从爆出《老友记》原班人马重聚的消息后，拖了一年多的《老友记重聚篇》终于在HBO Max上线了！国内多家线上平台同步转播，毕竟活久见，这可是真·年代的眼泪啊！2021年，距离老友记完结已经过去了17年——还是那个熟知的片场，还是片头完全相同的喷水池，他们又回来了，亲切的叫着彼此的昵称，仿佛所有都没变过……
比起经典片段重现、回忆杀来袭、报料百出，大家看着这六个人坐着聊聊天，竟就感觉十分美好。大家都以为罗斯、瑞秋、莫妮卡、乔伊、菲比和钱德勒是“天选之子”，却没想到能凑到如此天作之合的班底是多么的困难……第一位定下的主演大卫·休默（罗斯），当时已经淡出了电视圈：
Creators David Bright, Marta Kaufman and David Crane had to really pursue David Schwimmer for the part of Ross after writing it with him in mind. Schwimmer had quit TV after bad experiences on previous shows and they had to beg him to come back for Friends, sending a gift basket and a script.两位开创者表示，他们当时为了改变马修的想法不了解有多努力，要了解当时他由于之前剧的反响比较糟糕，已经淡出了电视圈（转战剧场），他们给他本人寄去礼品篮和剧本，求他看看《老友记》，真心考虑考虑吧。詹妮弗·安妮斯顿（瑞秋）和马修·派瑞（钱德勒）更是从别的剧里“抢”来的……Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry had to be poached from rival sitcoms for their parts of Rachel and Chandler, after both started ultimately unsuccessful series just as they were set to shoot.詹妮弗和马修当时在别的角逐对手的情景喜剧中已有角色，安排两位拍摄时，他们（之前）的剧都不太成功。sitcom/ˈsɪtkɒm/n.情景喜剧（situation comedy缩写）哪个也没想到，这部取材于编剧们亲身历程的剧就这么爆了。他们开始登上时髦杂志，机场地铁的广告随处可见他们的身影，六个人在剧中的搭配目前看来也毫不过时，全世界的女生都梦想着想有瑞秋同款发型……
而剧中的情节也开始伴随热度有了和初衷完全不同的走向，这其中也必不可少观众的功劳：譬如莫妮卡和钱德勒——
Chandler and Monicas relationship was planned to be a very brief fling until they filmed the episode and the audience went wild at the bedsheets / morning after reveal in the London wedding episode. Co-creator Marta Kaufman said: “It was such a powerful moment, we knew we had to explore it more.”钱德勒和莫妮卡的关系本来只不过短暂的一夜情，他们在伦敦结婚典礼那一集的“船戏”惊爆了所有人，观众也好，剧情进步也好，联合创作者Marta Kaufman表示：“这个瞬间太劲爆了，大家便了解了（他两）应该有更进一步的进步……”。这次《重聚特辑》也请到了不少熟知的身影，譬如Mr. Heckles，还有大家的老友Janice！（此处应该有OH MY GOD！！！）
Janice actress Maggie Wheeler came up with her annoying character’s trademark machine gun cackle when she first met Matthew Perry on set, because the gifted comedian made her laugh so much that she knew shed need to do something to cope with that. She said: It was born in the moment.
扮演Janice的女星Maggie Wheeler坦言，她那标志性让人印象深刻的机关枪式笑声，是由于她在片场首次看见马修，他天生的喜剧人幽默让她无法停止笑场，她决定需要要做点什么了。她表示：“就在这一瞬间，它（经典台词和笑声）就这么诞生了！”而这次最大的报料当是——当年磕的RR是真的啪啪啪啪啪啪啊！The biggest reveal of all was the admission from on-screen lovers Aniston and Schwimmer that they had real life feelings for each other, mirroring the Ross and Rachel relationship playing out in the series. They tried to keep it secret, with Aniston recalling: ”How did everyone not know we were crushing hard on each other?”当天最大的料当是荧幕情侣詹妮弗和大卫，他们都坦言当年在日常确实互有好感，因戏生情，并把感情投入了剧中的角色演绎。他们试着藏起这个小秘密，直到詹妮弗回忆并说了出来：“大伙如何会没发现大家是真的喜欢着他们呢！”此时最感动的莫过于其他几人随之附和的：哦，大家当然了解TTThey ended the show very nicely, everyones lives are very nice, and they would have to unravel all those good things in order for there to be stories. And I dont want anyones happy ending unravelled. Also, at my age, to be floopy? STOP. You have to grow up.电视剧的结局非常美好，每一个角色的结局都非常圆满，他们需要扰乱 所有这类美好的事物。“我不期望其他人的幸福结局被拆散。而且，在我这个年龄，还要说乱糊糊”这类词，还是别了吧”大家为何那样爱《老友记》呢？大概就是由于，大家从他们身上看到了自己，即便再多些年过去了，那些是荧幕中的，你的，我的，大家的友情，还是会这么闪闪发光，和爱一样重。
