October 28th 2024.
Friends fans, hold on to your seats because we have some news that will make you feel ancient. It's been a whopping twenty years since the beloved sitcom came to an end after a successful ten-season run. And just when we thought we couldn't feel any older, a realization about two of the show's stars has left us stunned.
Remember Courteney Cox and David Schwimmer, who played the iconic sibling duo Monica and Ross Geller? Well, it turns out that they are now the same age as the actors who played their parents, Jack and Judy, in the show's very first season back in 1994. Yes, you read that right. The passing of time has brought them to the same age as their on-screen parents.
A parody account, ChandlerBing_12, brought this shocking fact to light on social media, writing, "Want to hear something that will make you feel old? Courteney Cox and David Schwimmer are currently the same age Jack and Judy were when Friends started back in 1994." As much as we may want to deny it, the math adds up. Actress Christina Pickles turned 59 in 1994 while her co-star Elliott Gould was 54. Fast forward to today, and David is celebrating his 58th birthday next month while Courteney turned 60 over the summer.
Needless to say, fans were left reeling from this revelation. Many took to social media to express their disbelief and share in the collective feeling of aging. "This is absolutely wild," wrote one fan while another commented, "Definitely making me feel old, lulz." One fan summed it up perfectly, saying, "JFC. We're old AF."
Jack and Judy may have only appeared on the show on and off for 20 and 19 episodes respectively, but they were a big part of the show. However, things could have gone very differently as Jack was almost killed off during the run of the show. Producer and director Kevin S Bright shared his initial thoughts on the idea, saying, "I think at times I was hoping the show could touch on...it was so good at touching on serious subjects and being funny about it."
He went on to explain his personal connection to the storyline, saying, "For example, I was going through in my life at the time of the role-reversal that you go through with parents. The realization that you're the baby and they take care of you and then you rebirth and you start taking care of them, and the realization your parents aren't immortal." Thankfully, the plotline never came to fruition as Kevin admitted, "Nobody wanted to kill off Elliott Gould."
It's crazy to think that Friends first aired 27 years ago and that the actors who played our beloved characters are now the same age as their on-screen parents. Time truly does fly, and it's moments like this that make us realize just how old we're getting. But hey, at least we have all ten seasons of Friends to keep us young at heart.
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