Jennifer Aniston became a star as Rachel Green. However, it took a lot of strength and nerves not only to be reduced to them.
Jennifer Aniston (51) has entertained the television audience as Rachel Green for a whole ten years. The worldwide "Friends" success also had its dark side for the now 51-year-old, as she said in a conversation with "The Hollywood Reporter". "I couldn't get rid of Rachel Green for anything in the world," the actress said. At that time, she had to fight hard with herself and the image of "who I was in this industry forever".
Aniston wanted to show the world and prove that there is much more to it than "just the girl in the New York apartment with the purple walls". It was of course not helpful at that time that the "Friends" episodes were permanently on TV. "It's going on all the time and you just think, 'Stop playing this show,'" Aniston recalled.
Over the years, the tension dropped from her
In 2002, the actress was finally in front of the camera for the drama "The Good Girl". It was the first time "that I could really take Rachel's figure off," said Aniston. After eight years in her "Friends" role, she was able to "disappear into someone who had nothing to do with the TV series." "It was such a relief for me," the 51-year-old told her colleagues Reese Witherspoon (44), Helena Bonham Carter (54), Zendaya (23), Janelle Monáe (34) and Rose Byrne (40).
Nevertheless, Aniston continued, she was also a little afraid of new projects at the time. "Oh god, I don't know if I can do it," it would have spooked in her head. What if the audience no longer sees her as Rachel Green? What if it cannot live up to expectations? Aniston is taking a more relaxed approach today. It is the freedom of aging, she said. "Because you just stop worrying about it."