<p><em>Friends</em> is getting a reimagined all-Black cast with actor Gabrielle Union hosting a live table read of an episode from the iconic sitcom on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Sterling K. Brown, Uzo Aduba, Ryan Bathe, Aisha Hinds, Kendrick Sampson and Jeremy Pope will be playing the six lead characters in the re-enactment of the episode titled <em>The One Where No One’s Ready</em> from the third season of the series, that ran from 1994 to 2004.</p>.<p>Salli Richardson-Whitfield is set to direct the hour long virtual read, reported <em>Variety</em>.</p>.<p>Brown will play the Ross, Aduba is Phoebe, Sampson is Joey, Bathe is Rachel, Pope is Chandler and Hinds will essay the role of Monica.</p>.<p>The roles were originally played by David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox.</p>.<p>The live read is a part of the <em>Zoom Where It Happens</em> series, which Tracee Ellis Ross and company started earlier this month with the <em>Golden Girls</em> re-enactment.</p>.<p>This is not the first all-Black <em>Friends</em> reimagination. In 2017, Jay-Z created a <em>Friends</em> remake for his <em>Moonlight</em> music video with Black artists Jerrod Carmichael, Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Tessa Thompson, LaKeith Stanfield and Lil Rel Howery. </p>
<p><em>Friends</em> is getting a reimagined all-Black cast with actor Gabrielle Union hosting a live table read of an episode from the iconic sitcom on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Sterling K. Brown, Uzo Aduba, Ryan Bathe, Aisha Hinds, Kendrick Sampson and Jeremy Pope will be playing the six lead characters in the re-enactment of the episode titled <em>The One Where No One’s Ready</em> from the third season of the series, that ran from 1994 to 2004.</p>.<p>Salli Richardson-Whitfield is set to direct the hour long virtual read, reported <em>Variety</em>.</p>.<p>Brown will play the Ross, Aduba is Phoebe, Sampson is Joey, Bathe is Rachel, Pope is Chandler and Hinds will essay the role of Monica.</p>.<p>The roles were originally played by David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox.</p>.<p>The live read is a part of the <em>Zoom Where It Happens</em> series, which Tracee Ellis Ross and company started earlier this month with the <em>Golden Girls</em> re-enactment.</p>.<p>This is not the first all-Black <em>Friends</em> reimagination. In 2017, Jay-Z created a <em>Friends</em> remake for his <em>Moonlight</em> music video with Black artists Jerrod Carmichael, Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Tessa Thompson, LaKeith Stanfield and Lil Rel Howery. </p>