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Lisa Kudrow promises ‘really fun’ Friends reunion

Lisa Kudrow promised fans that the ‘Friends’ reunion will be "really fun".

The 56-year-old actress – who played Phoebe Buffay for all 10 seasons of the beloved sitcom – admitted she is really excited to get back together with her former co-stars for the upcoming documentary special on.

She told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: "I can’t wait for it to happen.

"The six of us haven’t been in a room together in front of people in 25 years and only once a few years ago, privately for dinner…

"I can only imagine. It’s gonna be fun. I mean, it’ll be really fun."

She also explained how Netflix was actually the spark for the reunion – which will also feature Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry – as the iconic show gained a new wave of popularity on the streaming platform.

She added: "To be honest, I think when it moved to Netflix and it did so well on Netflix…

"That’s why Mart and David are so great. [‘Friends’ co-creators] Marta Kauffman and David Crane, they knew what they were doing."

The sitcom originally ran from 1994 until 2004, and Lisa recently admitted the show – which is no longer considered to be as "progressive" as it once was – would be "completely different" if it was being made in 2020.

Asked how a ‘Friends’-style sitcom could look in the modern era, she said: "Well, it would not be an all-white cast, for sure.

"I’m not sure what else, but, to me, it should be looked at as a time capsule, not for what they did wrong.

"Also, this show thought it was very progressive. There was a guy whose wife discovered she was gay and pregnant, and they raised the child together?

"We had surrogacy too. It was, at the time, progressive."