It’s a shame that Kudrow and Grammer didn’t have any chemistry – when the Friends producers decided to give Phoebe a psychiatrist boyfriend, Frasier Crane could have saved us from the headache that was Roger. There was a lot of conflict in all the other scenes, and that’s what you always want.”
His reason He was already playing Captain Hook in 2003s Peter Pan, and he didnt want to play another villain in a. “But when we had a test audience come in a couple of days before we were going to shoot the show – sort of a dress rehearsal – it became apparent that the scenes with Frasier and Roz weren’t as strong as the other scenes. He decided he wouldnt take the part, informing his agent to shut it down. “(Kudrow) was fantastic, she did exactly what she did to get the role,” Greenberg said. The late and absent Mahoney and Pierce were the only actors considered for the parts of Niles and Martin, but the role of Roz nearly went to Friends star Lisa Kudrow before Gilpin sealed the deal.
Greenberg and Keenan also revealed other close casting calls - according to them, they auditioned Cynthia Nixon from Sex in the City for the role of Daphne, though Leeves was their first (and best) choice.
