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The Rest of the Cast 其余演员呢IMDb ↗
先认熟脸，再找其余的人
Friends: The Reunion · 2021
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe creators assumed Chandler would be the easiest part to cast: the character already had jokes. Then actor after actor came in, and nothing was funny. Matthew Perry made the lines sparkle, but he had signed another sitcom. Rachel was harder: selfish, spoiled, easy to hate in the wrong hands. Jennifer Aniston brought warmth, and she was locked to another show too. Watch them tell how one familiar face came first, then the rest of the cast.
玛
Marta Kauffmanco-creator
凯
Kevin Brightco-creator
马
Matthew PerryChandler actor
珍
Jennifer AnistonRachel actor
考
Courteney CoxMonica actor
Chapters
25 parts · AI-cut01The Fountain Comeback重逢一进门就开始哭B14'07"02Those Are Superpowers多年后灯还听使唤B13'57"03How Much Do You Stay in Touch多年交情，一打电话还是秒接B12'59"04That Time in Your Life刚自立又还没孩子，人生就那么一段B13'01"05Couldn't Drop the Ball球一松手，这场戏就没了B12'56"06Hold a Show Themselves每个配角都能自己撑一部剧B12'56"07How You Doin一句 How you doin 练成了整个人设A23'52"08The Lines Felt Funny同一句台词，换个人就不笑了B22'59"09Written With My Voice角色是按他声音写出来的B23'02"10The Rest of the Cast先认熟脸，再找其余的人B13'59"11Please Release Me走红之后求制片放自己离开B23'02"12No One Prepares You突然走红，连屋顶都要自己修B22'58"13On Every Magazine一个发型全国都要学同款B13'59"14I Found My Monica配对这件事，终于碰到对的人B23'00"15About to Do Something Funny明知下一秒要爆笑还得把脸绷住B24'03"16Everybody in One Room写作就是把六个人关进一间房B22'58"17A One-Act Play Every Week每周交一出独幕剧，还得当场演B23'00"18None of the Rest Knows恋爱先瞒过其余所有人B13'59"19Smelly Cat Was Herself走调的 Smelly Cat 才最像她本人B14'54"20Pivot沙发卡住了，全靠一句 PivotB13'55"21Check It Out惊喜来了连喊四遍快看A23'50"22Calls Out Like a Foghorn心动的时候灵魂在拉雾笛B24'03"23Why Didn't You Say Anything错过就错过在你怎么不早开口B23'51"24Tell Me Who You Are复合之前先说清你到底是谁B24'00"25End in a Good Place结局要让每个人停在好地方B15'42"
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00:00
and with Michael J. Fox on "Family Ties."
还跟迈克尔·J·福克斯一起演过《欢乐家庭》。
00:02
So people knew Courteney.
所以大家认识考特妮。
00:04
-Not enough so that it made it the Courteney Cox show,
-还没到变成《考特妮·考克斯秀》的程度，
00:08
which was always the fear .
那一直是他们担心的事。
00:09
We didn't want stars.
我们不想要大明星。
00:11
But everything Courteney brought to it
可考特妮带进来的一切
00:13
made Monica so much richer
让莫妮卡丰满得多
00:17
than what we had originally intended .
远超我们原先的设想。
00:23
I thought Chandler was gonna be the easiest part to cast,
我以为钱德勒会是最好找的角色，
00:27
because he's not just a character.
因为他不只是个角色。
00:28
He's got jokes. He's got, like, actual real jokes.
他自带笑话。是那种真正能逗人的笑话。
00:32
So I thought, "Here we go. This is gonna be great."
所以我想：「稳了。这下要成了。」
00:34
And we saw actor after actor , and it wasn't funny.
然后我们看了一个又一个演员，就是不好笑。
00:39
-We had worked with Matthew Perry on "Dream On."
-我们跟马修·派瑞在《梦中人》里合作过。
00:42
And when Matthew reads that dialogue, it sparkles
马修一念那些对白，就发光
00:47
and it comes alive .
