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Rosie Perez recalls Alex Trebek's 'White Men Can't Jump' cameo: 'I was beyond thrilled'

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Rosie Perez is looking back fondly on her time with the late "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek. The 56-year-old Oscar nominee appeared on "The Drew Barrymore Show" on Tuesday and reminisced on filming a scene with Trebek for the 1992 film, "White Men Can't Jump." Trebek died Nov.

8 at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. "It was an honor [to work with Trebek] and I was beyond thrilled," Perez recalled. "I'm a nerd and a geek and I love game shows and I always watched 'Jeopardy!' and then 'Wheel of Fortune' with my aunt and I couldn't believe I was going to be in a scene with this man." The native of Brooklyn, N.Y., recalled there was no rehearsal for the scene. "So when we went to shoot, he walks out on the stage and we were on the.

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