Matthew Perry reflects on being forced to quit 2021 Meryl Streep movie

2022-11-02

‘I had to give up the biggest movie I’d ever gotten’: Matthew Perry reflects on being forced to quit Meryl Streep movie Don’t Look Up after his heart stopped for five minutes… and reveals medic broke eight ribs reviving him through CPR

The 53-year-old actor while promoting his new memoir was asked by talk show host Stephen Colbert what happened to him instead of filming opposite Streep in the 2021 Adam McKay film Don’t Look Up
‘I got CPR and the guy who saved my life broke eight ribs in the process,’ Perry said
‘They were doing a procedure because I had pain in my stomach and they gave me propofol …and my heart stopped for five minutes,’ said Perry referencing the anesthetic used for surgery
‘I had to give up the biggest movie I’d ever gotten. I had four scenes with Meryl Streep,’ he added
Perry tweeted in October 2020 about joining the cast of the apocalyptic political satire black comedy that starred Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi and Cate Blanchett
Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing was released on Tuesday and Perry has been plugging it during a promotional tour

Matthew Perry reflected on giving up a film role opposite Meryl Streep amid the throes of addiction on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

The 53-year-old actor while promoting his new memoir ‘Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing’ was asked by Colbert, 58, what happened to him instead of filming opposite Streep, 73, in the 2021 Adam McKay film Don’t Look Up.

‘I got CPR and the guy who saved my life broke eight ribs in the process,’ said Perry who looked comfortably chic in a powder blue T-shirt, black suit and glasses.

New memoir: Matthew Perry reflected on giving up a film role opposite Meryl Streep amid the throes of addiction on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

‘May I ask why you were getting CPR?,’ Colbert asked.

‘They were doing a procedure because I had pain in my stomach and they gave me propofol …and my heart stopped for five minutes,’ said Perry referencing the anesthetic used for surgery.

‘So you were legally dead for five minutes?,’ Colbert asked.

‘Well, no, I didn’t flatline, but my heart did stop for five minutes,’ Perry said.

Popular film: The 53-year-old actor while promoting his new memoir ‘Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing’ was asked by Colbert, 58, what he happened to him instead of filming opposite Streep, 73, in the 2021 Adam McKay film Don’t Look Up, shown in a still

Heart stopped: ‘They were doing a procedure because I had pain in my stomach and they gave me propofol …and my heart stopped for five minutes,’ said Perry referencing the anesthetic used for surgery.

‘What is the difference between that and flatline?,’ Colbert asked.

‘I don’t know,’ Perry admitted.

‘They didn’t want to tell you because there’s no difference between those two,’ Colbert said.

Flatline question: ‘I don’t know,’ Perry admitted when Stephen asked him the difference between flatlining and heart stoppage

Perry said he woke up in a different hospital 10 hours later.

‘I had to give up the biggest movie I’d ever gotten. I had four scenes with Meryl Streep,’ Perry said.

He joked that Streep was asking about him on the set of the star-studded film that premiered on Netflix on December 24, 2021, following a limited theatrical release.

Star-studded film: Perry said he had to give up ‘the biggest movie’ he’s ever gotten when he dropped out of Don’t Look Up starring Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Jonah Hill, shown in a still

Perry tweeted in October 2020 about joining the cast of the apocalyptic political satire black comedy that starred Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi and Cate Blanchett.

‘I just booked a movie with Meryl Streep! If you need me, I’ll be on the treadmill for the next 6 weeks. #Don’tlookup,’ he posted on October 14, 2020.

‘I am not sure why Leonardo DiCaprio is billed ahead of me in the upcoming film ” Don’t Look Up” But I don’t want you guys to worry about it. I know some people. We’ll figure this thing out. #Couldnotbemoreexcited matthew perry @MatthewPerry,’ Perry tweeted the next day.

Just booked: Perry tweeted in October 2020 about joining the cast of the apocalyptic political satire black comedy

Billing joke: ‘I am not sure why Leonardo DiCaprio is billed ahead of me in the upcoming film ” Don’t Look Up” But I don’t want you guys to worry about it. I know some people. We’ll figure this thing out. #Couldnotbemoreexcited matthew perry @MatthewPerry,’ Perry tweeted

Perry filmed a group scene for Don’t Look Up with Hill and recalled in his memoir being on 1,800 milligram of hydrocodone while shooting.

He sought treatment during that time at a luxury rehab in Switzerland and tried to procure more prescription drugs from doctors by lying about severe stomach pain.

Perry before undergoing surgery to relieve his pain stayed up all night before the procedure taking hydrocodone and the next day for his surgery was given the anesthesia drug propofol.

Cameo cut: Perry filmed a group scene for Don’t Look Up with Hill and recalled in his memoir being on 1,800 milligram of hydrocodone while shooting, but his cameo was cut

He heart stopped for five minutes after the dose was administered and Perry later decided to drop out of Don’t Look Up as a result of the pain he was suffering.

Perry never shot any scenes with Streep and the only scene he filmed did not make it into the movie.

Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing was released on Tuesday and Perry has been plugging it during a promotional tour.

Just released: Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing was released on Tuesday and Perry has been plugging it during a promotional tour

The 272-page memoir from publisher Flatiron Books details the actor’s struggle with addiction to alcohol and pills while also starring as Chandler Bing in the NBC sitcom Friends.

Perry revealed he spent around $9million trying to get sober and recently celebrated 18 months of sobriety after going to rehab about 15 times.

He also shared his failed attempt to lose his virginity to ex-girlfriend Tricia Fisher and how alcoholism impacted his sex life in the memoir.

Perry revealed he suffered from impotence-induced anxiety after alcohol left him unable to perform when he first tried to have sex as a teen and said he was left ‘soft and sad’.

TV star: Matt LeBlanc, Perry, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow are shown in a season one still of Friends in 1994

Casual chic: Perry wore a powder blue T-shirt and black suit to the talk show studio

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