Friends is without an iota of doubt one of television's most iconic shows that introduced the world to a myriad of catchphrases, as well as Matt LeBlanc and Jennifer Aniston. Matthew Perry, who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing on NBC's hit television sitcom recently admitted that he urged writers to ditch his character's strip club story arc.
Friends bowed out after running for a decade but continued to garner popularity even in reruns. As the show attracts new generations of fans every single year, viewers are understandably obsessed with the show and love finding new details about the series.
Actors who were part of the show had reputations for being involved with every aspect of their characters, to the extent where the actors would have an opinion about how their characters were portrayed. Friends centered around a group of young adults including David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, and Matthew Perry.
These characters were either living with or near each other in New York City. The show revolved around their professional and romantic struggles while highlighting changes that people in their twenties and thirties experience. The show was nominated sixty-two times for a Primetime Emmy Award and is touted as one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
The actors have portrayed several other characters in movies as well as television, but they remain best known for their characters in Friends. Chandler Bing was one of the show's main characters, who was a statistical analysis executive with a sharp sense of humor and a quick wit.
His unconventional upbringing usually causes failed relationships and all sorts of other struggles. Despite facing these challenges, Chandler is portrayed as a neurotic, picky, yet quite lovable. Perry has portrayed several other characters in his career, but Chandler Bing remains been the most popular one.
After the show went off the air, the accomplished actor appeared in several other television shows including the reboot of The Odd Couple and Mr. Sunshine. Along with other actors, Perry was given considerable freedom when it came to storylines on the show that revolved around Chandler.
Perry didn't shy away from turning down storylines that he didn't like. In one of such storylines, Chandler visits a male strip club that served his favorite sandwiches. A BuzzFeed report suggests the actor disliked the idea and even convinced showrunners to dump the idea entirely. This shows that Perry is quite similar to his character Chandler Bing in real life.