By ANI
WASHINGTON: Actor Courteney Cox candidly spoke about how a lot “pressure” her ‘Friends’ co-star Matthew Perry put himself beneath whereas taking part in Chandler Bing within the hit sitcom.
In a latest interview with a media outlet, the 57-year-old star opened up about Perry after he was criticised for slurring his speech throughout HBO Max’s ‘Friends: The Reunion’ particular final May, reported People journal.
It was reported on the time that Perry had undergone an emergency dental process shortly earlier than filming the reunion particular. “He’s just struggled for a while. I think he’s doing great now,” Cox stated. In the previous, Perry has been open about alcoholism and habit. “It wasn’t my intention to have a problem with it,” Perry informed People journal in 2002 of his use of Vicodin.
“But from the start, I liked how it made me feel and I wanted to get more,” he added. Years later, in 2016, Perry admitted that he did not keep in mind filming among the ‘Friends’ seasons. “I don’t remember three years of it. I was a little out of it at the time — somewhere between seasons three and six,” Perry informed a media outlet.
Then, throughout HBO Max’s ‘Friends’ reunion particular final 12 months, Perry admitted that his portrayal of Chandler Bing, and the viewers’s response to his efficiency, enormously affected his psychological well being. “For me, I felt like I was going to die if they didn’t laugh,” he stated.
When requested about Perry’s comment from the reunion, Cox stated just lately, “That was a lot of pressure he put on himself. That’s a lot to think how much he relied on that for his own self-worth.”
As for Cox, the ‘Friends’ reunion “was fantastic to see everybody again, reminisce and realize how much fun we had,” she stated. “Every now and then I’ll see an episode and [think] this is still relevant and still funny,” the ‘Shining Vale’ actor additionally shared in her latest interview, later including, “I’m glad that [Friends] has gone through this many years and people still love it. If they stopped caring I would feel worse.”
Perry is ready to launch an autobiography in November, titled ‘Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing’, reported People journal. “So much has been written about me in the past,” he stated.
He added, “I thought it was time people heard from me. The highs were high, the lows were low. But I have lived to tell the tale, even though at times it looked like I wouldn’t. And it’s all in here. I apologize it’s not a pop up book.”
Cox reunited with Perry, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow for the ‘Friends: The Reunion’ particular, which was hosted by James Corden and aired in May 2021.
