《老友記》你不可不知的22個祕密

1. In 1993, Matthew Perry pitched NBC a sitcom he had co-written about a group of twentysomethings called Maxwell’s House. The network turned him down because they already had a similar TV show, Friends, in the works.

1993年，馬修·佩裏給美國全國廣播公司投稿了一部他參與編寫的情景喜劇，這部叫《麥克斯韋的房子》的聚集描述的是一羣二十多歲年輕人的故事。但最後被拒絕了，因爲他們已經在製作一部類似的電視劇《老友記》。

2. Before settling on Friends, other titles producers considered were Friends Like Us, Six of One, Across the Hall, Once Upon a Time in the West Village, and Insomnia Cafe.

在確定下《老友記》這個名字前，劇組曾考慮過使用其它名字，比如《像我們這樣的朋友》、《六位一體》、《穿過大廳》、《西城往事》、 《不夜咖啡屋》。

3. Originally the show was going to focus on just four characters: Monica, Ross, Rachel, and Joey. Phoebe and Chandler were going to be supporting characters.

最初電視劇只有四個主角：莫妮卡、羅斯、瑞秋和喬伊。菲比和錢德勒是配角。

4. Also, Monica and Joey were originally intended to be the main couple on the show.

而且，莫妮卡和喬伊原本是一對主要的情侶。

5. Ellen DeGeneres turned down the role of Phoebe.

脫口秀主持人艾倫·德傑尼勒斯拒絕了出演菲比一角。

6. In the early stages of development, the writers considered making Chandler gay.

在劇集最開始的時候，編劇本想把錢德勒塑造成同性戀。

7. The frame around the peephole originally had a mirror in it. It was accidentally broken by a crew member, but because it still looked good, they decided to leave it there.

貓眼周圍的相框本來是個鏡子。一位工作人員不小心打破了，但是框子看起來還不錯，於是就把它留在了那裏。

iconic orange couch in Central Perk was found by a set designer in the basement of the Warner Bros.

中央咖啡館裏標誌性的橘色沙發，是由華納兄弟電影公司組設計師從地下室找到的。

the first couple of episodes, Monica and Rachel’s apartment number was No. 5. This was changed in later episodes to No. 20 because the producers noted that 5 corresponded to an apartment on lower floor.

在頭兩集中，莫妮卡和瑞秋的房門號是5，後來換成了20號，是因爲劇組發現5號是低樓層的公寓號碼。

10.“I’ll Be There for You” was co-written by Friends producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman, along with Phil Solem and Danny Wilde, of The Rembrandts.

主題曲“我在這裏等你”是《老友記》製片人大衛·克拉尼和瑪爾塔·考夫曼還有倫勃朗樂隊的菲爾·索利姆，丹尼·王爾德合作創作的。

full names of the characters are:

主角的全名是：

Chandler Muriel Bing

錢德勒·穆里爾·賓

Rachel Karen Green

瑞秋·凱倫·格林

Ross Eustace Geller

羅斯·尤斯塔斯·蓋勒

Monica E. Geller

莫妮卡·E·蓋勒

Joseph Francis Tribbiani Jr.

喬伊·弗朗西斯·崔比昂尼

Phoebe Buffay (she never knew her middle name since she had never seen her birth certificate)

菲比·布菲（她不知道自己的中間名，因爲她從沒見過自己的出生證明）

on 2 is the only season without a Thanksgiving episode.

第二季是唯一沒有感恩節的一季。

ifer Aniston has stated that she hated the now-iconic “Rachel” haircut.

珍妮弗·安妮斯頓曾說過她討厭瑞秋這個傲慢的髮型，雖然現在這已經是瑞秋的標誌髮型。

teney Cox was the only cast member not to get an Emmy nomination for her work on the show.

柯特妮·考克斯是唯一沒有憑藉此片獲得過艾美獎提名的演員。

rtedly, Christina Applegate was cast as Amy Green for the Season 9 Thanksgiving episode after Reese Witherspoon was unavailable to reprise her role as Jill Green.

據說，在瑞茜·威瑟斯彭不能出演吉爾·格林的角色之後，扮演艾米·格林的克里斯蒂娜·埃伯蓋特在第9季感恩節那集再次出現。

e Willis guest starred on the show for free.

布魯斯·威利斯無償客串。

her was not originally a speaking part; the actor, James Michael Tyler, got the role as an extra because he knew how to work an espresso machine.

岡瑟本來是沒有臺詞的；演員邁克爾·泰勒出演這個額外的角色，是因爲他知道怎麼使用咖啡機。

refrigerator in Monica’s apartment actually worked. It was filled with water and drinks for the cast and crew.

莫妮卡公寓的冰箱實際上是可以用的，用來放演員和工作人員的水和飲料。

reality, Joey’s white dog statue belonged to Jennifer Aniston. It had been given to her by a friend as a good-luck gift.

其實，喬伊的白狗雕像是珍妮弗·安妮斯頓的。是一位好友送給她，希望爲她帶來好運。

ng its run, the show released twosoundtracks.

在電視劇播出期間，發行了兩份電影原聲帶。

ng the first season of the show, each cast member earned $22,500 per episode. By the end of the series they each made a $1 million an episode.

第一季時，演員們的酬勞是每集22500美元，到劇集完結，他們的酬勞達到了每集100萬美元。

final episode was watched by 52.46 million viewers and is the fourth most-watched television series finale in U.S. history.

最後的大結局有5246萬人觀看，是美國曆史上最多人觀看的大結局第四名。