'Friends' Co-Creator David Crane Reveals Ross And Rachel ARE Still Together
With the series having been obtained by Netflix earlier this year, fans of ‘Friends’ were given a real treat, and the show and its famous storylines were brought back into the public eye for the first time in a while.
Now, co-creator David Crane has spilled the beans on whether Ross and Rachel actually stayed together. Crane, who devised the series with co-writer Marta Kauffman, was speaking at a comedy showrunners panel for The Wrap’s Emmy series on Wednesday (June 6th).
He was asked whether Ross and Rachel – portrayed by David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston and whose on/off romance was the central dynamic throughout all ten seasons – would still be together, 14 years on. “Yes. Come on, they worked really hard, ten years,” he revealed. Aw.
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Same goes for Chandler and Monica, apparently, though we suspect fewer people thought they might have split up. However, Crane did have bad news for any fans hoping for a ‘Friends’ reunion.
“[It's] never happening,” he confirmed. “Never. We did it! It's done! That's why you don't want to see more of it because it's all a happy ending.”
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‘Friends’, starring Schwimmer, Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt Le Blanc and Lisa Kudrow, ran for ten years before concluding in 2004. It spawned an ill-fated spin-off with LeBlanc’s character Joey, but Crane helped to devise the actor’s successful ‘Episodes’ series over the last few years.
In 2018, re-boots and revivals are becoming increasingly fashionable. ‘Will & Grace’ and ‘Roseanne’ have both enjoyed comebacks in recent months, although the latter was cancelled in acrimonious circumstances following Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet.
However, Crane’s denial that ‘Friends’ will ever make a comeback seems to chime with the rest of the cast’s views. A couple of years ago, a complete cast reunion was notably foiled by Perry, who is busy pursuing a stage career.