
One of Zac Efron and Matthew Perry’s best movies happens to be the same movie, the late 2000s comedy flick 17 Again. The movie sees Perry, who passed away at 54, playing a dissatisfied family man making a wish to be young again. The Greatest Showman veteran, who played the younger version of Matthew’s character, is now opening up about how he found out that the Friends star wanted him to play him in a biopic and shared some thoughts and memories regarding his time with the comedy star on the set of the Freaky Friday like flick, 17 Again.
The Hairspray alum was participating in red carpet press for his upcoming A24 movie, The Iron Claw when he caught up with People. In a moment of candidness, the 36-year-old Hollywood A-Lister said he would be open to playing the Chandler Bing actor who had previously expressed his desire for Efron to take on the role. The High School Musical alum said: