IANS LIVE-LISA KUDROW RECALLS HOW MATT LEBLANC HELPED HER EASE ANXIETY ABOUT PLAYING THE ICONIC PHOEBE BUFFAY
May 8, 2025
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Result7 May 2025
Match 57
KKR
KKR
179/6 (20 ov)
CSK
CSK
183/8 (19.4 ov)
CSK won by 2 wickets
Result6 May 2025
Match 56
MI
MI
155/8 (20 ov)
GT
GT
147/7 (19 ov)
GT won by 3 wickets (DLS method)
Result5 May 2025
Match 55
SRH
SRH
0/0 ( ov)
DC
DC
133/7 (20 ov)
No Result
Result4 May 2025
Match 54
PBKS
PBKS
236/5 (20 ov)
LSG
LSG
199/7 (20 ov)
PBKS won by 37 runs
Result4 May 2025
Match 53
KKR
KKR
206/4 (20 ov)
RR
RR
205/8 (20 ov)
KKR won by 1 run
Result3 May 2025
Match 52
RCB
RCB
213/5 (20 ov)
CSK
CSK
211/5 (20 ov)
RCB won by 2 runs
Result2 May 2025
Match 51
GT
GT
224/6 (20 ov)
SRH
SRH
186/6 (20 ov)
GT won by 38 runs
Result1 May 2025
Match 50
RR
RR
117/10 (16.1 ov)
MI
MI
217/2 (20 ov)
MI won by 100 runs
Result30 April 2025
Match49
CSK
CSK
190/10 (19.2 ov)
PBKS
PBKS
194/6 (19.4 ov)
PBKS won by 4 wickets
Result29 April 2025
Match 48
DC
DC
190/9 (20 ov)
KKR
KKR
204/9 (20 ov)
KKR won by 14 runs
Result28 April 2025
Match 47
RR
RR
212/2 (15.5 ov)
GT
GT
209/4 (20 ov)
RR won by 8 wickets
Result27 April 2025
Match 46
DC
DC
162/8 (20 ov)
RCB
RCB
165/4 (18.3 ov)
RCB won by 6 wickets
Result27 April 2025
Match 45
MI
MI
215/7 (20 ov)
LSG
LSG
161/10 (20 ov)
MI won by 54 runs
Result26 April 2025
Match 44
KKR
KKR
7/0 (1 ov)
PBKS
PBKS
201/4 (20 ov)
No result
Result25 April 2025
Match 43
CSK
CSK
154/10 (19.5 ov)
SRH
SRH
155/5 (18.4 ov)
SRH won by 5 wickets
Result24 April 2025
Match 42
RCB
RCB
205/5 (20 ov)
RR
RR
194/9 (20 ov)
RCB won by 11 runs
Result23 April 2025
Match 41
SRH
SRH
143/8 (20 ov)
MI
MI
146/3 (15.4 ov)
MI won by 7 wickets
Result22 April 2025
Match 40
LSG
LSG
159/6 (20 ov)
DC
DC
161/2 (17.5 ov)
DC won by 8 wickets
Result21 April 2025
Match 39
KKR
KKR
159/8 (20 ov)
GT
GT
198/3 (20 ov)
GT won by 39 runs
Result20 April 2025
Match 38
MI
MI
177/1 (15.4 ov)
CSK
CSK
176/5 (20 ov)
MI won by 9 wickets

Lisa Kudrow recalls how Matt LeBlanc helped her ease anxiety about playing the iconic Phoebe Buffay

Lisa Kudrow recalls how Matt LeBlanc helped her ease anxiety about playing the iconic Phoebe Buffay

Los Angeles, Aug 1 (IANS) Actress Lisa Kudrow recalled how her 'Friends' co-star Matt LeBlanc helped her ease some anxiety about her portrayal of Phoebe Buffay during the sitcom's early days.

During an appearance on Sirius XM's Where Everybody Knows Your Name, Kudrow said that it took her "if not a year and a half, maybe two seasons, before I felt like I had Phoebe down."

"The things she said were so outrageously illogical that in order for me to justify them, you know, I felt like 'Oof!'" she recalled.

"It just took a lot of work to figure out, ‘All right, how is it possible that I think this is true or a good idea or a reasonable thing to say?’”

Kudrow went on to explain that she put in real "acting work" into her character but it wasn't until she was into her second or third season that she felt that something was off, reports people.com.

"I’m like, 'something’s wrong,' ‘cause I’m not doing the work I was doing," she said.

"I’m slacking off. I’m being lazy and I was getting really mad at myself, and LeBlanc came. He said, 'What’s going on with you?' I said, 'I’m being lazy. I’m not doing the work that I did first season, the second season. I’m not doing the work I did for Phoebe, so it can’t be good'."

"And he went, 'No, you know who the character is now. You don’t need to do the work you did. You got it,” and I went, 'What? Oh'," she added.

The host noted how with LeBlanc's help she was finally able to feel "relaxed."

"That was enough," Kudrow said.

"It’s sort of like someone shook me ‘cause I was getting hysterical. I wasn’t literally getting hysterical, but you know like if you’re getting hysterical, someone slaps you back. You’re like, 'Oh, thanks. That’s what I needed'."

In addition to Kudrow and LeBlanc, 'Friends' also starred Mathew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, and David Schwimmer. The popular sitcom aired for 10 seasons before coming to a close in 2004.