《老友記》幕後的10件軼事 (5):威利斯友情客串

Bruce Willis Guest Starred For Free After Losing a Bet

6. 布魯斯·威利斯與馬修打賭輸掉之後友情客串《老友記》

Bruce Willis ended up on Friends because he lost a bet

布魯斯·威利斯因打賭輸了而出演《老友記》

In season 6, Bruce Willis guest starred in a few episodes as the father of Ross’s girlfriend (and former student), Elizabeth. Willis’s character, Paul Stevens, and Ross had a testy relationship due to the fact that he disapproved of the age difference between Ross and Elizabeth. Paul went on to have a brief relationship with Rachel, and during that time, Ross is able to garner somewhat of a truce with Paul. In Willis’s most memorable episode, “The One Where Paul’s The Man”, Ross and Elizabeth attempt to hide their relationship from Paul and escape for a weekend at Elizabeth’s grandmother’s cottage, not knowing that Paul and Rachel are arriving that same weekend. While hiding under a bed from Paul, Ross catches Paul giving himself a pep talk about Rachel in a hilarious sequence where he starts singing to himself, flexing, and calling himself “the man” and a “love machine”. When Paul catches wind that Ross was privy to this, he no longer makes threat against Ross’s and Elizabeth’s relationship.

在第六季裏，布魯斯·威利斯作爲羅斯（Ross）女友伊麗莎白（Elizabeth，羅斯之前的學生)的父親，客串出演了幾集。威利斯飾演的保羅·斯蒂文斯（Paul Stevens）在劇裏因爲介意羅斯和伊麗莎白之間的年齡差距問題，而和羅斯關係緊張。保羅和瑞秋也有過短暫的交往，在他們交往期間，羅斯和他的關係有所緩解。在威利斯出演的那幾集裏，最讓人印象深刻的一集是“保羅的故事” （The One Where Paul’s The Man）。在那一集裏，羅斯和伊麗莎白瞞着保羅偷偷交往，並跑到伊麗莎白奶奶的小木屋共度週末，卻不知保羅和瑞秋也約在了那兒。當時羅斯爲了躲保羅，藏在牀底，卻無意看到一個很滑稽的畫面：保羅因爲擔心面對瑞秋不自信而對着鏡子給自己打氣、摩拳擦掌、稱自己爲“男子漢”和“愛情機器”。當保羅發現羅斯看到這幅場景之後，他不再反對羅斯和伊麗莎白在一起了。

Willis was certainly a memorable guest star, but what many people don’t know is that Willis wasn’t paid a dime for his stint due to losing a bet with Matthew Perry, who starred alongside Willis in The Whole Nine Yards. The story goes that Perry bet Willis that the film would debut at number one in the box office, and Willis disagreed. Lo and behold, the film hit number one and for losing the bet Willis agreed to appear on Friends and donate his would-be paycheck to charity.

威利斯的確是個讓人印象深刻的客串演員，但很多人有所不知的是威利斯因爲和馬修·佩裏（Matthew Perry）打賭輸了而友情出演老友記。這個賭局的來歷是這樣的，馬修·佩裏和威利斯在《殺手不眨眼》（The Whole Nine Yards）這部電影裏一起擔任主角，佩裏和威利斯打賭這部電影上映之後票房排名絕對會得第一，而威利斯卻不相信。沒想到電影剛上映票房果真排第一，威利斯願賭服輸客串《老友記》，並把他客串的片酬捐給慈善機構。