It’s been 30 years sinceFriendsfirst hit the air and changed television forever.
Without the lateMatthew Perry, however, this anniversary won’t be like the others.
Perry’s absence, Kauffman reflected, “does make the 30th a little fraught.”
Matthew Perry on ‘Friends’.Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
“He made us laugh every day,” Bright said of Perry.
Cox shared that “there are a lotta people that are, I think, that guide us.
I do sense, yeah, I sense Matthew’s around, for sure.”
Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane accept the Emmy for Best Comedy Series in 2022.Michael Caulfield/WireImage
“Two things come to mind” when she thinks of how to square that circle, she said.
“One of them is to donate to drug treatment centers let’s fight the disease.
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Like most of his costars,Friendswas the first big role Perry landed in his career.
But he had worked prodigiously since he earned his first role at age 10.
Herevealed in 2015that he almost didn’t accept the role of Chandler Bing when it was offered to him.
Perry was subsequently cast onFriends, and the rest is TV history.
