Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano knew they had an unspoken bond when they worked on Netflix together Not a good deed.

The two actors and sitcom legends of the 90s play married couple Lydia and Paul Morgan in the new series, which will be released on Netflix on December 12th. Kudrow, 61, and Romano, 66, talk to PEOPLE about their time together on set in this week’s issue. say they met over their time working on two popular sitcoms, Friends And Everyone loves Raymondin the 90s and early 2000s.

“It was definitely something we could talk about. We had a lot of downtime. And we exchanged stories and compared,” Romano tells PEOPLE.

Kudrow notes that she was “curious” to ask Romano questions about his experiences during that time, and she remembers telling him, “I know what our set was like, what was (yours) like?”

Not only did the duo appear on sitcoms around the same time, but Romano points out that their “sets were also close together.”

“We were on the same property,” Kudrow clarifies. “They were on the stage we had in the first season.”

Overall, the two say memories of their sitcom days really bonded them while filming the new project.

“That was fun,” says Romano. “It was a cool feeling, all the things you said without admitting it. We didn’t admit to each other, ‘I’m a big sitcom star and you’re a big sitcom star,’ but we understood that that was nice and unique and cool.”

“A shared history,” affirms Kudrow.

Everyone loves Raymond ran for nine seasons from 1996 to 2005 on CBS. Romano played the sitcom’s title character, Raymond Barone, an Italian sports columnist who lives across the street on Long Island with his wife (Patricia Heaton), three children and pushy parents.

In the meantime, Friends aired on NBC for ten seasons from 1994 to 2004. The series revolved around six friends living in New York City and Kudrow played the quirky but lovable Phoebe Buffay alongside her co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer.

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Since they had so much in common at this point in their careers, it was no surprise that Kudrow and Romano hit it off right away Not a good deed.

“(It) was just there,” Kudrow tells PEOPLE, and Romano adds, “You get lucky, and as two actors, sometimes you just have that chemistry. And I think we had it right away.”

The collaboration also turned out to be a dream gig for both actors.

“Lisa hadn’t been cast yet when I signed on, and I was drawn to the film because the script was great and the people involved were great,” explains Romano. “And when they told me Lisa was on board, I just got scared because I’m unsure. But then everything worked out.”

Kudrow adds, “I knew my husband would be Ray Romano, and I always wanted to work with Ray, but I just didn’t think it would ever happen. So it was like, well, this is kind of like a dream.” Oh my God, I also knew there was no way to say no.

Not a good deedpremiering on Netflix on December 12, follows Lydia and Paul von Kudrow and Romano as they “decide to leave their empty nest to forge a new life” and put their longtime home on the market, one says Table of contents.

“Several families are vying to buy what they believe is their dream home, believing it will solve all of their very different problems. But as Lydia and Paul know all too well, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a real nightmare.” The logline continues. “As they struggle to hide the dark and dangerous secrets that lurk in their longtime home, Paul and Lydia slowly realize that the only way to escape the past is to finally face it.”

Even though they took it over Not a good deed Kudrow hopes that she has convinced Romano to revisit their beginnings later.

“I kept saying to Ray, ‘Let’s do a sitcom. Come on. Rehearse all week and then shoot. “Let’s do this,'” she recalls of their on-set conversations, but notes, “I think I’ve forgotten what that was. “The beginning of one of these shows was hard work.”

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Not a good deed is now streaming on Netflix.