Friends Reunion: Here's Why Paul Rudd & Cole Sprouse Were Missing From The Special
The awaited Friends: The Reunion finally aired earlier this week with the original star cast Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer.
The
awaited
Friends:
The
Reunion
finally
aired
earlier
this
week
with
the
original
star
cast
Jennifer
Aniston,
Courteney
Cox,
Lisa
Kudrow,
Matt
LeBlanc,
Matthew
Perry,
and
David
Schwimmer.
The
special
also
saw
some
of
the
supporting
cast
and
guest
stars
including
Maggie
Wheeler,
Reese
Witherspoon,
Tom
Selleck,
Thomas
Lennon
and
others.
However,
many
wondered
why
Paul
Rudd
and
Cole
Sprouse
hadn't
made
an
appearance
on
the
show.
For
the
unversed,
Paul
Rudd
played
Mike
Hannigan
who
married
Phoebe
Buffay,
and
Cole
Sprouse
played
Ross'
son
Ben
Geller.
Lisa
Kudrow
who
played
Phoebe
also
spoke
about
Mike
when
talking
about
what
she
imagines
her
character
is
doing
15
years
later.
However,
there
was
no
mention
of
Ben
or
Rachel's
daughter
Emma
throughout
the
two-hour
special.
Director
of
the
reunion
special
episode
Ben
Winston,
opened
up
about
the
same
and
revealed
to
The
Wrap
that
"we
couldn't
have
everybody
on,
because
it's
only
an
hour
and
45
minutes."
The
director
said
they
couldn't
have
too
many
cameos
in
the
special.
He
added,
"The
main
nub
of
the
show
has
got
to
be
about
the
six
cast
members.
So
you
can't
have
too
many
cameos
because
of
course,
there
were
hundreds
of
amazing
people
who
were
in
Friends
over
the
years.
Sadly,
we
couldn't
get
everybody
in."
The
original
cast
was
joined
by
15-star
celebrities
at
the
original
sound
stage,
Stage
24,
in
the
Warner
Bros.
Ben
revealed
that
more
people
were
invited
but
COVID-19
restrictions
also
resulted
in
a
smaller
list
of
guest
appearances.
"You
know,
we
did
invite
some
people
who
weren't
able
to
make
it.
It's
a
complicated
time
to
be
making
television
now
because,
you
know,
some
people
couldn't
fly
internationally,
some
people
were
on
other
TV
or
film
shoots,
some
people
are
in
bubbles
on
stuff," Ben
added.
Special
guests
who
hadn't
been
a
part
of
the
original
cast
of
Friends
included
David
Beckham,
Justin
Bieber,
BTS,
James
Corden,
Cindy
Crawford,
Cara
Delevingne,
Lady
Gaga,
Kit
Harington,
and
others.