DAVID SCHWIMMER - SCHWIMMER THREATENED TO LEAVE LONDON SHOW

Former FRIENDS star DAVID SCHWIMMER threatened to storm off stage on the opening night of his London play SOME GIRL(S) - because he spotted a paparazzo photographing him during a semi-naked scene.

Schwimmer complains the snapper ruined his West End debut in NEIL LaBUTE's play, by taking non-stop pictures from in the stalls of the Gielgud Theatre in a sequence which involved the 38-year-old stripping down to his underwear.

He says, "I was the only person who saw him and because I am on stage all the time I couldn't tell anyone, but I was willing to walk off."

When asked if he thought the photographer had purposely come to catch him in his boxer shorts, he replied, "I don't know, but if he did, he needed a giant lens."