Matthew Perry Was Nightmare At Work Earlier than Therapy – Hollywood Life

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Matthew Perry was a “nightmare” to work with earlier than in search of remedy for varied addictions, supermodel Elizabeth Hurley admits. “I’ve very fond recollections of him,” the gorgeous actress, 57, instructed Yahoo! Leisure following the Mates‘ actor’s revelations to Diane Sawyer about engaged on a 2002 movie. “To be trustworthy, 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. We have been in a drive majeure and needed to all sit at dwelling twiddling our thumbs for a while.”

Matthew, 53, and the Austin Powers magnificence memorably starred collectively within the 2003 comedy Serving Sara. However whereas selling his e book Mates, Lovers, and the Massive Horrible Factor: A Memoir, the Mates star confessed that he’d been tough on the set of the movie. “It was shot in Dallas and I used to be doing Mates on the identical time, so it doubled my workload,” he instructed Diane throughout a uncooked interview aired in October. “And I used to be flying on a non-public jet ingesting vodka out of a water bottle. I weighed 155 kilos, on my option to 128 kilos. I really feel too sorry for that man, he’s going by an excessive amount of, and it’s me. And I keep in mind that, and I didn’t perceive what was happening. However once more, I’m sorry, and I’m so grateful to not be that anymore.”

Hurley recalled that the movie’s director, Reginald Hudlin, was “pissed off” when the manufacturing shut down. “That was a bit of robust, however he got here again and he was fabulous,” she stated, including that Matthew needed to “revoice every part” that had been beforehand filmed. Nonetheless, Elizabeth clearly preferred the beloved sitcom star and had compassion for his plight. “It was robust, clearly he was having a tricky time, however he was nonetheless very charming and a beautiful individual to work with,” she instructed the outlet for the November 9 interview. “However you might see he was struggling for certain.”

Matthew’s e book, which hit cabinets on November 1, contained a variety of eyebrow elevating admissions, together with a propensity to steal capsules from open homes, a blind hatred for Keanu Reeves and a secret crush on costar Jennifer Aniston.