Minnie Driver reveals Matthew Perry had an ‘inner struggle’ with ‘Friends’
nypost.comMatthew Perry in a heartfelt obituary polished by The Guardian.Driver and Perry, who died at age 54 on Oct. 28, appeared together in the 2003 production of David Mamet’s “Sexual Perversity in Chicago.”“He had been in a good place when we were doing the play, but the thing about him was he was like a light.
He was one of those people who just made other people feel good. Somehow, they don’t suck you down into their sadness, or their pain, and I know now that his pain was great,” Driver, 53, wrote.The “Good Will Hunting” actress went on to note that Perry was “one of the quickest people you would ever come across” in conservation.“Ruthlessly funny in the ways he’d react to people.
He wouldn’t let you get away with anything. Invariably, I would tell really long stories and he’d always do this brilliantly timed bit where he’d nod off in the middle — so funny — but he wasn’t mean in any way,” she gushed. “He was the most self-deprecating person and really kind.”She added: “Anyone who asked him for help, he would help.”Perry was best known for playing Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom “Friends” for 10 years from 1994 to 2004.
At the height of his fame, he struggled with substance and alcohol addiction, at one point being driven directly to rehab after he filmed Chandler and Monica Geller’s (Courteney Cox) wedding in Season 7.His cast — Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer — confronted him on set about his issues, with Aniston leading the charge.
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