Acting icon Kathleen Turner has starred alongside Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito and more in her near 40 years in show business, earning herself two Golden Globes and an Academy Award nomination.

But despite roles in the likes of Romancing the Stone and Peggy Sue Got Married, and even after providing the voice for Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, to a younger generation of viewers, she'll always be best known as Chandler Bing's dad Charles on Friends – also known as Helena Handbasket, the star of an all-male burlesque show called Viva Las Gaygas.

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So, when Kathleen Turner dropped by Sunday Brunch, of all places, to discuss her new West End show today (April 8), of course hosts Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer had to ask about her guest stint on Friends and how it came about.

"It really is one of the silliest things I've ever done," she said of the part.

"I was touring a one-woman show based on Tallulah Bankhead, and David Crane, who is one of the creators of Friends, came up to see the show and he came back and he asked me if I would consider playing Chandler's father.

"And I thought, 'Well, a woman playing a man playing a woman... I haven't done that yet. Why not?'"

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But the best news to come out of the chat by far came when Tim asked if it's true Matthew Perry still calls Kathleen 'dad'.

"Yes, he does," she confirmed.

The talk turned around to the popular US sitcom as the guests discussed how watching films and TV shows have changed with the rise of streaming services, with Kathleen noting that "a lot of [her old projects] are having a resurgence".

Earlier this year, Kathleen revealed that she doesn't think Friends has aged well after its return to streaming services prompted newer audiences to level it with more criticism.

"I don't think it's aged well. It was a 30-minute sitcom. It became a phenomenon, but no one ever took it seriously as a social comment," Kathleen explained.

Friends is available to stream on Netflix now, while Sunday Brunch continues next Sunday (April 15) at 9.30am on Channel 4.

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