aging grudge as a guest at the group's Thanksgiving. Apparently, Rachel made his life in high school "miserable."
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When the cameras started rolling for the NBC show, Pitt made a little blunder, he tells USA TODAY.
Asked if he had any memories of the series, he answered “Yeah,” with a laugh, as visions appeared to be flooding back.
“I flubbed my first line," he admitted with a smile. "My very first line I flubbed, and we had to go back."
The "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" star couldn't believe that the sitcom premiered nearly a quarter century ago.
"Is that right?” he asked when the anniversary was brought up.
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Co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane squashed any hopes for a "Friends" reboot or reunion show at Tribeca TV Festival Friday night.
"The reason we won't do a reunion is this is a show about that time in your life when your friends are your family, and once you start having a family, that changes. So it wouldn't be what's at the heart of the show anymore," Kauffman said. "The other reason is, it's not going to beat what we did."
"We really feel like we did the show we wanted to do and we got it right," Crane said. "If you visited those characters now, it would just have a different DNA, and chances are, it wouldn't be as good a show. Why go back to the well?"
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'Friends': Brad Pitt reveals he 'flubbed' his first line in guest role