The Friends star was then hit with a “brutal decision” when his agent told him he’d been offered a role in Barry Sonnenfeld and Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi film Men in Black, which would eventually star Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in the role originally offered to Schwimmer.

David Schwimmer explained why he turned down a lead role in 'Men in Black,' admitting that being in that blockbuster 'would have made me, I think, a movie star.'

David Schwimmer has appeared in some unforgettable projects over the years, but there was one film role that he admitted could have made him an even bigger name. In the mid-1990s, the Friends star was offered to star in the new sci-fi action comedy Men in Black,