Last-Minute Replacement
Before she landed the role of bubbly blonde Phoebe on “Friends,” Lisa Kudrow was actually slated to play Roz Doyle. While the producers loved her humor, they quickly came to realize during rehearsals that she lacked the forcefulness to stand toe-to-toe with Grammer. After failing to win the test audience during the show’s pilot episode, Kudrow was fired and replaced with Peri Gilpin.