Matthew Perry was the star of era-defining sitcom Friends, but behind the scenes, his life was dogged with addiction.
The US actor was one of the best-known and best-paid television stars during the decade from 1994 when Friends first aired, following the lives of a group of six friends in their 20s living in New York.
"This was the only guy to play him," creator of Friends Marta Kauffman said in the 2021 reunion special. However, it was when he was first cast in Friends aged 24 that his alcohol addiction began to surface. By the end of the 10th series of the hit show, he became"entrenched in a lot of trouble", Perry revealed years later.
Alongside co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer, Perry became one of Hollywood’s most recognisable faces, reportedly earning $1 million dollars per episode at the height of the show’s fame.Despite hiding his addiction from public view for years, Perry detailed his struggles in his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers And The Big Terrible Thing.
One of his major storylines in Friends was his initially secret romance between his character and Monica Geller , which evolved into marriage and the couple adopting twins.
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