Last week a friend gave me their FLF almost completely dried out, with just three leaves on the top.
I wanted to ask whether the ficus will grow new leaves at the bottom or only on top?
Is it possible to be column shaped again or since it lost its leaves it will be tree shaped from now on?

Please show a couple of photos of what you have and tell me the approximate height of the tree. Fiddle leaf ficus are trees, you know.

I uploaded a photo from about 6 months ago (it had all its leaves then).

I will upload some recent ones too.
It is just one main branch and about 1 meter tall.
Yes, I know it's a tree. I just meant whether it will be shaped like one from now on (only leaves on top), or if it might grow new ones on the bottom too (and be column shaped like before, like in the picture).

With age, a Fiddle can grow branches from below, but that can take years. That central stem, or what you refer to as a branch, is the "trunk" of the plant. I have a 25+ year old Fiddle and there are 11 of these "trunks". That's simply the growth habit of the Fiddle Leaf Ficus. If your little tree is healthy, you might want to consider air-layering that trunk, perhaps about 12" from the soil-line, and simply start a new tree. The trunk that's left rooted will probably branch for you once you cut the (now rooted) top off, giving you two trees, though different in form.

This is my Fiddle Leaf Ficus. Four years ago she was over 20 years old but had always been potted and kept to about 7-8' tall (trimmed twice a year). She's now been in the ground for 3.5 years, and was a 7' tree when planted. She's now over 20' tall and as I said, has those 11 trunks.

Thank you for all the information!

I did not even know about air-layering. But it is just a method for propagating a new tree, right? It does not have to do with the health of the already existing one.

Your Fiddle Leaf is beautiful! I thought they were house plants and they would not be able to survive outdoors because of the weather changes.

No, Fiddles are tropical trees. They can get over 40' tall and 20' wide. I just went outside and did some photography. Included was the Fiddle Leaf Ficus. She's now at least 25' tall. She's been growing approximately 5' each year since she was planted. She's happy to finally be outside full time and have real "dirt" to grow in.

I've air-layered this 25 years old Fiddle dozens of times, planting each of those rooted, air-layered, branches to create new stand-alone plants. I haven't air-layered her since we moved to Vero Beach four years ago, but here is a photo of what those potted, air-layered branches looked like before I sold them.

So here she is today:

She managed to spread new leaves and she seems healthy!

I was just wondering about these green sprouts (are they sprouts to begin with? ) on the trunk just above some of her old leaves.

They are there almost since she started growing new leaves at the top.
Do you know if they might grow to new leaves? New branches?
Should I do something about them?

Simply wait to see if anything develops with those "sprouts".

Hello again!

Is it normal that her leaves are not pointing up, but are almost horizontal?
I mean is there something I might do wrong and she shows she is unhappy this way?

A photo would be useful @nefeli.

Now she is as in the last photo I uploaded.
I just compared it with the the first I had uploaded, when she still had all her leaves.

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what causes some leaves to grow nearly vertical and some to grow nearly horizontally. I've grown fiddles by the many dozens, and I've seen all sorts of growth during those 20+ years.