whenever reflecting on a different dead actor (for example River Phoenix or Chris Farley), Matthew Perry would say (in his memoirs released in 2022) it wasn’t fair/right that they were dead and Keanu Reeves was still alive.

i know it’s a thing to worship keanu, but by many accounts he seems to be a fairly shy, decent guy who has experienced pretty severe personal tragedies (stillborn child, wife died in car accident, sister with leukemia) and comes across as someone grounded and relatable.

i haven’t found perry amusing for about 20 years and despite being the star of [White] FRIENDS, he completely shit the bed at doing anything else, probably because his one-note bitter-sarcastic “acting” range didn’t translate to anything after his little star vehicle ran itself into the ground… meanwhile everyone else in that cast went on to do some critically acclaimed work. my personal favorite moves of former friends main cast:

• Matt LeBlanc as himself, Episodes - pretty hilarious critique of how the sausage is made when it comes to sitcoms - i still use Matt LeBlanc’s ringtone from the show as my ringtone because it makes me laugh, even after many years.
• Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, The Comeback - brilliant takedown of “reality” tv production specifically, and sitcoms/the hollywood system more generally