Claudia Bing, née Geller (born June 3, 1964), better known as Monica Geller-Bing, is one of the main characters from the television sitcom Friends, portrayed by Courteney Cox. She has lived at Apartment #4A for more than 15 years with three other friends: Phoebe Buffay (played by Lisa Kudrow), Rachel Green (played by Jennifer Aniston), and Joey Tribbiani (played by Matt LeBlanc). She works as head chef at Central Perk, a Manhattan coffee house across the street from her apartment that was featured regularly in the show. A Billionaire’s Life: Chandler Bing on Friends
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Work life
Now we know exactly how Chandler feels about his job—or at least how Matthew Perry felt about playing him. In an interview with The Times of London, Perry revealed that he couldn’t stand his character and quit acting for five years after appearing in several seasons of Friends. [The] only reason I did it was because all my friends were doing it, Perry told The Times. The hours were crazy and I hated all the episodes I had to film every week. If one [an episode] wasn’t good, that would get me down and make me wonder why I was there.
Relationship life
Chandler is portrayed as very caring and sensitive, although his sarcastic sense of humor may sometimes get him into trouble. He enjoys a good relationship with all of his friends. He marries Monica Geller at one point, but they divorce after he admits that he loves her more than she loves him. Despite being older than most of his friends (he was 37 in season 9), Chandler acts like an older brother to them, especially when it comes to relationships and emotional problems.
Chandler is known for having slept with numerous women on and off throughout the series, though by its end he has settled down with Kathy.
Attempts at writing a novel (Episodes about Joey)
In The One With The Ball, Chandler writes a novel and gives it to Joey, hoping he will critique it for him. Joey agrees, but never gives Chandler his feedback. Later in that episode, Chandler decides to break up with Janice when she doesn’t answer her phone. When Ross later points out to Chandler that Janice is sitting at their table with them, an upset Janice asks Chandler why he didn’t call her back. Chandler says he never got a chance because Joey was busy reading his book all week and tells her that if she wants to talk about it some more then maybe they should see other people before leaving.
Personality traits and quirks
Unlike his friends, Chandler is introverted, sarcastic and materialistic. He is initially depicted as shallow and vain, but he develops a deeper emotional side over time. According to actress Jennifer Aniston, The thing that makes [Chandler] a bit of an outsider is he comes from money and there’s some shame attached to that because Ross and Monica grew up without it. Although born in Ohio, Chandler says during season one that he grew up in Connecticut; in another episode he mentions growing up in Virginia. He has an older brother named Charles (played by Matthew Perry), who appears only once – during The One With The Rumor – when Chandler tells Ross that Charles taught him how to jerk off.
The Start
Chandler Bing was a lonely man, with only one real friend in his life: Joey Tribbiani. A former roommate of Chandler, Joey has kept in touch with him throughout all these years, and can always be counted on to put a smile back onto Chandler’s face when times get rough. One evening, while at a Central Perk coffee shop (the fictional chain is part of NBC), he walks into his old friend Joey and meets Rachel Green for the first time. She is a five-foot-nothing blonde from New York who just got fired from her job at Ralph Lauren and she needs someone to talk to… it turns out that person will be Chandler.
Love life
If you’re an executive, a billionaire and happen to be a single guy in your mid-to-late thirties, chances are you live an enviable life. But being single and living like someone who has unlimited cash can get lonely. Just ask Chandler Bing from Friends, who (through one unbelievable storyline after another) remains single for 10 years. He lives in his tiny apartment (you could fit his entire place into just one of his former boss’s offices at Bloomingdale’s), owns no furniture, works like mad all day long and is almost too cheap to spend any money on anything he actually wants.
Friends vs Family
Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing and Courteney Cox as Monica Geller: Two sisters, a brother-in-law, and two friends live together in an apartment complex. In their spare time they often go out to eat at a restaurant called The Lunch Box or The Moondance Diner. They all work in different jobs around New York City and have many different relationships with each other. The show is about their lives and how they interact with each other along with their families and other people that are around them every day of their lives. It was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman who also created another famous sitcom called Dream On. This show was very popular when it first aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004.
Why did Matthew Perry’s appearance change?
Matthew Perry was described as being 6 feet tall, slim and with a tan. His appearance has changed radically since his role in Friends started in 1994. He went from looking fit and healthy to a pale, bloated version of himself. There were rumors that he had become an alcoholic but he also got fat, after he finished filming for Friends. In 2001, Matthew Perry began appearing in stage productions such as The End of Longing. He continued to work in television shows like The West Wing (as Will Bailey) and movies such as Three To Tango (2000), Fools Rush In (1997), where he met his future wife Rachel Roberts…They married on May 19, 2001.
Who was originally supposed to play Chandler?
Matthew Perry was originally supposed to play Ross, with David Schwimmer in Perry’s role as Chandler. But once Perry came onboard, we just couldn’t figure out a way to get him into that group, according to David Crane. According to Matt LeBlanc, he made it through three rounds of auditions and then got an offer for what he thought was a pilot called Six of One. He accepted without reading any of it because he had only signed for a one-year contract with his former show TV 101 and was getting bored. His agent later informed him that he wasn’t going to South Africa after all but starting shooting in three weeks in New York City.
Who turned down the role of Chandler?
That would be Charlie Sheen, who was cast as Joey Tribbiani in 1994. But if you can believe it, he pulled out at the last minute when David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston were cast alongside him. Supposedly his now ex-wife got a little freaked out about that idea of sharing a TV space with Aniston, which makes us wonder if there might have been a few less than friendly run-ins with her in real life too. Awkward! In any case, Perry walked into it and made history by playing one of television’s most popular characters. The part of Chandler came along just at that point when I was deciding to stop doing standup, says Perry. It seemed like an obvious choice.
