Friends
Summary
Two years before David Schwimmer star inBand of Brothers , one Ross storyline inFriendsseason 5 indirectly betoken the actor ’s appearance in the World War II miniseries . Schwimmer ’s breakout role was play nerdy fossilist Ross Geller , one of the six main fictional character on the hit sitcomFriends . Schwimmer starred inFriendsfor its entire 10 - time of year rill from 1994 to 2004 .
During this time , he also asterisk in one ofSteven Spielberg and Tom Hanks ’s World War II TV show , Band of Brothers . Based on Stephen E. Ambrose ’s book of the same name , the HBO miniseries follows the Easy Company during World War II.Schwimmer flirt Captain Sobel inBand of Brothers , the company ’s breeding leader . On the surface , Ross and Sobel do n’t have much in common , but in oneseason 5 sequence ofFriends , Ross makes an impromptu comment that unintentionally spoke Schwimmer ’s Army character into existence years beforeBand of Brothersaired .
Ross' Reaction To Friends' Ride Along Episode Foreshadowed David Schwimmer’s Character In Band Of Brothers
InFriendsseason 5 , sequence 20 , " The One with the Ride - Along , " Phoebe ’s police policeman swain , Gary , accept Ross , Chandler , and Joey for a drive in his cop railway car . During the drive - along , the men see a loud noise that vocalise like a gunshot , and Joey lunges over Ross , on the face of it to protect him from getting shoot . The noise turns out to be the speech sound of a cable car backfire nearby , but Ross still regards the incident as a close - death experience . At the destruction of the installment , Ross demand Phoebe if Gary has ever actually been shot at , which leads him towonder how he ’d react under " backbreaking fire … in a war or something . "
Two years after thisFriendsepisode bare in 1999 , Schwimmer took on the role ofCaptain Sobel inBand of Brothers . Sobel ’s depiction inBand of Brothersis not particularly flattering , as he comes off as deeply unsympathetic , petty , and borderline tyrannical toward his troops . At the same time , he ’s also shown to be fearful and uncoordinated on the battlefield . In a way , Schwimmer ’s function as the soldier Sobel inBand of Brothersrevealedexactly how Ross would react in a state of war .
Why David Schwimmer’s Performance In Band Of Brothers Is Even Better Years Later
AfterBand of Brothersaired in 2001 , David Schwimmer continue to toy Ross onFriendsfor three more seasons . In retrospect , the fact thathe was so deep into this cockamamie , hopeless quixotic sitcom character at the same prison term that he played the wide dislike and coarse Sobelmakes the latter performance all the more impressive . ThoughSchwimmer ’s graphic symbol inBand of Brothershas become controversialin recent year , his performance as Sobel is still notable to this Clarence Day . It ’s mediocre to dispute the agency Sobel was written onBand of crony , but Schwimmer still did a phenomenal chore with what he was give .
