Matthew Perry's 'Friends' Onscreen Love Maggie Wheeler Mourns His Death
Matthew Perry's 'Friends' Onscreen Love Maggie Wheeler Mourns His Death
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00:00 The one where Janice says goodbye to Chandler.
00:03 Following Matthew Perry's shocking death,
00:06 his friend's co-star Maggie Wheeler took to Instagram
00:08 to express her grief over his untimely passing.
00:11 Quote, "What a loss.
00:14 "The world will miss you, Matthew Perry.
00:16 "The joy you brought to so many
00:17 "in your too short lifetime will live on.
00:20 "I feel so very blessed by every creative moment we shared."
00:24 Maggie penned alongside a throwback photo of the two.
00:28 Maggie starred as Janice on the hit NBC sitcom.
00:31 Her character dated Matthew's Chandler being on and off
00:33 before he ended up with Courtney Cox's
00:36 beloved character, Monica Geller.
00:38 Back in 2018, Maggie made an appearance on "Axios Daily"
00:43 and looked back at playing her iconic character, Janice,
00:46 alongside Matthew, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox,
00:49 Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer.
00:53 You were only supposed to be on one episode,
00:55 but you're such a scene stealer.
00:57 What did they do?
00:58 Let's just keep bringing her back.
00:59 - Yeah, I mean, you know, they opened the door
01:01 and that scene, I think that episode was a big success
01:04 and obviously Janice made people happy.
01:06 And so it just, they just kept bringing me back
01:09 and bringing me back.
01:10 You know, who knew when I set out to do that first episode
01:13 that that would happen, but it was the greatest blessing.
01:17 - The voice, your idea or the producer's idea
01:19 with the laugh?
01:20 - My idea.
01:21 I saw the audition and I'm like,
01:22 I think I know that girl.
01:23 I think I've met her a million times.
01:25 - So that's what I did.
01:27 - Keep it going.
01:28 - Can we just do the whole thing like this?
01:30 It's better.
01:31 - And the laugh, you gotta do the laugh.
01:33 (laughing)
01:35 - Give me a Chandler bingeling.
01:36 - Oh, bingeling, you love me.
01:38 You just don't know you love me.
01:40 (laughing)
01:41 - I love it.
01:42 I mean, people have to constantly recognize you.
01:46 I mean, you can't go anywhere without people being like,
01:48 there's Janice, right?
01:49 - Yeah, you know, sometimes it takes them a minute
01:51 because I, you know, if I'm not decked out in leopard
01:54 and you know, with the hair and the nails and the jewelry
01:57 and the whatever, but then, you know, people get it.
01:59 After a while, they do figure it all out.
02:01 - It's so good.
02:02 - Who were you closest to on the "Friends" cast
02:04 just in real life?
02:05 - You know, they were great to me.
02:07 I was there at the very beginning.
02:08 It was, you know, sort of the humble beginnings
02:10 of the show.
02:11 Everybody hung out and played poker in the green room
02:14 and it was very congenial and we all hung out together
02:17 and we had a great time and I love them all.
02:18 I love them all.
02:19 It was just a fantastic cast to work with,
02:21 phenomenal writers and producers,
02:23 the environment on the set was like none other
02:25 and it was a blast.
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