On his birthday, Matt LeBlanc, the star destroyed by success and laziness
Friends star Matt LeBlanc celebrates his 54th birthday on July 25 amid last-ditch efforts to regain his lost spark in Friends after this year's series reunion.
The beloved star can only blame himself for not investing his success and development, to end up with the title of a “former” star that many expected him to conquer Hollywood, and several reasons contributed to that sad conclusion that is not worthy of his talent, foremost of which is laziness, lack of adventure and dramatic diversification, in addition to surrender. For family problems and lack of ambition.
Since the end of the series in 2004, Matt LeBlanc has not been able to comprehend his success and develop it, so he fell into a frame or captured the same character Joey to repeat it and burn himself, along with other factors that contributed to his artistic limitations and at least the brakes on his comedic start.
Matt Lee Blanc
To be fair, this was not the fate of all his colleagues in the series, as Jennifer Aniston succeeded completely and became for a long time the highest paid in Hollywood, Matthew Perry participated in several films, Lisa Kudrow achieved medium success, while David Schwimmer participated in his voice in the famous cartoon Madagascar.
The star's main mistake was that he didn't venture enough to break out of the character's cloak, as if he was afraid he wouldn't succeed in anything else.
Matt LeBlanc starred in Joey, but the show was canceled during the second season due to poor ratings, ratings, or ratings, and LeBlanc took a break from acting after that.
After the series ended, it was clear that he was so tired from the role that he had to hide in his house and not answer the phones and offers made to him.
Then he became technically lazy and unbalanced, expressing him by saying, “Years and years, I hardly left the house, I don’t answer the phone and my agent was annoyed, I was calling him and saying please don’t call me for years, it was a very dark time. I almost had a nervous breakdown.”
One of his mistakes was that he waited 12 years to play Joey in Friends without preparing himself for other roles, and when the series ended, he felt lost and felt that he couldn't play another character.
It's true that starting something new is difficult, especially if the actor has been in the role for a long time, but those weren't the only problems Matt LeBlanc faced when Friends and Joey ended their tours. His personal life was also suffering.
His marriage to Melissa McKnight began to fall apart, and while he was trying to save his family, he was devastated by his daughter's serious illness that disrupts the development of the brain, leaving him frustrated and depressed.
Matt LeBlanc with his daughter
The actor may have made a career revival in 2010 after producing the Western movie Jonah Hicks, then playing the same character in the comedy series Episodes he appeared on until 2017. He then co-starred with his girlfriend, co-star Lisa Kudrow on the sitcom Web Therapy and in 2014, starred in The comedy Lovesick. He then returned to television and began hosting the car series Top Gear, from 2016 until 2019. His tenure on the hit British series lasted 24 episodes.
Interestingly, Matt LeBlanc started his career as a model at the age of seventeen, but his short stature prevented him from continuing. Then he entered the field of advertising and presented an advertisement for the sauce that caught his attention, and from there to television before joining the makers of the success of the series Friends.
Friends reunion episode
Interestingly, he recently gave Kunal Nayar some invaluable advice on trying to stay grounded, humble and bear the pressures of fame, success and stardom as one of the most popular TV names, even though he needed someone to give him that advice and stick to it in the long run.
