Lisa Kudrow achieved a new milestone in her life turning 60 on Sunday. Most people know the actress from the hit 90s sitcom Friends. Her character Phoebe Buffay has taken an inevitable place in viewers’ hearts around the globe. Thanks to this talented star who made this character stand out for her quirky personality and sense of individuality. It is hard to picture anyone other than this American beauty portraying Phoebe. But fans might not know this isn’t the only iconic character that became famous because of her and there is more to the story.

We all know that Phoebe Buffay had a twin sister, Ursula, on Friends, and the two never got along because of their opposite nature. While Phoebe was a warmhearted woman, her sibling seemed to be quite cold-hearted. And even though she tried to connect with her several times, she got nothing in the end. Fans might be surprised to know that the iconic character of Ursula was not originally part of the storyline. Instead, it was one of Lisa Kudrow’s previously played characters that inspired Ursula on the show.

Before landing the role of Phoebe, the Emmy winner played the character of Ursula in NBC’s Mad About You. She was a rude attendant who worked at Paul and Jamie’s favorite diner. As both shows happened in New York, it was quite easy for the creators to bring that character into their show as David Crane’s husband was a writer on that NBC sitcom.

They went to meet the creators Danny Jacobson and Paul Reiser, who instantly agreed to it. “They were incredibly generous and let us do it, which is nuts,” Crane told Entertainment Weekly in 2019. Meanwhile, there is one more thing that might be equally shocking for all the Kudrow fans around the globe.

Lisa Kudrow never wanted to play Ursula in Friends

In Friends, the audience sees Phoebe Buffay detest her sister for her selfie behavior. It looks like the 60-year-old did not get along well with the character too but for another reason. Bright, who directed many episodes, told Entertainment Weekly that Lisa did not like doing scenes with her TV twin.

“She did not like acting with a double, and in a way she might have made it more difficult for herself because her double was her actual sister, [Helena],” revealed the director. According to him, the California native was worried about giving all the stress to her sister with all the shootings.

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