Friends director James Burrows found Helen Baxendale, who acted as Ross Geller's wife, lack chemistry compared to Jennifer Aniston

Friends director James Burrows found Helen Baxendale, who acted as Ross Geller's wife, lack chemistry compared to Jennifer Aniston.

He wrote in his memoir, “She was nice, but not particularly funny”.

There was no chemistry between Helen's character and Schwimmer's character compared to chemistry between Jennifer's character Rachel and Schwimmer's character.

James added, "In sitcoms and any type of romantic comedy, the funny is just as important as the chemistry. We discovered that any new girlfriend for Ross needed to be as funny as Rachel.”