In the early 90s, entered Friends and forever altered the pop culture landscape well into the 21st century. The happy place for an entire generation, the timeless sitcom, still finds itself up on streaming charts. Moreover, its iconic cast who came in as unknowns and walked out the set with millions of hearts in tow speaks volumes about the show’s repute. As time passed, the show’s influence neared a massive stronghold that landed some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Standing testimony to this is the great Robin Williams, who once guest-starred and left everyone involved enthralled.

At a time when several big cameos had taken place on the show, the late comical genius showcased an absolute gem of an improvisation.

How Robin Williams landed an unscripted cameo on Friends

The late Robin Williams was an absolute genius with his comedic skills and film performances. The Dead Poets Society actor had the innate ability to improvise on the spot and devise new characters on the go. Season 3 of Friends onboarded Williams and his frequent collaborator, Billy Crystal on The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion. It so happened that the duo was filming nearby and wandered their way onto the show’s set where writers landed them in a quick, fully improvised cameo before the episode’s credits.

The hilarious scene comes out as remarkable for along with Williams and Crystal, the entire cast improvised on the jiffy. From their starting lines, asking the cast to “scooch” along the iconic orange sofa to Matt LeBlanc’s Joey ad-libbing was all at the moment. Fantastically enough, the cast kept a straight face and had the shot taken in one take. The highlight of the scene was Courteney Cox’s added line – “I have no idea.” Left dumbfounded by the on-spot skills, Cox added her own improvisational cherry on the cake.

Over the course of its ten seasons, many big names have had their cameos on the show. Interestingly, two guest stars ended up playing big roles later in the writer’s love lives.

How Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry found love on Friends

In the ten years that Friends aired, countless names from Tinseltown found themselves attached to it. The likes of Bruce Willis, Jeff Goldblum, Anna Faris, and Winona Ryder, among many others, graced its screens. However, among the tall list, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts stand out. Roberts made her debut in season two of the show as Matthew Perry’s schoolmate. Little did fans know the tragic whirlpool of lost love that would surround the two in real life. Though left unfulfilled, Roberts forever lay etched in Perry’s poetries.

Meanwhile, America’s fashion trendsetter, Jennifer Aniston, had Brad Pitt on the show. The actress would go on to marry The Bullet Train actor before separating in one of Hollywood’s most talked-about divorces. Regardless, it still is undeniable that the role Friends played in its cast’s lives is too big to be ignored.

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