Lisa Kudrow has defended Friends, saying it was “progressive” at the time but would not feature an all-white cast if it was made today.
The actress starred as Phoebe Buffay, one of the six leads, in every episode of the well-loved sitcom between 1994 and 2004.
The 56-year-old suggested fans should look at the show as a “time capsule”. She told the Sunday Times: “Oh, it’d be completely different.
Well, it would not be an all-white cast, for sure. I’m not sure what else, but, to me, it should be looked at as a time capsule, not for what they did wrong. “Also, this show thought it was very progressive.