Summary
- Matt LeBlanc took the Friends writing team skydiving and earned some bonus points with them. It was quite the adventure for the "nerdiest" writers.
- LeBlanc revealed his most bizarre experience with a Friends fan, meeting a tribe of fans living in caves in Morocco. They were huge fans of the show and even had electricity for their TVs.
- The writing team on Friends made even less stellar guest stars look good. The material was so good that it elevated actors who may not have been particularly great. The writing was key to the show's success.
Wherever they go, the cast of Friends is sure to be asked about their time on the iconic series. Take the late Matthew Perry, he told an interviewer to stop asking a Friends question during their candid conversation. While promoting his debut play, Perry was constantly asked about the Friends reunion. Perry answered a lot of the Friends questions, but it proved to be one too many.
In the following, we're going to take a closer look at Matt LeBlanc's interview alongside Stephen Colbert. The interview did discuss his time on Friends, and the actor made several reveals that fans had a blast with. We'll take a closer look at his time with the writing team, and how he felt about the experience working alongside the group.
We're also going to take a closer look at the moment LeBlanc might've turned the writers. The actor decided to take the team on a skydiving journey, and it proved to be quite the time.
Matt LeBlanc Took The Friends Writing Team Skydiving During Season 2, And Revealed Joey's Jokes Got Better In Season 3
Throughout his career, Matt LebLanc has been complimentary of the Friends writing team. However, he did call the team of writers "nerdy" during his interview alongside Stephen Colbert. He also retold the hilarious story of taking the writers skydiving during season 2 of Friends. That might've earned LeBlanc some bonus point with the team.
He told Colbert, "One time I took the writers, you know what the writers on the shows look like, 14 of the nerdiest people, you know what writers look like. 14 of the nerdiest guys ever and one girl, Alexa. And we took them all skydiving. And we went through the course and me and all of these writers got into a plane out of California, and they all jumped out of the plane. By the end of it, to see the way they walked, it was like a John Wayne type."
Colbert then joked that the cast of Friends and those behind the scenes likely weren't thrilled with LeBlanc's idea, given the dangers involved. LeBlanc admitted he was told not to do it again, but jokingly revealed that his lines and jokes improved during season 3.
Matt LeBlanc Also Discussed His Most Bizarre Experience With A Friends Fan
During the interview, LeBlanc was also open about Friends' popularity, and his most awkward experience with a fan. Colbert joked that if someone has some sort of cable, they likely know of Friends. LeBlanc agreed mentioning that he once met a Friends fan that was living in a cave in the middle of nowhere. He met the tribe of Friends fans in Morocco.
LeBlanc explains, “If they have electricity, they’re watching Friends it seems like,” LeBlanc joked. “It’s true.”
“People, I’m not kidding, they live in actual caves,” LeBlanc said. “You see like an extension cord going into the cave and you can hear ‘I’ll be there for you’ coming out of this cave. These tribes people come up, the one guy goes, ‘How you doing?'” LeBlanc said. “I couldn’t tell if he was asking me how I was doing or kind of quoting the thing from the show.”
The fame of Friends also came with its fair share of cons. LeBlanc would also reveal that at times, fans felt he was actually his Joey character in real life, and would speak to him slowly during conversations... Oh, the price of fame.
Matt LeBlanc Praised The Writing Team In A Separate Interview, Mentioning That They Made Less Than Stellar Guest Stars Look Good
Throughout his time with the writing team on Friends, Matt LeBlanc was always very complimentary of their work. What made things that much better for the cast was the fact that they were allowed to make tweaks to the script. Touching the script wasn't forbidden like other shows of today, and the series would take on several takes of a scene. It was all about the audience's reaction to a joke and nothing else mattered.
During his interview with Glamour, LeBlanc spoke candidly about Friends. Among his reveals was how the writers on the show saved a lot of the guest stars.
"Still, on Friends, we had some guest-stars who were less than spectacular, not the stunt-casting, but just regular guest-stars, and they weren't particularly great actors, but the material was so good that they scored. It's the writing."
LeBlanc wasn't wrong as some of the most established stars in all of Hollywood admitted to being nervous prior to their time on Friends. Working in front of a live audience is a completely different animal, even for the most successful Hollywood stars. Sean Penn was among the actors that struggled behind the scenes, but was saved by the writing on the show.
