Many of us still regularly tune into the TV show , despite it being 30 years old. The US sitcom was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, spanning ten seasons. During this period, the characters were portrayed as being in their twenties and thirties.
Given that we're so accustomed to seeing the characters (and the actors who play them) at this age, many are quite taken aback when they discover how much older the real people who played them are. Online data reveals that Rachel ( ) was supposed to be the youngest when the show aired, at 24, followed by Joey ( ) and Monica (Courtney Cox) at 25, Chandler ( ) and Ross ( ) at 26 and Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) the oldest at 27. Naturally, ten years later when the show concluded, the characters were then in their thirties.
However, this is still significantly younger than they are today. A post in a Friends Facebook page highlighted this, noting that Courtney Cox and David Schwimmer are now the same age that Monica and Ross' parents were in the show. According to the post, Judy and Jack, played by Christina Pickles and Elliott Gould, were 59 and 57 respectively in the show.
Courtney is now a year older than Judy was in the show at 60-years-old, while David Schwimmer is the exact same age Jack was supposed to be at 57. Fans were left utterly shocked as a viral post revealed the age gap between the Friends cast, racking up a whopping 18,000 interactions. One gobsmacked fan blurted out: "Wow, that's hard to believe.
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