(L-R) Sarah Paulson and Matthew Perry are pictured posing at the 9th Annual Dinner Benefitting the Lili Claire Foundation at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo:Michael Buckner/Getty
Michael Buckner/Getty
Sarah Paulsonhas warm memories ofMatthew Perry.
TheAmerican Horror Storyactress — who starred alongside Perry inAaron Sorkin’sStudio 60 on the Sunset Strip— opened up about how she will remember the actor. “I just remember him as one of the most generous people on the planet,” Paulson, 48, said while appearing onThe View.
Paulson then recalled how Perry once went the extra mile to help her land the gig on the NBC drama series, which ran for one season from 2006 to 2007.
“I was at a particular place in my career where I needed that job very desperately and he, because of his friendship withAmanda Peet, who was my best friend at the time, who was also on the show, they had done a movie together calledThe Whole Nine Yards,” she explained. “So he asked me to meet him in the parking lot for my final audition, and I got in his car and he ran the whole scene with me multiple times so that I could have a leg up on the other performer. And I did get the job! So, I sort of credit him with taking that extra time, and he absolutely did not need to do that.”
Further praising his character, Paulson said the late actor “was just the kind of person that if you made him laugh or if you made him smile, you felt like you had really arrived.”
“I had the great pleasure of making him laugh a couple of times and it made me feel really good,” she added. “He’s a wonderful guy.”
(L-R) Sarah Paulson as Harriet Hayes and Mathew Perry as Matt Albie in ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’.Art Streiber/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Art Streiber/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Tuesday’s episode ofThe Viewwasn’t the first time Paulson shared insight into her bond with Perry. During an appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live!in 2021, theOcean’s 8actress hilariously recalledan awkward experience she had with Perryat a “make-out party” years prior.
“I didn’t see anyone make out, but there was a hat with names in it and you were supposed to make out with whomever you pulled out of the hat,” she recalled. “And Matthew Perry pulled my name out of the hat and then promptly left the room.”
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Matthew Perry is pictured attending the AOL Build series to discuss “The Odd Couple” at AOL Studios in New York on April 5, 2016 in New York City.Mike Pont/WireImage
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Perrydiedat age 54 on Oct. 28. Hiscause of death is still currently pending, but no foul play is expected.
Shortly after theFriendsstar’s death,tributes poured infrom many across the entertainment industry, including Perry and Paulson’sStudio 60colleagueTimothy Busfield.
Added Busfield, “It wasn’t until the following morning, after a great night, that he discovered it wasn’t the famous director at all. He was just some guy. He told that story on himself. That’s what kind of man he was. Happy Trails, brother. I’ll miss you.”
Bradley Whitford, who also starred in the series,shared a throwback videoof the pair joking around together during a press interview for the show. He alsoraved about Perry’s “huge, open heart and a pyrotechnical, joyous brain.”
“I think the most beautiful parts of Matt made him the most vulnerable to the monster that he would have to fight for the rest of his life,” he wrote, referencingPerry’s longtime battle with addiction. “His battle was heroic. They don’t have award shows for that. They should.”
“Matt was full of contradictions. He was hilariously self deprecating and insecure and wildly self confident. He was a fountain of light with a huge capacity for darkness. He was profoundly blessed and terribly cursed,” he continued. “I want his parents to know that Matt was kind. Not just to his costar. To everyone.”
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source: people.com
