JamesG
07-31-2024, 12:17 AM
Lisa Kudrow on Getting Fired from "Frasier"
by Armando Tinoco
July 30, 2024
Lisa Kudrow looked back at her television career and has opened up about getting fired from "Frasier".
In a new interview, Kudrow revealed that she was cast as Roz Doyle in the pilot that ultimately Peri Gilpin portrayed during its 11-season run on NBC.
“I didn’t film it. I got fired from Frasier,” Kudrow told Sean Hayes on the SmartLess podcast, also co-hosted by Jason Bateman and Will Arnett.
Kudrow said getting fired was “devastating” and that director James Burrows said, “This isn’t working,” during the pilot’s run-through.
“I was trying to like [ask], ‘What can I do?’ But I think they did make a casting mistake because I went to the network with Perri Gilpin,” Kudrow said. “I think they were just correcting a mistake. Cause Perri should have always been Roz.”
Although getting fired from "Frasier" was a setback for Kudrow, she soon booked a guest-starring role on "Mad About You", which “changed a lot” for her.
https://deadline.com/2024/07/lisa-kudrow-fired-frasier-only-friends-cast-member-audition-james-burrows-1236026939/
by Armando Tinoco
July 30, 2024
Lisa Kudrow looked back at her television career and has opened up about getting fired from "Frasier".
In a new interview, Kudrow revealed that she was cast as Roz Doyle in the pilot that ultimately Peri Gilpin portrayed during its 11-season run on NBC.
“I didn’t film it. I got fired from Frasier,” Kudrow told Sean Hayes on the SmartLess podcast, also co-hosted by Jason Bateman and Will Arnett.
Kudrow said getting fired was “devastating” and that director James Burrows said, “This isn’t working,” during the pilot’s run-through.
“I was trying to like [ask], ‘What can I do?’ But I think they did make a casting mistake because I went to the network with Perri Gilpin,” Kudrow said. “I think they were just correcting a mistake. Cause Perri should have always been Roz.”
Although getting fired from "Frasier" was a setback for Kudrow, she soon booked a guest-starring role on "Mad About You", which “changed a lot” for her.
https://deadline.com/2024/07/lisa-kudrow-fired-frasier-only-friends-cast-member-audition-james-burrows-1236026939/