(CNN) – Zac Efron is speaking out after finding out Matthew Perry wanted the “High School Musical” actor to play him in a biopic.
“I felt very honored,” Efron told Extra TV on Wednesday at the premiere of his upcoming film “The Iron Claw” in Dallas.
“It would be extraordinary and of course I’m still very devastated that he’s gone. Yes, we will see what happens,” he added.
Last week, Athenna Crosby, who confirmed she was the woman seen having lunch with Perry at the Bel-Air Hotel the day before her death at age 54, said the “Friends” actress was doing “very well.” go. and that he would “soon” ask Efron to play him in a biopic.
“He said he wanted to make a film about his life, that he had worked with Zac Efron on a film in the past and that he wanted him to play him as a younger version in a promising biopic about his life, and that he was asking would soon,” he told Entertainment Tonight.
“I really wanted to share more about his story and his recovery from addiction and really commit to helping more people,” Crosby added.
Zac Efron played the younger version of Matthew Perry’s character in the 2009 comedy “17 Again.” (Offspring Entertainment/Kobal/Shutterstock)
Efron and Perry starred in the 2009 comedy “17 Again,” in which Efron played the younger version of Perry’s character Mike O’Donnell, a 37-year-old father who transforms back into his 17-year-old self in a chance to To rewrite your life.
Perry revealed last year that Efron, however, once turned down the opportunity to play a younger version of him.
On the SiriusXM radio show “Pop Culture Spotlight with Jessica Shaw,” she said she had just finished the script she wanted to direct.
“I have a small part in it. I wrote it for myself and then I realized I still have 20 years to play it,” Perry said.
He added that the younger dream version of himself “was Zac Efron, but he said no. So we have to find someone who will say yes.”