《老友記》幕後的10件軼事 (9):甘瑟從未演過戲

Gunther Was On The Show Way Before Being Given Any Lines or a Name

2.在得到臺詞或名字之前，甘瑟從未演過戲

Gunther became quite the breakout character, but James Michael Taylor actually wasn’t a working actor when cast. He was a barista at a coffee shop, and it was that very profession that got his foot in the door.

甘瑟（Gunther）這個人物一炮而紅，但詹姆斯·邁克爾·泰勒（James Michael Taylor）在扮演這個角色時並非專業演員。他是一家咖啡店的侍應，而正是這份職業讓他獲得了出演這部電視劇的機會。

He told Buzzfeed in 2014, ”I had a job at a coffee shop called the Bourgeois Pig in Hollywood, which is still around and one of the last independent coffee shops that hasn’t been taken over or whatnot. I was one of their first baristas–I think I started there in 1990 or so.”

2014年，他在BuzzFeed（譯註：BuzzFeed是一個美國的新聞聚合網站）上說：“我曾在好萊塢一家名爲‘布爾喬亞小豬（Bourgeois Pig）’的咖啡店工作，這家店現在還在營業，而且是最後的獨立咖啡店之一，還沒有被接管或怎麼樣。我是他們的第一批店員——我記得大約從1990年起我就在那裏工作了。”

Assistant director Joel Wang vetted Taylor to be on set as an unnamed background character to mime working an espresso machine “…just so it would look authentic.” It wasn’t until season 2 that Taylor’s character was given the name “Gunther” or that he even got to have any lines! Gunther quickly became a fan favorite, particularly when the character’s obvious infatuation with Rachel was introduced. Of course, Rachel never reciprocated (or even seemed very aware of) Gunther’s feelings, but it was certainly fun to watch.

副導演喬·王（Joel Wang）想讓泰勒扮演一個無名的背景人物，假裝在咖啡機前工作，“這樣看起來比較真實”。直到第二季，泰勒飾演的人物纔有了名字——“甘瑟”，或者說他纔有了自己的臺詞！甘瑟很快就成了粉絲的寵兒，特別是當這個角色對瑞秋表現出一片癡心的時候。當然，瑞秋從未回報過（甚至似乎並未意識到）甘瑟的感情，但這也確實是電視劇的一個笑點。

For the first four seasons, Taylor maintained his day job as a barista, because he wasn’t sure if he would remain a permanent fixture on the show. Once it became clear that he was, he quit graciously, feeling it wasn’t “right” to take shifts from fellow baristas when he realized he had a steady gig on Friends.

在前四季中，泰勒還一直在咖啡店工作，因爲他並不確定自己是否會成爲這部電視劇的固定角色。確定之後，他禮貌地辭掉了工作，因爲當意識到自己成爲《老友記》的專職演員時，感覺再和咖啡店的同事換班就不太“合適”。