3. Kudrow on Frasier
Another show almost upset the cast of Friends as history records it. The actress who played Phoebe, Lisa Kudrow, almost landed the role of Roz on the show Fraiser, another popular show at the time. Popular, but not as big as Friends in the long run. Fortunately for Kudrow, she didn’t fit the Frasier role. “Lisa didn’t exactly fit the mold of what we were looking for in terms of a strong-willed character, but she was really funny,” Peter Casey told Vulture in 2014. “Her quirkiness made lines that weren’t intended as jokes hilarious.”