一下子活起来。
00:49
And for the first time through the casting process,
整个选角过程里第一次，
00:52
we knew there was a character there
我们知道这个人物站住了
00:54
and that this was the only guy to play it.
也知道只有他能演这个角色。
00:56
-There was just a little problem.
-只是有个小问题。
00:58
He had already signed on for another sitcom.
他已经签了另一部情景喜剧。
01:01
-It was about luggage handlers in the future at LAX.
-讲的是未来洛杉矶机场的行李员。
01:07
It just sounded insane.
听着就离谱。
01:10
-Enjoy Los Angeles.
-祝你在洛杉矶玩得开心。
01:12
By the way , Griffith Park has the best picnic areas.
顺便说，格里菲斯公园的野餐区最棒。
01:17
-Thank you. You are most insignificant.
-谢谢。你真是微不足道。
01:21
-And then someone from Warner Bros. actually was
-然后华纳兄弟有人真的去了
01:23
at the taping of "2194"
去看了《2194》的录制现场
01:27
and thought "This show is never going.
心想「这剧根本走不下去。
01:30
Put him in 'Friends.' We'll be okay."
把他放进《老友记》吧。我们没问题。」
01:34
Suddenly it was like "There's our Chandler."
突然就像：「钱德勒找到了。」
01:37
-And I just won $1 million.
-我刚赢了一百万美元。
01:39
-He spins the lines in a way that they're his.
-他能把台词转成自己的东西。
01:43
And there's so many comedy skills there.
而且喜剧功力一大堆。
01:51
-Rachel was the hardest part to cast,
-瑞秋是最难找的角色，
01:53
and it was the last part we cast.
也是我们最后定的角色。
01:55
-She could be a really unlikable character.
-这个角色很容易让人讨厌。
01:58
I mean, this is an incredibly selfish, self-involved,
她超级自私、眼里只有自己，
02:01
spoiled -- in the wrong hands , you don't like Rachel.
娇生惯养——落到不合适的人手里，你就会讨厌瑞秋。
02:05
-We saw lots and lots and lots of other women.
-我们看了好多好多好多别的女演员。
02:07
-Women who come in wearing actual wedding dresses
-有人真穿着婚纱进来
02:11
and none of it --
可全都——
02:13
You didn't really fall in love , and you needed to,
你根本没爱上她，可你必须爱上，
02:15
'cause you needed to feel what Ross was feeling.
因为你得感觉到罗斯的心情。
02:18
And then Jennifer came in.
然后珍妮弗进来了。
02:20
-Jennifer had a similar problem to Matthew in that
-珍妮弗和马修碰到了类似的麻烦，
02:23
she'd already signed on
她已经签了
02:25
to a show called "Muddling Through."
一部叫《得过且过》的剧。
02:27
-You gonna eat that steak or argue with it?
-你是要吃那块牛排，还是跟它吵架？
02:29
-Madeline, this here steak was supposed to be rare.
-玛德琳，这块牛排本该是三分熟。
02:33
-Gidney, tell me something.
-吉德尼，跟我说句实话。
02:35
How often do we have steak on the menu?
咱们菜单上多久才有一次牛排？
02:37
- Shoot , hardly ever.
-哎呀，几乎没有。
02:38
-That's right.
-没错。
02:40
So what you have there is a rare steak.
所以你面前这块，就是一块稀有的牛排。
02:44
-And they had already shot six episodes of this show,
-而且那部剧已经拍了六集，
02:47
so it was a little bit more than just the pilot.
所以已经不只是试播集了。
02:50
-And we took this big risk to cast her,
-我们冒了很大风险用她，
02:55
share her with this other show
跟那部剧共用她
02:56
and we'll see who wins.
看看最后谁赢。
02:58
-And we even shot not only the pilot ,
-我们不但拍了试播集，
03:01
but probably three episodes of "Friends"
大概还拍了三集《老友记》
03:05
while that show was still on television.
