Matthew Perry hoped that the Zac Efron would play him in a biopic after their successful collaboration on the big screen years earlier, a friend of the late actor has revealed.

Many fans of Matthew Perry, who died on October 28, remember his best performances and the help he offered to people with addiction problems.

According to his girlfriend, he had ideas for future film projects and wanted Zac Efron to play him in a biopic. The two actors had previously worked together in comedy 2009’s “17 Again.”.

The journalist and model Athena Crosby, a friend of Matthew Perry, in her statements to People magazine, mentioned the film about his life.

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Last year, Matthew Perry revealed that he had approached the “High School Musical” star about a role in a romantic comedy he wrote. Although he originally wrote the role for himself, Perry realized the character was 20 years younger, so he proposed to Zac Efron, who declined.

When asked “how he envisions the newest version of himself,” Perry replied, “Well, it was Zac Efron. But he said no. So we need to find someone to say yes».