She flees from her almost-wedding to New York City to find Monica Geller, her friend from high school.
Rachel is introduced into the series in the first episode after she leaves her fiancé, Barry, at the altar, and attempts to live independently without financial support from her parents. She has two sisters, Jill ( Reese Witherspoon) and Amy ( Christina Applegate). Leonard Green ( Ron Leibman), a rich, Long Island vascular surgeon, and Sandra Green ( Marlo Thomas). Rachel Karen Green ( Jennifer Aniston) is the spoiled but warm-hearted and likable daughter of Dr. Main characters Friends Īll six main actors in Friends had prior experience in situation comedy, and, in some cases, improvisational comedy as well. The cast also receive syndication royalties beginning with the fifth season. They received $750,000 per episode for the seventh and eighth seasons, and $1 million per episode for the ninth and tenth seasons. The main cast were paid $75,000 per episode for the third season, $85,000 for the fourth, $100,000 for the fifth, and $125,000 for the sixth. The actors were given the salary of the lowest paid cast member, meaning Aniston and Schwimmer received pay cuts. Prior to their salary negotiations for the third season, the cast decided to enter collective negotiations, despite Warner Bros.' preference for individual deals. The cast members received different salaries in the second season, ranging from $25,000 to $40,000 per episode, with Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer being the highest paid. In their original contracts for the first season, the main cast were paid $22,500 per episode. In the official farewell commemorative book Friends 'Til the End, each separately acknowledged in their respective interview that the cast had become their family.
The cast remained good friends after the series' run, notably Cox and Aniston, with Aniston being godmother to Cox and David Arquette's daughter, Coco. The cast members became best friends off screen, and one guest star, Tom Selleck, reported sometimes feeling left out.
The cast members made efforts to keep the ensemble format and not allow one member to dominate they entered themselves in the same acting categories for awards, opted for collective instead of individual salary negotiations, and asked to appear together on magazine cover photos in the first season. Series creator David Crane wanted all six characters to be equally prominent, and the series was lauded as being "the first true 'ensemble' show". The main cast members were familiar to US television viewers before their roles on Friends, but were not considered to be stars. 4 Characters appearing in only one season.3 Characters recurring throughout series.