Hallmark and "Days of Our Lives" Star Alison Sweeney Is Forever a Friend of "Friends"

amp8220Iamp8217d been at Days for many years by that pointamp8221 she continued amp160amp8220We at Days were so excited when Joey got the storyline that he was on the show amp160It was just so fun for us and we39d always watch Friends speculating what theyamp8217d do next amp160They actually wrote some stuff that was parallel to what some of our actors were doingamp160 There was a Jim Reilly reference in thereamp160 He wrote Days of Our Lives for many years so we always loved the ideaamp8221According to Sweeny her audition was easy amp160amp8220Well it was basically me being meamp8221 she laughed amp160But getting the call to be a part of one of the biggest sitcoms at the time was another story amp160amp8220It really was just an honor to be included and be a part of something so huge in our popular culture then and nowamp8221 she saidamp160 amp8220To get that call to do the show and play a soap opera diva was so fun amp8230 and what an opportunityamp160 It was really exciting and completely different from anything I had done amp160You kind of get used to what you do so I walked onto that set thinking it was all versions of the same thing but it wasn39t at all amp160I39d done some sitcom work when I was very young but it was a quick wakeup call to how things were done and how particular they were about every single word amp160I vividly remember the script supervisor prompting me on every detailamp160 I realized very quickly that comedy hinges on every single beatamp8221Sweeney also told me that being able to sit on the set and watch the writers try out jokes and make people laugh during rehearsals is one of her favorite memories of the experienceamp160 amp8220Just how precise and good they were at their jobs at being funny and making those jokes work the whole medium fascinated meamp8221 she saidamp160 Sweeney is pictured above left with McKenzie Westmore who appeared in the episode as a presenter at the Soapy Awardsamp160 Westmore would later host Syfy39s longrunningamp160Face OffBefore officially becoming a friend of Friends Sweeney already had a connection to the beloved sitcom via her Days costar John Aniston who plays ruthless businessman Victor Kiriakis amp160amp8220I did have a connection to Jennifer knowing her dadamp8221 she shared amp160amp8220Jen and I talked about that a little bit amp160Her dad is such a lovely guy and a fun person to work with with such a dry sense of humor amp160That was another fun thing about doing Friends making that connectionamp8221For the actress Jessica Ashley is a role sheamp8217s happy to be reminded of with every rerun quotPeople tweet me all the time whenever the rerun is on or theyamp8217re watching it on Netflixamp8221 she laughed amp160quotI do get that a lot amp160It39s hilarious because people are always like amp8216Wait a second why was your hair red for that roleamp8217amp8220The interesting thing about being on a show like Days for many years is you go through all of those young adult moments like wanting to change your hairamp8221 she recalled amp160amp8220So those things get reflected on television and for sure you see yourself growing up amp160Yes I was a redhead for about two years and I loved it but it was just hard to keep the red hair upamp8221Sweeney has her personal favorite Friends episode the one with Susan Sarandon as Days star Jessica Lockhart The One with Joeyamp8217s New Brain and if you were wondering whatever happened to that Soapy Award she can answer that too amp160amp8220I did not get to keep the award after all thatamp8221 she laughed amp160amp8220That was a heartbreaker but the memories of it were worth it amp160It was just fun and very much a wonderful learning experience and I39m now forever a friend of Friendsamp8221Click the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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