It is certain that more than half of Hollywood actors would give up half their career to have trained part of the distribution Friends. THE sitcom par excellence that has transcended the most over the years, is still valid for its fans who watch it again and again and for those who end up falling under the social pressure of being that series that “You have to see it once in your life”. Subsequently, most of his leading actors did not have the same importance on celluloid or in their later works on the small screen. But this will not be the case because the industry did not offer them projects. The last one to have revealed that he could have participated in a big success from the past has been David Schwimmer.
The one who was Ross Geller In the fiction created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, he built a filmography full of small romantic comedies. Something quite similar to the rest of his colleagues, with the exception of Jennifer Aniston, who proved to be a magnet for the public thanks to several undisputed successes on the billboards. However, Schwimmer only managed to shine again when he returned to the field of series, when he played Robert Kardashian in the series. American Crime Story: The People Vs. OJ Simpson. A role that would earn him an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor, after more than five missed Golden Globe nominations for his role in Friends. But if there’s one role he misses playing, it’s Agent J in Men in black.
An ideal role for David Schwimmer?
Yes, as you read, David Schwimmer initially applied for the role of newcomer to the space control agency. before Will Smith. But it’s not that the actor couldn’t do it because he had a scheduling conflict with Friendsbut because the development of Men in black coincided with the beginning of his debut as a filmmaker.
Schwimmer had just finished filming my unknown friend with Gwyneth Paltrowa production with great expectations but which was a commercial failure, despite the presence at the time of an inexperienced filmmaker like Matt Reeves, who years later would be responsible for titles such as Monstrous, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the recent Batman.
Chat with the podcast Origins with Cush JumboThe actor explained in detail how the process went and why, to his great regret, he had to reject the science fiction film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
“Miramax wanted to sign me to a three-picture deal at a fixed price and I said I would do it if I could make my first film,” Schwimmer began explaining. The illusion for lead your debut This weighed far more than other options, including appearing in the film produced by Columbia Pictures:
“We were in pre-production, we hired the whole team, everything was in progress and it was a conflict when they offered me Men in black. I had a four month break and Men in black It was going to be shot exactly at the time I was going to make this film with my company. And of course, it was an incredible opportunity.
His directorial debut
signed with the seal of Steven Spielberg, Photos of Amblin, Men in black managed to harvest almost $590 million worldwide, being one of the first commercial phenomena of Will Smith’s career. On the other hand, David Schwimmer’s first film entitled Since you leftended up going straight to television. Without regretting his decision, he is aware that his subsequent interpretive journey would have been very different:
“You have to follow your instincts, you have to follow your heart. Look, I’m very aware that 20 years later, or maybe more, I would have been a movie star. “If you look at the success of that movie and that franchise, my career would have taken a very different trajectory,” the New Yorker finished explaining.
In 2024, Schwimmer will be featured in the animated film Little death and will be the star the mini-series Nightmares 2. His filmmaking career continued after Since You Left, shooting several episodes of the series Joey and making films such as long distance runner And You can trust mewhich at least ended up getting onto the billboard.
