Friends Guest Star Alexandra Holden Recalls Being Told To Look ‘As Hot As Possible’ For Audition

Despite its final episode airing 15 years ago, it was recently revealed that Friends is still the number one favourite show among young TV watchers.

The sitcom, which originally ran from 1994 to 2004, garnered a brand new following when it debuted on Netflix at the beginning of last year, though many new viewers noted that some of the humour that was acceptable in the 1990s would no longer fly in the 21st century.

This was also addressed in The Guardian’s reflective piece, with guest star Aisha Tyler, who played Ross’ later girlfriend Charlie, saying: “People of colour were always aware of [the lack of diversity]… the fact of the matter was, it was a show set in Manhattan that was almost entirely Caucasian. It was an unrealistic representation of what the real world looked like.”