而那部剧当时还在播。
03:07
And if it had -- if CBS had picked it up ,
要是——要是CBS续订了它，
03:11
we would have had to reshoot
我们就得重拍
03:12
the first three episodes of "Friends."
《老友记》的前三集。
03:15
-Jennifer had this warmth and sincerity
-珍妮弗身上有种温暖和真诚
03:19
and genuineness about her, where she just made you feel
还有一份实在，让你觉得
03:23
okay about everything else that Rachel was
瑞秋身上那些别的毛病
03:26
that you might have passed judgment on .
那些你本可能评头论足的东西，也变得可以接受。
03:28
-I was kind of hoping that wouldn't be an issue.
-我其实挺希望这不会成为问题。
03:32
Thank you.
谢谢。
03:34
-Cut. Alright.
-卡。好了。
03:40
-So, that's right.
-对，就是这样。
03:42
So, Matthew and Jen, you were in another show.
所以，马修、珍妮弗，你们当时都在别的剧里。
03:44
I mean, Jen, what were your first impressions
我是说，珍妮弗，你当时的第一印象
03:46
of the rest of the cast
对其余演员
03:48
when you finally got to meet them,
在你终于见到他们时，
03:50
when it was made clear that you could do the show?
在已经明确你可以演这部剧之后，是怎样的？
03:52
-Well, first of all , I had a graveyard of failed pilots.
-首先，我身后埋着一堆失败的试播片。
03:56
I did a pilot a year and I thought,
我一年拍一部试播，当时想，
03:57
"That's what you do.
「不就是这样嘛。
03:59
You do a pilot a year and you have some cash.
一年一部试播，手里就有点现金。
04:01
And then you go on to another pilot."
然后再去拍下一部试播。」
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Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoGrammarB1↩ 00:08
which was always the fear
非限定定语：which 接整件事：变成考特妮秀，一直是他们怕的。
which was always the fear .
那一直是他们担心的事。
GrammarB1↩ 00:17
than what we had originally intended
比较从句：richer than what…：比我们原先打算的还丰满。
than what we had originally intended .
远超我们原先的设想。
Pronunciation↩ 00:23
gonna be the easiest
gonna 吞成 /gənə/，不要读 going to。
I thought Chandler was gonna be the easiest part to cast,
我以为钱德勒会是最好找的角色，
CollocationA2↩ 00:34
noun after noun
noun after noun
一个接一个
And we saw actor after actor , and it wasn't funny.
然后我们看了一个又一个演员，就是不好笑。
CollocationB1↩ 00:47
come alive
come alive
一下子活起来
and it comes alive .
一下子活起来。
CollocationA2↩ 00:49
for the first time
for the first time
第一次
And for the first time through the casting process,
整个选角过程里第一次，
CollocationB1↩ 00:58
sign on for something
sign on for something
签约接下某份工作
He had already signed on for another sitcom.
他已经签了另一部情景喜剧。
CollocationA2↩ 01:12
by the way
by the way
顺便说一句
By the way , Griffith Park has the best picnic areas.
顺便说，格里菲斯公园的野餐区最棒。
SlangB2↩ 01:39
spins the lines
把台词转成自己的——圈内夸演技，书面少见
-He spins the lines in a way that they're his.
-他能把台词转成自己的东西。
CollocationB1↩ 02:01
in the wrong hands
in the wrong hands
落到不合适的人手里
spoiled -- in the wrong hands , you don't like Rachel.
娇生惯养——落到不合适的人手里，你就会讨厌瑞秋。
Pronunciation↩ 02:05
lots and lots
三个 lots 越说越重，像在报数量。
-We saw lots and lots and lots of other women.
-我们看了好多好多好多别的女演员。
CollocationA2↩ 02:13
fall in love
fall in love
爱上
You didn't really fall in love , and you needed to,
你根本没爱上她，可你必须爱上，
Pronunciation↩ 02:15
'cause you needed
'cause 只剩 /kəz/，be 丢掉。
'cause you needed to feel what Ross was feeling.
