Matt LeBlanc: 'Friends reunion would disappoint fans'
Published Jun 17 2012, 04:21 BST | By Zeba Blay
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The 44-year-old rose to fame with his role as Joey on the NBC show, which also starred Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry.
LeBlanc recently returned to television on the BBC Two and Showtime comedy Episodes, in which he plays himself.
When asked if would be open to a TV reunion with his Friends castmates, the actor told Entertainment Weekly: "I don't want to see old Joey."
The television star went on to explain that a reunion wouldn't work because it wouldn't capture what the series was about.
"That show was about a finite period of time," LeBlanc said. "Before you got married and went off to start your life with a family. It was that magical time that everyone can relate to. To see what we're all doing now… I'd rather imagine that."
Leblanc also admitted that letting down fans of the show is a huge deterrent.
He added: "Everyone's going to have different vision of what those characters are like, so to have that materialise is going to disappoint most people.
"A couple of people will go, 'That's what I thought!' but for the most part it's going to let people down. It's better to let them just think."
Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow have also ruled out a Friends reunion in the future.
Watch the final scene of Friends below:
this show is actually really funny! A friend had a copy and made me watch it. Matt le blanc is hilarious
too be honest, can't wait for the rest of the series now so ill def be watching it on tele tonight. hope it stays at 9.30 cos its the perfect time when the kids finally go to sleep haha
gotta love joey :)
sg
July 3rd 2012 at 9:18am
The problem with a Friends reunion is that it would be exactly that - a reunion. You'd have a single movie or maybe an episode or two made where they all meet up again and reminisce over old stuff from the series which has already been done to death. There wouldn't be a real opportunity for such a special to get into it's own stride with new storylines and plots like the old series used to have.
I don't even think a reboot with recast characters would really work - a far better idea would be for there to be a spin-off 'next generation' type thing featuring an all-new group of characters with their own adventures to be had, but that sort of thing was already attempted with Joey and it didn't exactly match the standard of the main show.
June 18th 2012 at 2:49am
Joey's career - Friends, Joey and now playing himself as Matt LeBlanc Episodes, whatever next, Blanc'ed where he never gets a TV or film career ever?
June 18th 2012 at 2:11am
"ruled out a Friends reunion, saying that he wouldn't want to disappoint fans of the 1990s sitcom."
has he forgot about Joey???
June 18th 2012 at 2:05am
y is it the actor that isnt doin much at all and wasnt the biggest character in the sitcom always the first to come out and say things like this....it shud say jennifer aniston is too bsuy makin movies in hollywood to even care lol
June 18th 2012 at 1:36am
He's not the first to say this lol
June 18th 2012 at 2:10am