Matt LeBlanc's Days of Our Lives Character in Friends Was Named After Late Soap Star Drake Hogestyn

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Matt LeBlanc's Days of Our Lives Character in Friends Was Named After Late Soap Star Drake Hogestyn

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Late soap opera star Drake Hogestyn had such an iconic on-screen presence that he was parodied on Friends. In the hit NBC comedy show, which follows a group of six friends as they navigate their lives in New York City, Matt LeBlanc portrayed aspiring actor Joey Tribbiani, who rose to fame for his role in the fictional show-within-a-show take on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Hogestyn — who died at age 70 on Saturday, Sept.
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