Matthew Perry cherished his relationship with Friends honor.
The actor – who was found dead on Saturday aged 54 – played Chandler Bing Friends when it aired for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. He was joined in the popular sitcom by actors Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer.
In May 2021, the stars reunited for HBO Max Friends: The Reunion special as well as an exclusive PEOPLE cover.
“It changed my life in every way. I got the show when I was 24; the show ended when I was 34. It shaped my life. And it was the time of my life,” Perry told PEOPLE at the time.
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During the special reunion, Perry got emotional explaining the enduring bond he has with his Friends costars.
“The best way I can describe it is after the show is over, at a party or any social gathering, if one of us crashes, that’s it. That was the end of the night. You just sat with a person all night and that’s it. be it.”
He continued: “You apologized to the people you were with, but they had to understand that you had met someone special to you and that you were going to be talking to that person for the rest of the night. And that’s how it worked.”
As Aniston agreed and Cox began to cry, Perry added, “It must have worked that way with all of us. It just did.”
Narrated by Ben Winston, who was one of the directors of the reunion special The Hollywood Reporter at the time he “loved” working with Perry.
“He’s a brilliantly funny man and I thought he had some great words on the show,” Winston said. “I felt happy and lucky to be in his presence and guide him through something like this.”
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Perry’s Memoirs Friends, lovers and the big scary thing was published in November 2022, and Kudrow wrote the foreword for the book. He talked about his struggles with addiction, including his time on the show.
He told PEOPLE in an October 2022 interview that his castmates were very supportive during their run on the show.
They were understanding and patient, Perry said at the time. “It’s like penguins. In nature, when one is sick or badly injured, the other penguins surround it, support it and walk around until that penguin starts walking on its own. And that’s something the cast did for me.”
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