‘Friends’ Welcomes Guest Stars

Fri., Dec. 29, 1995

Cox News Service

What will NBC use to keep millions of viewers watching the network after the Super Bowl on Jan. 28? Did you guess “Friends”?

In a special two-parter, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brooke Shields and singer Chris Isaak will guest-star on TV’s No. 3-rated series. And NBC is negotiating with Julia Roberts to appear in the episodes, shot this month.

Shields plays a wacko fan who shows up at Joey’s (Matt LeBlanc) place after he lands a role on “Days of Our Lives.” Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) goes doe-eyed over Isaak, who portrays a librarian. And Monica (Courteney Cox) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) go toe-to-toe over Van Damme, filmdom’s gym fatale. If Roberts is added into the mix, she would be placed in a plot line with Chandler (Matthew Perry).

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