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Lisa Kudrow admits being fired from Frasier was 'devastating' and led to her fearing she was 'hopeless' as Phoebe in Friends - before the iconic role catapulted her to superstardom
The actress, 61, was hired to play producer Roz Doyle back in 1993 opposite Kelsey Grammer in the title role, but she was given the boot before the pilot episode.
The actress, 61, was hired to play producer Roz Doyle back in 1993 opposite Kelsey Grammer in the title role, but she was given the boot before the pilot episode was filmed and replaced by Peri Gilpin. Afterwards, she was invited back for five more episodes declaring: 'There's my rent for the year' and luck was on her side because the show's writer and producer Jeffrey Klarik later suggested Lisa for the role of Phoebe Buffay when his partner David Crane was putting together the cast of Friends. She won an Emmy for Best Actress for the role which she played from 1994 to 2004, and alongside her cast mates, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry, would go on to earn a whopping $1M per episodes in the later seasons of the smash hit sitcom.
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