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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Olivia Petter

Voices: We should be ashamed of ourselves for casting Jennifer Aniston into a role she never wanted

For a long time, one of Hollywood’s most pressing questions was why Jennifer Aniston didn’t have children. It was right up there with why they ever did a second Sex and the City film and how Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriends always seemed to stay 25.

Nobody could work it out: after all, the Friends star was America’s sweetheart. She had great hair, a flourishing acting career, and, for a while, an equally famous husband in the form of Brad Pitt. All she needed to achieve certification, according to society’s Good Woman Handbook, was a child – ideally several.

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