It turns out that in the early days of The award -winning series "Modern Family", When it comes to casting daddy, Phil Danfi, the Starwear "Friends" Matt LeBlanc was considered the role before leaving for Tie Burel. In an interview with USA todayThe man who turned the simple question about "how you doing"? In the legendary line he revealed that he was approaching the ridicule, but could not connect to the head of the Danfi household.

"I remember reading him thinking, this is a really good scenario, (but) I'm not the guy for this," Leblank recalls. The part, if he took it, would mark a second "married ... with children" with a meeting for TheVista and saw him sharing the screen with Ed O'Neal. The two have not appeared together since 1991, when LeBlanc debuted as Vinnie Verduci, Kelly Bundy's boyfriend (Christina Applgate, who made multiple performances in "Friends" as Rachel's sister, Amy), daughter of Al Bandi (O'Neill). It was before the Leblank image appeared Two short-lived spin-off shows, "Top of the heap" and "Winnie and Bobby".

In the case of the "modern family", LeBlanc believed that someone else was better suited for the role. "I would do the project injustice to use this. I know what I can do, I know what I can't do. Plus, I have too much fun lying on the couch." However, even after the show has passed, LeBlanc still influenced the series when the cast came out of releases with which the Starwear "Friends" was too familiar.

Although he may not provide a role in the "modern family", he supported the co-stars that never had when it came to contract problems. In 2012, some acting members sued 20th century fox television over wage disputes Before the production of the fourth season begins. During this process, Esses Tyler Ferguson, who played Mitchell in the show, turned to LeBlanc for advice after he, along with his co-stars of "friends", negotiated A deal that earned them $ 1 million per episode in the last two seasons.

LeBlanc told Ferguson: "You have to go out, or they will not take you seriously," Leblank recalls. "If you stick together, you have power." The words of the wisdom of the Starvala of "Friends" were paid by the cast, which led to the conclusion and the show continued until the 11th season, another of the "friends" when it ended in 2004. However, when LeBlanc found out what happened, he took the chance to make the event light: "I said, 'hey, hey, i killed him as a mitch today at the table, thanks to the possibility!