因为你得感觉到罗斯的心情。
Pronunciation↩ 02:27
gonna eat that
You gonna 粘在一起，eat 才咬清。
-You gonna eat that steak or argue with it?
-你是要吃那块牛排，还是跟它吵架？
SlangB1↩ 02:29
this here steak
这块牛排（土味强调）——方言口吻，正式别用
-Madeline, this here steak was supposed to be rare.
-玛德琳，这块牛排本该是三分熟。
SlangA2↩ 02:37
Shoot
哎呀、靠（轻骂）——代替脏话的轻叹，正式场合少用
- Shoot , hardly ever.
-哎呀，几乎没有。
GrammarB1↩ 02:58
not only the pilot
不但而且：not only A but B：不但试播，还拍了三集。
-And we even shot not only the pilot ,
-我们不但拍了试播集，
CollocationB2↩ 03:07
pick something up
pick something up
接手、续订
这里 pick up=电视台续订这部剧，不是捡起来
And if it had -- if CBS had picked it up ,
要是——要是CBS续订了它，
GrammarB2↩ 03:11
we would have had to reshoot
虚拟过去：if CBS had picked it up, we would have had to：当时没发生的后果。
we would have had to reshoot
我们就得重拍
GrammarB2↩ 03:19
where she just made you feel
where表结果：这里 where 不是地点，是「以至于让你觉得」。
and genuineness about her, where she just made you feel
还有一份实在，让你觉得
CollocationB2↩ 03:26
pass judgment on someone/something
pass judgment on someone/something
对…评头论足、下判断
that you might have passed judgment on .
那些你本可能评头论足的东西，也变得可以接受。
Pronunciation↩ 03:28
kind of hoping
kind of 连成 kinda，of 几乎消失。
-I was kind of hoping that wouldn't be an issue.
-我其实挺希望这不会成为问题。
CollocationA2↩ 03:44
first impressions
first impressions
第一印象
I mean, Jen, what were your first impressions
我是说，珍妮弗，你当时的第一印象
CollocationA2↩ 03:46
the rest of something
the rest of something
其余的、剩下的
这里 the rest of the cast=剧组里其余演员
of the rest of the cast
对其余演员
Pronunciation↩ 03:46
the rest of
of 弱成 /əv/，rest 才是重音。
of the rest of the cast
对其余演员
CollocationA2↩ 03:52
first of all
first of all
首先
-Well, first of all , I had a graveyard of failed pilots.
-首先，我身后埋着一堆失败的试播片。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
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CollocationA2↩ 03:46
the rest of
其余的、剩下的
In the scene主持人问珍妮弗：终于能演时，对其余演员第一印象如何。
I'll intro the lead. You brief the rest of the team.主演我来介绍。其余组员你来交代。
In daily life
分摊账单I paid the deposit. You cover the rest of the bill.订金我付了。剩下的账你来。
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PunB1↩ 02:40
rare steak
三分熟，也是稀有
In the scene失败试播片里，老板拿菜单上几乎没牛排，把三分熟说成稀有。
If we serve it twice a year, that special is rare in both senses.一年只上两次，这道特色菜两种意义上都稀有。
In daily life
吐槽菜单They call it a rare cut. I call it never on the board.他们说这是稀有部位。我说菜单上根本见不着。
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IronyB1↩ 01:17
most insignificant
你真是微不足道
In the scene失败未来剧里，对方谢完导游，反把人夸成最无足轻重。
Thanks for the tour. You are wonderfully forgettable.谢谢导游。你真是令人难忘地容易忘掉。
In daily life
吐槽客服Thanks. That was the most helpful way to ignore me.谢谢。这是最得体的无视方式。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 03:52
a graveyard of failed pilots
失败试播堆成坟场
In the scene马修被问其余演员印象，先自嘲自己一年一部、全死掉的试播。
My desktop is a graveyard of abandoned slide decks.我桌面上堆着一坟场废弃幻灯。
In daily life
