The series Friends continues to be a topic of conversation even years after its end. However, not everyone who participated in it has positive memories. This is the case of actress Olivia Williams, known for her roles in films such as The Sixth Sense and Sabotage, as well as for playing Camila Parker Bowles in The Crown.
Williams participated in the double episode finale of the fourth season of Friends, titled The One with the Wedding, Parts 1 and 2, whose main plot takes place in London, and in which she played Felicity, one of Emily’s bridesmaids.
However, her experience on set was far from pleasant. In an interview with The Independent, Williams revealed details about her experience. She confessed that “Friends was a brand and you had to fit that brand.” When she entered the makeup and hair set, she explains that they told her that she would work with a style and they detailed what they would do. “That involved, essentially, pulling out all your eyebrow hairs,” she confessed.
Despite having only a few lines of dialogue in the London-set episode, Williams described the experience as “heartbreaking”, without going into details. However, during an interview, the actress shared some revealing anecdotes, including an incident in which a producer fired an English actress in an unprofessional manner. “You’re not funny!” she snapped at the man whose name remains anonymous. “That was alarming,” Williams confessed. “The woman did not return the next day,” she noted.
Olivia Williams also offered comments about her experience on The Crown, where she played Camila Parker Bowles. The actress shared that coming onto the series during its final season was an interesting process, especially considering the criticism and controversies that surrounded the show.
“I had moments of concern at the time about whether the things we were depicting would make life more difficult or less difficult for people whose privacy has been so horribly invaded. But I think, by any measure, The Crown was empathetic , while telling the story as a drama” he expressed in statements to The Independent.
