Jennifer Aniston wants to revisit ‘Horrible Bosses’ role: ‘We need comedy’

Move over, Rachel Green — Jennifer Aniston is looking to revisit a different comedic role from her past.

While looking back on her extensive filmography with PEOPLE, the Friends alum revealed the project that she would love to revive for a future iteration.

“Oh my God, this literally came up the other day,” the actress began, before offering her answer: “Horrible Bosses.”

The 2011 comedy saw Aniston share the screen with her longtime friend and frequent collaborator Jason Bateman, in addition to a star-studded cast that included Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Donald Sutherland, and Jonathan Francis Daley. The film — and its 2014 sequel — follow a group of friends who conspire to murder their abusive bosses.

“Jason Bateman and I were talking about that, and Charlie Day has been talking about it a lot too,” Aniston continued. “So that’s something that we think would be super fun.”

She added, “The characters are hilarious, and we need comedy. I personally think comedy is a necessity. That’s one that we would have a really fun time, I think, seeing where those crazy cats are today.”

The film showed off Aniston’s unhinged side as Dr. Julia Harris, one of the titular horrible bosses. The actress is a veteran of the comedy genre. After rising to fame for her role as Rachel on Friends, she went on to star in a string of rom-coms and adult comedies such Office Space, Rumor Has It, The Break-Up, Just Go With It, We’re the Millers, and both Horrible Bosses films.

She most recently starred in and produced Murder Mystery and its sequel for Netflix with costar Adam Sandler.

A longtime champion of the genre, Aniston previously extolled the importance of comedy while discussing the legacy of Friends with AFP in 2023. 

“Comedy has evolved, movies have evolved. Now it’s a little tricky because you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians. Because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves, make fun of life,” she said. “There’s a whole generation of people, kids, who are now going back to episodes of Friends and find them offensive.” 

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Noting that such “sensitivity” may be limiting the amount of comedies being produced, she added, “Everybody needs funny! The world needs humor! We can’t take ourselves too seriously. Especially in the United States. Everyone is far too divided.”