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Monica and Joey were originally meant to end up together

Monica and Joey were originally meant to end up together




It might seem like the show's cutest love story, but Friends co-creator Marta Kaufman has just revealed that Monica and Chandler were never actually meant to be a thing.

While Ross and Rachel were on again and off again and - at times - pretty annoying, Monica and Chandler were the rock in the middle, moving in, marrying and being generally adorable.

But it turns out that if it weren't for the show's fans, none of that would ever have happened at all, because their fling was only originally meant to be a one-off thing.




Monica and Joey were originally meant to end up together, but the actors' on-set chemistry changed the course of the show. "Friends" co-creator and executive producer Marta Kauffman explained to The Hollywood Reporter that a lot of aspects of the show changed as natural chemistry developed between cast members.

The studio audience were so shocked, they actually had to break from shooting the scene. "We had to stop [taping] the show because people were screaming."





Monica and Chandler were never meant to get married in Friends


She added: "We thought it was going to be funny and we were going to get rid of it.


"Suddenly the audience told us they had been waiting for that and we had to rethink how we were going to keep going and change the relationship. But that wasn't a person — it was an entire, immediate expression of joy."


Marta has said before that the main love interest was never meant to be Ross and Rachel or even Monica and Chandler - it was originally going to be Monica and Joey. "They just seemed the most sexual of the characters."





But, in the words of Phoebe, this news about Monica and Chandler is BRAND NEW INFORMATION. Just imagine all of the hilarity we would have missed out on if it had ended after London!



Was Monica supposed to end up with Joey?

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Monica and Joey were originally intended to be a couple – in fact, they were going to be the main couple in Friends. This was ultimately changed, and it was one of the best decisions they could have made.


Who was supposed to be the main couple in Friends?

Because Monica and Joey were initially conceived as the show's two most sexual characters, Crane and Kauffman had originally intended for them to be the show's main couple, before ultimately replacing them with Ross and Rachel.



'Friends' Facts Every Superfan Should Know However, these facts about the TV series will take you down the memory lane, and cheer you up. It may appear to be the show's cutest love story. However, Friends co-creator Marta Kaufman has recently revealed that Monica and Chandler were never meant to be together. Were Monica and Joey meant to be together? They weren't supposed to be together. They adored each other and were best friends.





Were Chandler and Monica always meant to be together? 

"They weren't supposed to be together. They adored each other and were best friends "Crane elaborated. The dynamic that the showrunners chose worked in so many ways. Not only did Rachel and Ross, as well as Mon and Chandler, have happy endings, but Joey also became a lovable and good friend along the way.

Also, why was Joey ever with anyone? The simple business/technical reason: Producers already had Matt LeBlanc lined up for the flop "Joey" spinoff. The more complex/creative reason: As others have pointed out, "happily ever after" does not always entail getting married, having children, and living in the suburbs.

Similarly, people wonder who Joey in Friends is. finish up with?

As a result, one might wonder if Joey and Monica end up together. However, Joey and Rachel do not date for long, and in the season finale, Joey encourages Ross to pursue Rachel. Finally, he tells Chandler and Monica that he wants a relationship like that, which Monica finds nice because Joey thought of them two together.

Do Joey and Monica end up as friends?

For example, Monica (Courtney Cox) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) were only supposed to be together for a short time before she ended up with Joey (Matthew LeBlanc). However, when Monica and Chandler did appear together on screen, viewers were so taken with the pairing that the Joey and Monica plotline was dropped.

Will Phoebe and Joey get together?

Despite the fact that Phoebe and Joey only had a few romantic encounters, Monica and Chandler married and had children together. Other romances in Courtney Cox and Matthew Perry's long-running American sitcom Monica and Chandler end up together.

Monica was supposed to be tougher than Joey.

"When we were first conceiving the show, we actually thought Monica and Joey might become a thing, and then we cast it, and we just went, 'that's not the right energy because now they're faces and they're people," said Crane, who added that Monica's character was supposed to be tougher. "Janeane Garofalo served as a model."

Do Monica and Chandler end up together in the movie? in real life?

Other romances in Courtney Cox and Matthew Perry's long-running American sitcom Monica and Chandler end up together. Having a family: Monica and Chandler married and had children.

Joey moved to L.A. after all of his friends married (Ross and Rachel, Monica and Chandler, Phoebe and Mike), and in season 2 becomes engaged to Alex, his neighbor. We can only assume they marry because the spinoff Joey was canceled.