The Vanishing sees Friends star David Schwimmer investigating the disappearance of four teenagers, including his brother

The one thing David Schwimmer found that was not scary about his new series “Goosebumps: The Vanishing” was having to work with a lot of special effects. He felt that way despite never having to deal with green screens or playing to creatures not in the scene during his long run on “Friends.

I’m a physical actor, but I’ve never really had the chance to do horror, action, and comedy. To blend all those three was a dream,' says the 'Friends' alum.

It was really fun." Because Stine first began publishing his Goosebumps books in the early 1990s when Schwimmer was already an adult, the actor had heard of the series but not actually read it himself.