Jennifer Aniston was once tipped to star in iconic drama series - and it's the ... trends now
Jennifer Aniston is best known for her role as Rachel Green in the wildly successful sitcom Friends - but she could have starred in another legendary TV series.
The actress, 55, was once in consideration to join the cast of gritty crime drama, NCIS.
Aniston has been rumored for years to have been interested in joining the cast of the show and the creators behind the hit series shed light on how the star came into casting consideration during a chat with The Hollywood Reporter.
Executive producer Charles Floyd Johnson recalled how Aniston's name was 'floated' during discussion.
'I think Jennifer Aniston was available at the time, and her name was floated,' he remarked.
Jennifer Aniston is best known for her role as Rachel Green in the wildly successful sitcom Friends - but she could have starred in another legendary TV series
NCIS, starring Marc Harmon, has been on the air since 2003 and spawned numerous spin-offs
NCIS creator Donald P. Bellisario, however, didn't specifically recall Johnson's anecdote, but believes it could have happened.
'I don’t remember ever offering it to Jennifer Aniston. Jennifer Aniston could very well have been a name that we discussed,' he said.
The executives never clarified what role exactly Aniston may have been up for, but her name came up after they described Sasha Alexander joining the show as Caitlin Todd.
Initially, Blake Lively's older sister Robyn Lively was in the two-episode pilot before Sasha later joined.
'Sasha Alexander wasn’t in the two-episode pilot. It was an actress by the name of Robyn Lively [who is Blake Lively’s older half-sister],' Johnson said.
'They liked her, but they didn’t think she quite worked. And so when the series got picked up, CBS said, “We’d rather move on.”
