Gabrielle Union, Sterling K. Brown, And More To Lead All-Black ‘Friends’ Reimagining
Friends is getting a bit of a makeover. Per E! News, To promote the nonprofit organization When We All Vote, Gabrielle Union will host an all-Black table read of an episode of the hit show.
According to the outlet, “When We All Vote is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to changing the culture around voting by bringing citizens, institutions, brands, and organizations together to increase election participation.”
The cast lined up for the event will be Sterling K. Brown, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Uzo Aduba, Aisha Hinds, Kendrick Sampson, and Jeremy Pope. Brown and Bathe will play Ross and Rachel, Aduba will play Phoebe, Hinds will play Monica, Sampson will play Joey, and Pope will play Chandler.
The event will be part of Zoom’s Zoom Where It Happens, which recently did an all-Black cast reading of The Golden Girls.
The Friends event will be on the Zoom Where It Happens website tonight, beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
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