You're viewing the HTML version of the Shine website. If you haven't got Adobe Flash player The One Before They Were Famous
They have become six of the best known and best paid television stars in history, but it wasn't until they turned up for an audition for a pilot, provisionally called 'Insomnia Café', back in 1994, that life really began to change for the cast of 'Friends'.
For years before Friends catapulted these household names to international super-stardom, the six young actors struggled to make their name in Hollywood. In 'Before They Were Friends' we look back at their formative years, what influenced them and how they ended up at that fateful audition.
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What made Lisa Kudrow give up a promising career as a biologist to take her chances at acting? And was Matthew Perry destined for stardom as soon as his father hit the big time as 'the Old Spice Guy'? We'll also see some of their early forays into stardom.
If you've seen Jennifer Aniston's appearance in 1993 schlock horror flick 'Leprechaun', you'll know the true meaning of scary.
Broadcaster: Channel 4
Format: 1 x 30"