EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Kudrow has returned to our screens for the third and final season of The Comeback.
Lisa Kudrow’s co-star has opened up about working with the actress(Image: GETTY)
The Comeback co-creator has opened up on working with Lisa Kudrow as HBO Max finally arrives in the UK.
From Succession and Euphoria, to Game of Thrones and The Sopranos, HBO Max is home to some of the biggest global hits with new series continuing to be added.
One of which is the third and final season of The Comeback which revolves around the turbulent career of sitcom star Valerie Cherish (played by Lisa Kudrow).
12 years after series two, Valerie takes on a new sitcom written by AI in a bid to try and salvage her dwindling career but it’s not exactly plain sailing.
Of course, Kudrow is famed for portraying Phoebe Buffay in the unforgettable 1990s comedy Friends but The Comeback’s co-creator Michael Patrick King insists she’s “a lot more than Phoebe”.
Opening up to Reach Plc, King, who is best known for directing Sex And The City, shared: “First of all, the thing I really want to say about Lisa Kudrow is she’s a brilliant writer.
“You know she’s a brilliant actress. All you have to do is look at the contrast between Phoebe and Valerie and you can see her amazing range.
“She’s a very, very, very good writer. She has a scientific mind. She has a degree from Vassar [College] in biology.
“So she’s a lot more than Phoebe. And what’s great about working with her is she’s smart and hilarious and discerning. Very, very discerning.”
Kudrow recently spoke to CBS Sunday Morning about the reason why she’s still happy to be known for Friends, despite the show ending in 2004.
She said: “I never went through that period of ‘no I don’t want to talk about Friends. I have to move on, I want to play other characters and no, you have to know me from -’.
“No, no, that’s fine. Because Friends gave me everything.
“It just did. And I loved being Phoebe. I loved the whole experience and I don’t need to move away from it.
“I had done independent films and played different characters and, whether you’ve seen it or not, that’s fine.
“And it’s fine if all you know I’ve ever done with Friends, how could I not be OK with that?”
The Comeback is available to watch on HBO Max