Matt LeBlanc | WHAT A RACKET! Says LeBlanc, ''I wish a hit TV show on everyone I care about, because it's just too good to be true''
Image credit: Matt LeBlanc Photograph by Robert Trachtenberg
WHAT A RACKET! Says LeBlanc, ''I wish a hit TV show on everyone I care about, because it's just too good to be true''

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Filling in LeBlanc

Exclusive photos of Matt LeBlanc -- Plus, the ''Friends'' star tells who he's rooting for in the Rachel love triangle and more, in an excerpt from the May 3, 2002, cover story of Entertainment Weekly magazine

This was the year for Matt LeBlanc to shine on ''Friends.'' But was it a bit frustrating having to wait so long for a juicy arc like the Joey-Rachel-Ross love triangle?
No. I'm perfectly content to be just a part of the group, in the background, come in with the big funny, support the stories.... This thing with Rachel was just -- I mean, it threw a ripple down the core of the show because it was really risky: ''What do you mean he's in love with Rachel? Hey, whoa. Wait a minute. That's inappropriate behavior, Joe. Put your d--- away.''... That story line enabled me to show this new dimension of Joey that I was really reluctant to show.

Why were you reluctant?
Because I'm his biggest fan. I feel like I have his back, you know what I mean? To see him sad and get his heart broken, I don't want to do that. I reluctantly went out on stage and did my job those nights.

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