It is safe to say Tate Donovan has been around for many decades now. He kick-started his career in acting in the 1980s and has a wide assortment of credits in shows and movies. The Emmy winner has tried everything from lead roles to playing supporting characters on screen. One of his most memorable appearances includes the NBC sitcom Friends, which garnered a cult following upon its arrival, playing the love interest of Rachel Green on the show in season 4.

Sadly, his cameo came with a heartache because of his former fiancé, Jennifer Aniston, who was an integral part of the cast. The decision to take up the role of millionaire entrepreneur Joshua Burgin turned out wrong because the duo was splitting up in real life.

Working with Jennifer Aniston was unbearable for Tate Donovan 

In a 2018 interview with US Weekly, Tate Donovan shared his experience of working with Jennifer Aniston on Friends. He said though he loved the team, being around his ex-girlfriend was difficult. Their roles involved intimacy and love, while in real life, they were parting ways with one another at that time. So it was hard for both of them to act as if they were coming close and it broke his heart.

They only did six episodes because it was quite painful and tough to get along on the screen. Still, this experience turned out great as the entire cast was compassionate towards him, including Aniston. ” It was really ultimately a great experience of how people can treat you really well, and you still do your job even though you’re sort of dying inside, he added.

In fact, to make him feel comfortable, the cast played a prank on him before filming the first scene with him.

The Friends cast left him in the dumpy wooden trailer

In the same interview, Tate Donovan opened up about how guest stars used to get dressing rooms during their time on the show. But the same did not happen with him because the cast members pranked him on the first day. They took him away from the set to show him his place to spend free time and left him in a dumpy wooden trailer.

The 60-year-old described the place that the place was disgusting and had no air conditioning. But after ten minutes, all of them came back to take him and poked fun. However, he did not freak out and just reacted opposite to what they wanted as revealed by the actor. Well, the star cast of the beloved series has always loved pranks and did not even leave each other out of this.

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