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^{Poor
Jennifer Aniston. She's doing a round of interviews to promote her
starring role in the new film "The Good Girl", but the only thing
reporters want to talk about is her TV show, "Friends". She could
hardly blame us, though. NBC execs have left the door wide open for
the hit sitcom to continue after its upcoming ninth season, and even
she isn't quite willing to slam it shut. "I think they're
allowed to think that [it could go on], because God knows, actors
are fickle," she tells TV Guide Online. "But I'm pretty
sure it is [the last year]."}

^{With
that out of the way, we gave Aniston a break and turned our
attention to the day's real order of business: Which of Rachel's guy
pals does she think her character should end up with — Ross or
Joey? "I really have no idea," the Emmy nominee insists,
then offers this outcome with a laugh: "Chandler!"}

^{All
right, we can take a hint — Aniston has had enough Friend-ly
small talk. We understand. She worked hard on The Good Girl, and
it shows. Already, her performance as a woebegone small-town
cashier stuck in a dead-end marriage has critics dancing in
cineplex aisles. Finally, many suggest, she may have hit upon the
vehicle that will turn her from a small-screen celebrity into a
big-screen big deal. For her part, she certainly hopes so.}

^{"I
get the sense that something's happening, but you never know what
that is," says the leading lady of such middling movies as
"The
Object of My Affection", "Office Spac"e and last year's
"Rock Star".
"But I'm [still] just thankful to get a job. I'm not at a point
where I can just wave my hand and get one."}

^{In
fact, Mrs. Brad Pitt had to fight to get cast in "The Good Girl". She
"wasn't the first person to come to mind" to play
downtrodden heroine Justine Last, admits screenwriter Mike White
(Chuck & Buck). "But who wouldn't want to see America's
sweetheart get blackmailed for sex and cheat on her boyfriend? It
just felt like a fresher choice."}

^{Tired
of playing variations on Rachel, Aniston says that accepting the job
once it was offered was a no-brainer. "I was frustrated and
feeling a bit stuck as an actor. I kind of put it out there in my
mind that I really wanted — I needed — to do something
[different]. If I wanted to do this for a long time — which is
what I'm hoping to do — I can't be put up on a shelf with a label
on my head. I needed to prove to myself that I could do something
other than sell coffee at a coffee shop.}

^{"This
is what is exciting for me, to get to do something like this and see
if it's possible," continues the leading lady, who'll be seen
next as Jim Carrey's significant other in Bruce Almighty.
"Otherwise, I'll just do another television show."}

^{Aniston
in another TV show?! Stop the presses — she can't drop a bombshell
like that and not expect to get asked at least one more Friends
question: Should she one day headline her own series, is it safe to
say that it wouldn't be a Friends spin-off? "That is safe to
say," she replies, smiling graciously. "Or the movie in 20
years. That won't happen."}

^{— Michael Ausiello}

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