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'Nobody Cared About Me': Lisa Kudrow Claims She Was Treated Like an Afterthought Compared to Her 'Friends' Co-Stars and Was Dubbed 'The Sixth Friend' · Fresh Intelligence

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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Cudro claims she was an afterthought compared to Friendscoat, Lisa Cudro recently expressed feeling overshadowed by her friend's co-stars in an interview with RadarOnline.com.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The 62-year-old actress, famous for her role as Phoebe Buffet, believes Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, the late Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer became more popular during the show's run.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Cudro stated,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She reflected on the success of friends, noting that while her co-stars transition to prominent movie roles, she struggled to secure similar opportunities.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There was no vision for me, and no expectations about the kind of career I could have, she explained.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was only after her role in the 1999 comedy analyzed this, alongside Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal, that she began receiving more attractive offers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Kudro is speculated that her career stagnation was partly due to her involvement in her co-stars contract negotiations.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The main cast successfully negotiated equal pay with Warner Brothers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Preventing the studio from negotiating individual contracts to pay some actors less.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This strategy resulted in a substantial increase in salaries, with earnings rising over the seasons from $125,000 to $1 million per episode by the final seasons.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, Kudro felt her talent agency was unhappy about rumors framing her as the negotiator, which she denied.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I absolutely was not the ringleader, she commented.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Her team was reportedly displeased with these claims, fearing it would deter other clients from pursuing collective negotiations.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Kudro also discussed her character, clarifying that she was quite different from Phoebe.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At first, Phoebe was very, very far from me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She noted, it took a lot of work to justify the things she would say and do.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Not in an irritating way, it was fun.