During the premiere of his new movie, ‘The Iron Claw, Zac Efron told People he would be honored to portray the late Matthew Perry in a biopic. After being asked what he thought about Perry wanting him to play him in a biopic, Efron said, “I’m honored to hear he was thinking of me to play him”. The actor, who worked alongside Perry in the comedy ’17 Again’, said he is “devastated” by his passing. Efron said that the ‘Friends’ actor was like a “mentor” to him when he was younger. “We made a really cool film together. I looked up to him, I learned comedic timing from that guy… it was so surreal for me to look across and have him be there because I’ve learned so much from him”, said Efron. Following his death, Perry’s friend Athenna Crosby revealed that the actor had a lot of plans for his future, one of which was a biopic starring Efron.