Susan Sarandon appeared on Friends as an actress from the show that Joey was working on. Her character was going to be cut from the show and have her brain transplanted into the body of Joey’s character. Sarandon was known for being really good at slapping people across their faces, and Joey was supposed to learn to do the same thing. The girl that was slapped by Sarandon was Eva Amurri, an actress who happens to be her actual daughter.
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