The cast of Friends recounted a time when Matthew LeBlanc suffered a shoulder injury during filming. The incident occurred during a live studio audience episode in 1994.
The actor's injury was a fluke that he played off so well, it took him stepping away from the scene for the rest of the cast to notice. Angela Andaloro is a Society & Culture Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on BuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, and LittleThings. the actor remembered a'genuinely frightening moment' while filming the beloved sitcom in front of a live studio audience in 1994.
'He went totally white, and he stood up, and I could see his shoulder was out. He looked like he was going to pass out.'to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing on 'Friends' in 1995.Out of genuine concern, Schwimmer turned to the cameras and urged them to 'cut.' 'You could see how badly hurt he was. And we had to stop filming that night, obviously, and he went to hospital.'The cast remembered that they had skipped one of their pre-show rituals that day, the huddle. 'After that, we were like, ‘Do we need to do the huddle?’ and would say, ‘Yeah!' ” they shared. The incident left LeBlanc in a sling, which was written into the next episode, the beloved 'The One Where No One’s Ready.
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