“We loved him deeply. He was part of our DNA,” regretted Wednesday the one who played “Rachel” in the cult American soap opera, a fortnight after the announcement of the death of Matthew Perry.
Chandler’s gang is in mourning. After Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox the day before, the other stars of “Friends” Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer in turn delivered, Wednesday November 15, their own personal tribute to Matthew Perry, co-star of the series, who died at the end of October in California.
“Oh dear, it’s a hard blow”wrote on Instagram Jennifer Aniston, who played “Rachel” in this cult series, which followed the daily life of a group of happy friends in New York. “We loved him deeply. It was part of our DNA. There have always been six of us. They were a chosen family that forever changed our identity and our journey.”
“Impeccable comic sense”
The actress accompanied her publication with a photo where she laughs with Matthew Perry, followed by a text where the interpreter of the hilarious “Chandler” told her: “Making you laugh made my day.” This message “says it all”she estimated. “Matty knew he liked to make people laugh. (…) If he didn’t hear that laughter, he thought he was going to die. His life literally depended on it. And that’s what he did. managed to do it. He made us all laugh. And burst out laughing.”
Aged 54, Matthew Perry was found unconscious on October 28 by his assistant in a jacuzzi at his home in Los Angeles. David Schwimmer, who played “Ross”, the love interest of “Rachel” in the series, for his part posted on Instagram a photo of one of his “favorite moments” with his ex-colleague: we see his character and “Chandler”, in vintage blue and white costumes, in the style of the series “Two Cops in Miami”. This shot “makes me smile and saddens me at the same time”, explained the actor. “Thank you for ten incredible years of laughter and creativity”he added. “I will never forget your impeccable comic sense. You could take banal dialogue and bend it to your will, turning it into something so original, unexpected and funny that it still amazes me.”
On Wednesday morning, Lisa Kudrow, who played “Phoebe”, the crazy girl of the group, for her part published a photo of her and Matthew Perry taken shortly after filming the first episode of the series. “Thank you for the best ten years anyone could have. (…) Thank you for everything I have learned about grace and love from knowing you”, she wrote on Instagram. “Thank you for coming to work when you weren’t well and being totally brilliant,” added the actress, who prefaced the actor’s memoirs, in which he returned to his addiction problems and confided having followed 65 rehab treatments.