The One With All The Facts About ‘Friends’ That Will Even Surprise The People Who’ve Binged Every Episode

Phoebe Has A Twin Because Lisa Kudrow Was Working On Another Show At The Same Time

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Lisa Kudrow already had the role of waitress Ursula Buffay on the NBC sitcom Mad About You when she auditioned for Friends. The producers encouraged Kudrow to keep both the parts, so they wrote Ursula in as Phoebe’s twin sister.

Friends was always filmed in front of a live audience, but keep reading to find out why they didn’t do it for certain scenes.