
'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Ray Romano shared costar Peter Boyle was the reason the show survived
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Ray Romano recently spoke about his relationship with "Everybody Loves Raymond" costar, Peter Boyle, and how lucky he was to work with him on the show.
He credits costar Peter Boyle, who played his cantankerous father Frank Barone on the show, with helping the show become what it was. He explained Boyle was "one of the main reasons it worked" in his opinion, because he helped Romano "feel accepted and comfortable." Lori Bashian is an entertainment production assistant for Fox News Digital.
"He wasn’t supposed to read. We were just supposed to have a meeting with him," Romano told the outlet. "But he offered to read. And in his defense, it was a rough day for him. We really couldn’t gauge whether he was getting the comedy of it, and we still said, "It’s Peter Boyle, let’s just go with the best actor in the room."