Nancy McKeon executives for the title role in the TV sitcom adaptation of the 1988 film "Working Girl"; the role, played by Melanie Griffith in the movie, instead went to then unknown Sandra Bullock for the TV series. In 1994, both McKeon and Courteney Cox auditioned for the role of Monica Geller on "Friends." The role went to the latter. When asked in interviews about the auditions, McKeon said, "I have no hard feelings. The role went to the right person. Courteney was brilliant. Now, I can't see anybody playing the role, not even myself." In 1995, she starred in her own
Uri Geller the 2001 horror film "Sanitarium", directed by Johannes Roberts and James Eaves. In May 2002, he appeared as a contestant on the first series of the British reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!", where he was the first to be eliminated and finished in last place. In 2005, Geller starred in "Uri's Haunted Cities: Venice", a XI Pictures/Lion TV production for Sky One, which led to a behind the scenes release in early 2008 called "Cursed"; both productions were directed by Jason Figgis. In early 2007, Geller hosted a reality show in Israel called "The Successor"