In 2004 Star Magazine predicted what the cast of Friends would look like 20 years later
The May 2004 issue of Star magazine used “computer magic” to boldly predict how the cast of Friends would look like twenty years later. Their predictions, unlike the cast, haven’t aged well…
Star Magazine, May 2004 pic.twitter.com/JR9EgJEk7j
— popculturediedin2009 (@pcd2009) July 17, 2017
Let’s take a closer look at the computer magic that “nailed it”.
But what about Janice?
Janice…. pic.twitter.com/O0hOgXJEpu
— Rich (@rabsci) July 18, 2017
Perhaps it was the inspiration behind this classic bit of internet meme-ness:
Maybe we were too quick to take the piss – if you run the pics through Microsoft’s How Old Do I Look? the results are not that far off – in real life Matthew Perry is 47, Matt LeBlanc is 46 and Jennifer Aniston is 48.