Zac Efron responds to Matthew Perry’s dying wish
When he learned that the star of the series Friends wanted him to play him in his biographical film, he emphasized in an interview with Peope that he felt “very honored” by it. “It would be extraordinary to do it and obviously I’m still very devastated that he’s gone.”
Michelle Trachtenberg, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann and Matthew Perry at the premiere of “17 Again.”
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“He was a mentor to me. I admired him when we made 17 Again. It was very surreal for me to look on the other side and have him there because I learned a lot from him. “His whole life,” he emphasized to the media during the red carpet of the film “The Iron Claw.”
He emphasized that among the many things he admired about him were his ability to use sarcasm and the timing he needed to finish jokes. The late actor learned the most about the latter. “I learned comedy timing from this guy,” he noted.
According to the first reports, on October 28th Matthew Perry He died at the age of 54, drowning at his home in Los Angeles. The results of the autopsy will not be known for four to six months.