盘点创业He has a graveyard of apps that never shipped.他有一坟场从没上线的应用。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:58
signed on
签约接下某工作
In the scene马修把钱德勒念活了，可他已经签了另一部情景喜剧。
She signed on for the night shift before the offer even landed.正式录用还没到，她已经签了夜班。
In daily life
接项目Don't sign on for two launches in the same week.别同一周接下两个上线。
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IdiomB1↩ 02:01
in the wrong hands
落到不合适的人手里
In the scene创作者说瑞秋自私娇气，演砸了观众就会讨厌她。
That joke, in the wrong hands, just sounds cruel.这笑话落到不合适的人嘴里，就只剩刻薄。
In daily life
交接文档The budget, in the wrong hands, becomes a weapon.预算落到不合适的人手里，就变成武器。
above my level
Phrasal verbB2↩ 03:07
picked it up
电视台续订一部剧
In the scene珍妮弗那部剧若被CBS续订，《老友记》前三集就得重拍。
If the network picks it up, we shoot ten more.要是台里续订，我们就再拍十集。
In daily life
等消息They shot the pilot in May. Nobody has picked it up yet.五月拍了试播。到现在还没台要。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I thought Chandler was gonna be the easiest part to cast,”
我以为钱德勒会是最好找的角色，
Why it's great
先把期待说满，后面整段打脸才有力。
Pattern
I thought X was gonna be the easiest
When to use
事后承认自己把某件事想得太简单。
Similar
I figured that would be the easy one. ／ That was supposed to be the simple part.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
thought 先顿，easiest 拉长再收。
Use it yourself
复盘招聘I thought the intern role was going to be the easiest hire.我以为实习生这个岗最好招。
“And when Matthew reads that dialogue, it sparkles”
马修一念那些对白，就发光
Why it's great
sparkles 把念台词说成发光，听得见终于对上的那一下。
Pattern
when someone does X, it sparkles
When to use
夸一个人把普通材料做得出彩时。
Similar
When she tells it, it comes alive. ／ He makes the material shine.
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
reads 轻带，sparkles 加重并上扬。
Use it yourself
夸同事汇报When she walks through the numbers, they sparkle.她一带那些数字，就亮起来。
“-Well, first of all, I had a graveyard of failed pilots.”
首先，我身后埋着一堆失败的试播片。
Why it's great
用坟场收失败履历，自嘲里带着好莱坞的狠。
Pattern
a graveyard of + 失败之物
When to use
盘点一长串没做成的项目、试镜或方案时。
Similar
I have a graveyard of unused drafts. ／ My hard drive is a graveyard of pilots.
Register
literary
Shadowing tip
first of all 顿住，graveyard 咬清。
Use it yourself
盘点废稿I have a graveyard of unused taglines from last year.我去年积了一坟场没用上的广告语。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 钱德勒本该最好找
I thought Chandler was gonna be the easiest part to cast, because he's not just a character. He's got jokes. He's got, like, actual real jokes. So I thought, "Here we go. This is gonna be great." And we saw actor after actor, and it wasn't funny.
我以为钱德勒会是最好找的角色， 因为他不只是个角色。 他自带笑话。是那种真正能逗人的笑话。 所以我想：「稳了。这下要成了。」 然后我们看了一个又一个演员，就是不好笑。
从稳了到一个也不逗，五句把期待砸穿。
❝ 珍妮弗把瑞秋救回来
-Jennifer had this warmth and sincerity and genuineness about her, where she just made you feel okay about everything else that Rachel was that you might have passed judgment on.
-珍妮弗身上有种温暖和真诚 还有一份实在，让你觉得 瑞秋身上那些别的毛病 那些你本可能评头论足的东西，也变得可以接受。
用温度把自私娇气变成可以喜欢。