FRIENDS reunion: How did the makers get Bruce Willis to guest star on the show? Find out

Bruce Willis is only amongst several or A-Listers who appeared on FRIENDS at time of its airing. At time, he was riding on success of Die Hard movies, which had made him a star, and was all set to appear in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable. But, it is believed that appearance of Bruce Willis on FRIENDS was only made possible due to a bet that he lost to Matw Perry while y were filming ir comedy movie, Whole Nine Yards. Read on to kw more.

When Matw Perry made a bet with Bruce Willis that Bruce reportedly lost while shooting " Whole Nine Yards":

As per a report on CBR, Matw Pretty was reportedly quite confident about box office success of film that he was shooting with Bruce Willis, titled Whole Nine Yards. But, Willis himself was quite skeptical about it. report goes on to say that this inspired bet that Perry made. As per article, Perry made bet that if " Whole Nine Yards" becomes a success, Bruce will appear on FRIENDS for free. film, as per piece, Whole Nine Yards went on to debut at #1 on its opening day and maintained its leading position for three consecutive weeks. film's supposedly surprising box office performance made appearance of Bruce Willis on Friends as Paul possible. Whole Nine Yards, in addition to Bruce Willis and Matw Perry, stars likes of Amanda Peet, Natasha Henstridge, and Rosanna Arquette, amongst ors.

Bruce Willis appears as Paul in a total of three episodes on Sixth season of FRIENDS. Willis' Paul was  far to Alexandra Holden's Elizabeth on show. Willis' character on show is portrayed as someone who is disapproving of Ross, a college professor, who is dating his college-going daughter who he has raised all by himself. But, very same episode that sees him be disapproving far also features a moment where Willis' Paul is smitten by Aniston's Rachel Greene, hence Paul must try to make peace with his daughter's new boyfriend if he at all wants to have a chance of dating Rachel.

As far as FRIENDS reunion release date and time are concerned, special episode will air on HBO Max on May 27th. In episode, in addition to seeing Matw Perry in FRIENDS reunion,  rest of cast will see original six actors return to couch. y will be joined in by a number of rewned personalities from world of entertainment from time to time. A list of almost all guests who will be seen on episode in question can be found below.

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