--- title: Friends: Cole Sprouse Now on Jennifer Aniston Crush description: Cole Sprouse — who played Ross Geller's son Ben in Friends — revealed he had a crush on Jennifer Aniston throughout his time on the show. canonical: https://time.com/4705408/friends-ben-now/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-17T19:25:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:00.845Z og:title: Ben From Friends Had a Serious Crush on Jennifer Aniston og:description: "I'd get all bubbly and forget my lines and completely blank" og:url: https://time.com/4705408/friends-ben-now/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda3a286521049b1a/6988becc0b72e3d55e6ecfe6/cole-sprouse-friends.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Friends og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ben From Friends Had a Serious Crush on Jennifer Aniston twitter:description: "I'd get all bubbly and forget my lines and completely blank" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda3a286521049b1a/6988becc0b72e3d55e6ecfe6/cole-sprouse-friends.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ben From _Friends_ Just Revealed His Celebrity Crush Was Definitely Jennifer Aniston  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 17, 2017 7:25 PM UTC  Cole Sprouse as Ben Geller and Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green in Friends Cole Sprouse as Ben Geller and Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green in FriendsNBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 17, 2017 7:25 PM UTC As if [Ross and Rachel](http://time.com/4216658/valentines-day-tv-couples-compatible/) didn’t have enough romantic obstacles to overcome in [_Friends_](http://time.com/4385256/friends-reunion-will-never-happen/), it turns out Ross’ son was seriously crushing on his dad’s [on-again-off-again girlfriend](http://time.com/4465225/drake-rihanna-relationship/) all along. Cole Sprouse — who, along with his twin brother Dylan, played Ben Geller — recently told the [_New York_ ](http://nypost.com/2017/03/08/riverdale-actor-crushed-on-jennifer-aniston-as-kid-star-on-friends/)[_Post_](http://nypost.com/2017/03/08/riverdale-actor-crushed-on-jennifer-aniston-as-kid-star-on-friends/)that he found it difficult to act in scenes involving Rachel because he was so enamored with Jennifer Aniston. “I had a really, really hard time working with Aniston because I was so in love with her,” he said. “I was infatuated. I was speechless — I’d get all bubbly and forget my lines and completely blank…It was so difficult.” We can only hope that Ben was able to outgrow these feelings after Rachel got off the plane. 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