Little-Known Details About the Hit Show Friends

Lisa Kudrow Had to Face Her Fear of Birds

Acting for a show like Friends requires a lot of skill, but it takes a whole other set of skills to perform while dealing with a phobia. Lisa Kudrow, the actress who played Phoebe, had to confront her fears several times whenever a bird was involved. She has ornithophobia, a fear of birds, which made filming scenes with Chandler and Joey's chick and duck especially challenging. At times, producers were uncertain if they could have Lisa Kudrow and the birds in the same room for certain scenes. When Rachel's boyfriend Joshua was revealed to have a fear of birds on the show, we had no idea they were drawing inspiration from one of their own cast members!