Lesser-known facts about Rachel Greene

Jennifer Aniston won the hearts of millions as the character Rachel in Friends. Rachel Karen Greene was born to wealthy parents and was once a spoiled princess. To add to it, she had two other spoiled sisters. All the Friends fans would already know Rachel’s friendship with Monica that started at age six, and soon she is introduced to another major character of the show, Monica’s elder brother, Ross, who had a crush on Rachel. Staying true to her spoiled princess background, Rachel was also a bully to innocent classmates in high school. But after ‘the running away from the wedding’ incident, Rachel reunites with Monica. Her father cuts off her financial ties, because of which Rachel has to work as a waitress. From then on she changes from the spoiled princess and becomes the relatable princess we all know.

There are still more facts about Rachel that not even die hard fans may not know, and here we try to pick 7 of the best unknown Rachel Green facts...

Rachel Greene is the correct Greene.

Yes, you read that right. The correct spelling for Rachel’s last name is ‘Greene’. While the spelling is not explicitly mentioned in any episodes, it can be noticed mainly in three episodes of the series, namely "The One With The Invitation" (S4E21) during Rachel's invite to Ross' wedding, "The One Where Rachel Has A Baby, Part 2" (S8Е24), on the label of Emma's cradle, and in "The One With Phoebe's Rats" (S9E12) on Rachel's office door nameplate at Ralph Lauren.

Rachel’s favourite movie is Weekend At Bernie's

Rachel claims her favorite movie is Dangerous Liaisons and that one definitely goes with her image more than her actual favorite movie does. But in actuality, her favourite movie is Weekend at Bernie’s. In the contest that Ross created as a bet between Monica and Rachel, and Joey and Chandler in "The One With The Embryos", there is the question Rachel claims this is her favorite movie. But actually, it is Weekend At Bernie's.

Rachel’s favourite book is Little Women

It is understandable why Rachel likes this book on family drama and social pressures. She herself has faced many, from divorced parents to fighting with her sisters and not deciding to marry Barry. It is in season 3, episode 13, that we discover Rachel's favorite read is Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. She admits that Little Women is the only book she's ever read more than one time. In the same episode we understand Joey's favorite book is The Shining by Stephen King.

Rachel Greene is Jewish

Another Rachel Greene secret that's not explicitly seen in any episodes, is that she calls her grandmother ‘Bubbe’ and her fiance, Barry, was a Jewish Doctor. Moreover, if we observe closely, Rachel does have the 90s stereotype Jewish American Princess style - she was born to rich parents, reliant on her father and did not like to work. Her best friend is also of Jewish descent. Most importantly, in an interview with Telegraph (UK), Marta Kauffman (also a Jewish), one of the show's creators, confirmed that Rachel Green is in fact Jewish.

Rachel loves tarantulas

We know that Rachel is not the bravest of the bunch. And she has been scared by little things at multiple instances, but one thing that Rachel is not afraid of is Tarantulas. In season 7, episode 10 when Phoebe gifts Joey a drum set and a tarantula in hopes of Rachel coming back to her. But the plan backfires when Rachel says that not only she enjoys the drums but also loves the tarantula as her father had one when she was a child and her cat ate it.

Rachel had four jobs throughout the series

The spoiled princess had to keep up with the fast moving world when her father cut off all financial relations with her. Thus, she started her career as a waitress at Central Perk Cafe, where all of her friends hung out. Due to her ambition, Rachel soon landed a job as an assistant at a company called Fortunata Fashion and then as an assistant buyer at Bloomingdale's. In the end, she finally landed her dream job as an executive at Ralph Lauren.

Rachel and Joshua dated in real life too

One of the cringiest parts of the series would be Rachel and Joshua’s relationship. In real life, it was much worse for both of them. Tate Donovan, who played Joshua, and Jennifer Aniston, were breaking up in real life after two years together. Donovan withdrew from the series after only six episodes citing that it was just too tough for him and Aniston to act like they were falling in love when in reality they were breaking up.