Matthew Perry played a huge role in making the ‘Friends’ script less controversial

Matthew Perry was instrumental in creating the script for the hit comedy comedy The friends less controversial providing his input.

In an interview with TMZLisa Cash, who made a brief appearance in the show’s 5th season, revealed that Perry’s character, Chandler Bing, was originally supposed to be cheating on his on-screen lover, Monica Geller, played by Courteney Cox.

She explained to the publication that in the episode “The One in Vegas: Part 1,” the writers originally scripted that Chandler would cheat on Monica after she had a fight over lunch with her ex, Richard Burke, played by Tom Selleck. .

Cash shared, “The scene was supposed to depict Chandler and Monica arguing in Vegas about Monica having lunch with Richard, and originally, in our script, Chandler goes up to the hotel room, orders room service, and I mention it. as a hotel. worker.”

“We end up talking, laughing, hooking up, and Chandler ends up cheating on Monica with my character,” she added.

Cash revealed that he rehearsed the scene with Perry, but was later told that he had convinced the writers to change the scene, stating: “The audience would never forgive him for cheating on Monica.”

He praised Perry for that decision, saying, “I think it was a good move because they had all the other stuff with Ross and Rachel and ‘we were on a break,’ but Chandler and Monica weren’t on a break.”

She further praised Perrie for making her feel comfortable during their rehearsals, stating: “He was so neat to work with because I was new to the industry and it could have been really scary for me. But I felt so comfortable. He was really nice and welcoming and made me feel comfortable.”

Cash’s scenes with Perry were later scrapped, and she was instead cast as a flight attendant working with Ross Geller and Rachel Green, played by David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston, respectively.