All through her profession, British actress Olivia Williams has appeared in well-liked movies like Rushmore and The Sixth Sense and lately performed Queen Camilla on The Crown. She even appeared on the beloved ’90s sitcom Buddies within the early days of her profession, nevertheless it wasn’t precisely a pleasant atmosphere on set.
Williams recounted her expertise filming Buddies in a latest interview with The Unbiased. She appeared within the iconic episode set in London the place Ross was set to marry his fiancée Emily earlier than inadvertently saying “Rachel” in the course of the ceremony. Within the episode, she performed a bridesmaid named Felicity who flirts with the American company like Joey and appeared alongside visitor stars together with the one and solely Sarah, Duchess of York.
“Simply for instance, I used to be taken to the studio in a shared automobile with an exquisite actress whose character, I feel, was known as ‘Previous Lady,'” Williams remembered. She was unable to recall the actor’s identify, although it may have been the late June Whitfield who performed “The Housekeeper” or Jane Carr taking part in “The Ticket Agent,” or maybe an unlisted background character.
Williams claimed that the actress was “distinguished” and “excellent,” however one of many individuals behind the present did not assume so.
“At one level, a producer—who shall stay anonymous—simply yelled at her: ‘You’re not humorous!'” she recalled. “And he or she didn’t come again the subsequent day. In order that was alarming.”
That wasn’t the one pink flag that Williams encountered throughout her time filming the present.
“Buddies was a model, and also you needed to match the model. You go into hair and make-up and also you’re informed, ‘There’s a glance right here, that is what we do.’’And that concerned, basically, plucking off your entire eyebrows,” she stated. Thinning down her brows was a giant change that she wasn’t prepared for and she or he begged them to maintain her face as-is. “Actually, [I said] ‘Please don’t take my eyebrows off, I would want them in one other job!'” she stated. “However sure, that’s the sense through which it was harrowing.”
Williams’ profession has solely gone up from there. She simply starred alongside Gael García Bernal within the film One other Finish and is about to star within the upcoming Dune prequel collection Dune: Prophecy premiering on Max later this 12 months.