Elizabeth Hurley Says Working With Then-Addict Matthew Perry On Serving Sara Was A ‘Nightmare’

They might have been romantic love pursuits in Serving Sara, however Elizabeth Hurley was not feeling the love when working with Matthew Perry amid his years-long dependancy battle.

The actress opened as much as Yahoo! Leisure on Wednesday whereas reflecting on her and the Associates alum’s 2002 rom-com — which was apparently a “nightmare” to movie! Fortunately, she doesn’t have any onerous emotions concerning the man himself, simply the scenario he put all of them by. She defined:

“I’ve very fond recollections of him. To be sincere, it was a nightmare working with him at the moment and, because it’s now identified, our film was shut down due to his dependancy.”

Oof. That will be onerous.

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Within the comic’s new memoir Associates, Lovers and the Massive Horrible Factor, the 53-year-old creator revealed the manufacturing on Serving Sara was placed on pause so he may go to rehab, inflicting Elizabeth and their director Reginald Hudlin to be “pissed off,” which he utterly understood.

On the time, his dependancy had reached a brand new excessive. Talking to ABC Information‘s Diane Sawyer final month, he defined he was consuming Xanax, Methadone, and a quart of vodka every day whereas engaged on each the film and his acclaimed sitcom on the identical time. So, it’s no shock he wanted to take a break and get assist. However whereas he was away at remedy, the solid and crew of the romantic comedy had been on standby. The Royals alum advised Yahoo “that was just a little powerful,” elaborating:

“We had been in a drive majeure and needed to all sit at dwelling twiddling our thumbs for a while.”

The 57-year-old added:

“It was powerful, clearly he was having a tricky time, however he was nonetheless very charming and a stunning individual to work with. However you might see he was struggling for certain.”

When the 17 Once more star did return to set, “he was fabulous,” regardless that he had numerous additional work to make up for since he needed to “revoice every thing that [they] shot earlier than” his two-month keep on the rehabilitation heart. Matthew revealed the identical in his guide — noting he needed to redo his beforehand recorded dialogue as a result of he was slurring his phrases the primary time. Wow!

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Sadly, regardless of getting assist for himself and making an attempt to do his greatest within the movie, the rom-com nonetheless wasn’t a lot of a hit, he divulged within the tell-all:

“After all, the film tanked anyway. I used to be paid $3.5 million to do the film and I received sued for the shutdown, regardless that it was a well being concern. On the mediation desk a group of insurance coverage flacks confronted me down, so I simply wrote them a verify for $650,000.”

Jeez. That should have been so irritating. Whereas the Christmas in Paradise star hasn’t “truly learn the guide but,” she has taken a glance and been impressed by some excerpts, she dished:

“It’s fairly fascinating. He’s a really humorous author like he’s a really humorous man. He’s an extremely gifted comic … his method with phrases is incredible.”

He certain does have a method with phrases — besides when he’s placing his foot in his mouth! It’s positively fascinating to listen to from an increasing number of of his co-stars who witnessed his wrestle up shut and private. We’re so glad he managed to get himself out of this darkish place, it doesn’t matter what it took. Ideas?

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