Even the Cast of ‘Friends’ Hated the Joey + Rachel Romance

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00:00The Guardian spoke to some of the creatives involved with the show, including writer Adam

00:02Chase, who confirmed that one of the most controversial plot lines didn't go over

00:06so well with the cast.

00:08As you may recall, in later seasons of the show, there was a whole arc involving a romance

00:12between Rachel and Joey, probably because Monica and Chandler's coupling somehow worked

00:16and the writers were desperate for material, but it was weird and arguably just straight

00:20up bad.

00:21If the concept wasn't awkward enough, their first kiss was played for soapy drama and

00:24set to an inner pull track.

00:35Some fans have claimed that Joey and Rachel's fling killed the sitcom, and argued that this

00:38storyline was when the show jumped the shark, although it does have its defenders.

00:43It turns out that the actors weren't fans of this idea either.

00:46The cast was very much against it, Chase recalled.

00:48It felt very incestuous to them.

00:50As recounted in I'll Be There For You by Kelsey Miller, when Friends creators Marta

00:54Kaufman and David Crane first pitched the idea of Joey developing feelings for Rachel

00:57to the cast, everybody balked.