Friends stars get the AI treatment as they’re transformed into toddlers

Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer with the AI portraits of Ross and Rachel as toddlers.
The stars of Friends have been reimagined with the use of AI (Picture: NBC; Luca Allievi/SWNS)

The stars of Friends have been given a makeover by artists using artificial intelligence to turn them into toddlers.

The beloved American television sitcom ran from ten seasons from 1994 until 2004, making household names of actors like Jennifer Aniston.

But now a couple with a bit of spare time on their hands have reimagined how the lead characters might have looked in their younger years.

Husband and wife Luca and Anna Allievi, both 33, recreated Rachel, Ross, Chandler, Monica, Joey and Phoebe from the sitcom ‘for fun’ while their young daughter was sleeping.

The images quickly took off on social media and it’s not hard to see why.

Looking eerily like the real Rachel, the toddler sports the same honey blonde hair as the star and exact same eye colour.

An AI generated image of Jennifer Aniston as a toddler.
This is how the artists imagined a young Rachel might have looked like (Picture: Luca Allievi / SWNS)
An AI generated image of David Schwimmer as a toddler.
Ross doesn’t look too far off his adult self (Picture: Luca Allievi / SWNS)

Meanwhile toddler Ross is seen rocking a three-piece suit and tie, not far off the usual get-ups we saw David Schwimmer wear as the paleontologist on the series.

His sister Monica, who was played by Courteney Cox, was looking a bit goth-like, wearing a black hoodie jumper.

An AI generated image of Courteney Cox as a toddler.
Monica is looking a bit gloomy compared to the character we know (Picture: Luca Allievi / SWNS)
An AI generated image of Matthew Perry as a toddler.
Chandler looks ready to head into the office (Picture: Luca Allievi / SWNS)

Matthew Perry’s character Chandler Bing was also wearing a black suit, with a stylish hairdo.

Not unlike the grown-up version we saw on screen, toddler Phoebe appeared to be a bit free-spirited with long wavy hair and was dressed in bright colours.

An AI generated image of Lisa Kudrow as a toddler.
Is Phoebe getting ready to test her songwriting abilities? (Picture: Luca Allievi / SWNS)
An AI generated image of Matt Leblanc as a toddler.
Ladies man Joey is a pretty cute kid (Picture: Luca Allievi / SWNS)

But the similarities appeared to be most stark between little Joey and the character we came to know and love, who was played by Matt LeBlanc.

While he might be a bit too young to chat up the ladies and dish out his famous pick-up line ‘how you doin’, the toddler looked suave with a sly smile to indicate he knows he’s a bit cute.

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Although the cast of Friends were seen as huge trendsetters in their heyday, Jennifer once admitted she actually hated her famous haircut.

Friends ran for 10 seasons.
Friends ran for ten seasons after first hitting screens in 1994 (Picture: Channel 4)

For decades, it’s been understood she didn’t like the hairstyle, previously stating: ‘I was totally left with this frizzy mop on my head, because I had no idea how to do what he did.’

But earlier this year Jennifer clarified that she was initially fond of her transformation, as it was unlike anything she’d ever tried before.

During an interview, for Entertainment Tonight, the actress said she ‘really did enjoy it when it first happened’.

‘I was like, “That’s really different from what I’ve ever had before.’ It lasted for about six months.’

However, in the end, she couldn’t deal with maintaining the hairstyle and she ‘just started growing it out’.

Friends is streaming on Netflix.

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