Sam Esmail has revealed why ‘Friends’ was crucial to include in ‘Leave The World Behind’
Friends was the perfect escape mechanism in his new Netflix movie, Leave The World Behind.The disaster movie, which stars Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali, features a character called Rose, who is clearly attached to the beloved 1990s sitcom.When a widespread internet outage occurs and Rose can’t watch the series finale, which was originally watched by 52.million American viewers, she is left without her, and many others’ comfort show.In a recent interview with Collider, Esmail shared how he was set on Friends being Rose’s obsession, and an occurring theme throughout the movie.“There was a big conversation that we had for a long time, and you could run through all the sitcoms that are these classics that could potentially work but none of them really had that theme song that was so iconic,” he explained.He continued: “And, I have to stress this, the lyrics of that song were so perfect for how the film ends.