Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston would love to add Christina Applegate to The Morning Show … years after they played sisters in Friends
Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston recently revealed that Christina Applegate would be their ideal selection for a new cast member on The Morning Show.
The performers said Applegate was their best choice as they spoke with Entertainment Tonight ahead of the show’s second season premiere later this week.
Witherspoon, 45, was the first to point out that he would like to have her in the series, as, like Reese, she played one of Aniston’s sisters in Friends.
“We need Christina Applegate to join us … It would be fun,” he remarked.
Main Choice: Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston said they would love for Christina Applegate to join the cast of The Morning Show; is seen at the 71st edition of the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards
Enthusiastic: During an interview, Witherspoon expressed that having Applegate on the show “would be fun.” The three actresses previously appeared in the hit sitcom Friends
Aniston, 52, echoed his co-star’s sentiment and commented, “Yeah … we should do something like that.”
The Big Little Lies star then spoke with the performer about the recently released HBO Max from Friends, recently released and noted that the episode made a significant impression on him.
It was so touching. I found it so emotional. I cried three times seeing you. It reminds me of a moment in my life. You lived it, but we saw it. It was important to me, ”he said.
Witherspoon added, “I remember having a little baby and being a mother, and you were my friends.”
Emotional: Witherspoon is seen as Rachel’s sister in the 2000 episode The One with Rachel’s Sister
Looking Back: Applegate is seen in the 2002 episode that played Aniston’s sister, The One With Rachel’s Other Sister
Aniston then pointed out that she and her co-stars had come a long way since the end of the sitcom’s success.
She said, “Going back and watching Reese, like the Reese and I clips in the day, we were so small ourselves … We were so handsome. Who knew our whole lives were ahead of us? It’s crazy to think from here, here we sit.
The topic of conversation changed in the next season of The Morning Show, and the performer noted that the onset of the global pandemic greatly affected plans for the second series of episodes.
“When we closed it was when we realized we had to go back to the drawing board and try to figure out how to incorporate it into the show,” he said.
Aniston also expressed that The Morning Show producers were also wary of showing the effects of the coronavirus on the show, as they were concerned about the possible response from viewers.
Resolution: Aniston also noted that the show’s producers “had to go back to the drawing board” after the onset of the global pandemic; is seen with Witherspoon earlier this month
He noted that the program team tried to “figure out how to weave it delicately because we didn’t know where we would be when this program aired. If we stayed out of COVID and people would get tired of hearing about COVID?
The Morning Show initially debuted in 2019 and the show is based on Brian Stelter’s book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV.
Performers such as Steve Carell, Bel Powley and Billy Crudup, among others, are also included in the cast of the program.
The series received a generally positive critical reception in its initial release, with much praise for the performances of its protagonists.
Currently, the second season of The Morning Show will debut on AppleTV + this Friday.
Coming soon: The second season of The Morning Show is available to the public via AppleTV + Friday streaming service.