Baby Ben and Jen way back when (Picture: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

One of the actors who played Ben in hit show Friends has admitted he found it hard to work with Jennifer Aniston – because he was so in love with her!

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Cole Sprouse, AKA one of the Sprouse twins, played the baby Gellar back in the Nineties and Noughties.

But, since growing up (#ChildProblems), Cole has reflected on his time working with one of the most famous actresses in the world when he was just eight years old.

The now 24-year-old told the New York Post: ‘I had a really, really hard time working with Aniston because I was so in love with her. I was infatuated.


Ben and screen dad Ross played by David Schwimmer (Picture: Warner Bros. Television)

‘I was speechless — I’d get all bubbly and forget my lines and completely blank … It was so difficult.’



Well, that could be a problem if you’re an actor.

But back then baby Ben had no idea just how popular the sitcom was.

He said: ‘The scale was just tremendous and you felt it when you stepped on set, even as a kid. It was challenging because I was a small kid who was working with these sort of megalithic actors at the time.

‘It was quite intimidating. But it was a really wonderful experience. They were all tremendously nice.’

And does he still get recognised? Yup.

He said: ‘Yeah, actually. Because Friends is on Netflix, there’s a renewed interest from that. Having responded to a Disney show for such a long time, people can call me ‘Ben’ on the street and I will turn around.

Cole looks a lil different now (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The CW)

‘It’s a funny little process.’

The twin, who starred in Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack and Cody with brother Dylan, went on to study at New York University.

But the pair said they hope to carry on acting after. Friends spin-off called What happened to Ben? We’ve called it.

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