News | Entertainment
17 Dec 2025 10:46
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Jennifer Aniston found shooting the 'Friends' reunion "brutal"

    The 52-year-old actress made a return to the set of the hit sitcom 17 years after the show came to an end to film a reunion special with her co-stars – Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc – for HBO Max in May and although the group thought it would be "fun" to take a trip down memory lane, the 'Morning Show' star admitted it was much "harder" than they expected because it reminded them all of how much they've changed over the years


    Speaking on 'Literally! With Rob Lowe', she told the Actor: "[It] really took us all down way harder than we anticipated.

    "In your mind you think, 'Oh, this will be really fun to time travel.' It turns out, ooh, ouch, it's kind of hard to time travel."

    Jennifer admitted it was surreal to see the set, which had "the exact same everything, down to the little tchotchkes on the shelves", and contrast their memories of the time they first gathered there until now.

    She said: "You know, [in] 16 years, a lot has gone on for each of us.

    "And 16 years ago, we were all sort of wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, and sort of had our whole lives ahead of us - even though we were heartbroken to say goodbye to these 10 years and this family and these people and the job we all loved to do.

    "It's nostalgic in a way that's kind of also a little melancholy. Cause a lot has changed, and we have all gone down different roads. Some easy and some not so easy for each of us."

    After admitting the reunion was "brutal", the 'Cake' actress also acknowledged that she couldn't stop crying throughout filming, but she wasn't the only one.

    She said: "There was a period where we were all kind of in a puddle. Maybe David didn't, I don't think we broke David."

    And she was most surprised to see Matt LeBlanc, who she dubbed "Mr. Tough Guy", in tears.

    She said: "Mr. Impenetrable, our big brother, who would kill anybody if they looked at you wrong. Even he got a little misty."

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     17 Dec: Khloe Kardashian doesn't have any of her dad's old possessions
     17 Dec: Sydney Sweeney is a "huge book reader"
     17 Dec: Simon Cowell feels he's risking his reputation with his new Netflix show
     17 Dec: Jacob Elordi rediscovered his love of acting while making Frankenstein
     17 Dec: Karlie Kloss is set to release a new children's book
     17 Dec: Amanda Seyfried feels "protective" of Sydney Sweeney
     17 Dec: Gwyneth Paltrow thinks she's been "really lucky" in her career
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Households are expected to remain optimistic heading into 2026 More...



     Today's News

    Motoring:
    State Highway 2 is closed in western Bay of Plenty - north of Tauranga - after a crash between a truck and a car at Tanners Point - about 9am 10:27

    Entertainment:
    Khloe Kardashian doesn't have any of her dad's old possessions 10:20

    National:
    Supermarket price gouging will be banned from July. Will consumers actually end up better off? 10:07

    Business:
    Households are expected to remain optimistic heading into 2026 10:07

    Entertainment:
    Sydney Sweeney is a "huge book reader" 9:50

    Business:
    Consumer confidence has hit a high for the year, as we head into a New Year 9:27

    Entertainment:
    Simon Cowell feels he's risking his reputation with his new Netflix show 9:20

    Law and Order:
    A 22-year-old Tasman man has been sentenced to five years prison for creating, sharing and possessing child sexual abuse and bestiality material 8:57

    Entertainment:
    Jacob Elordi rediscovered his love of acting while making Frankenstein 8:50

    National:
    Slop, vibe coding and glazing: AI dominates 2025’s words of the year 8:27


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd