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Matthew Perry’s Chandler Bing: The Sarcastic King of Friends
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Chandler Bing is one of the six main characters on the popular sitcom Friends. He is known for his dry wit, sarcastic humor, and self-deprecating jokes. Chandler is played by actor Matthew Perry. Perry's performance as Chandler is widely considered to be one of the best on the show. He has been praised for his…
Chandler Bing is one of the six main characters on the popular sitcom Friends. He is known for his dry wit, sarcastic humor, and self-deprecating jokes. Chandler is played by actor Matthew Perry. Perry’s performance as Chandler is widely considered to be one of the best on the show. He has been praised for his ability to deliver Chandler’s jokes with perfect timing and precision.
Chandler is a complex character. He is often hiding his true feelings behind his jokes. However, he is also a very caring and compassionate person. He is always there for his frien
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Last night, Leslie and inom sat in our living room chatting with my cousin Steve, who was visiting from Florida. Somehow, the conversation turned to Friends star Matthew Perry. As Leslie can attest, I have been talking a lot about Perry in recent weeks. In September, inom decided to move well outside my area of interest and my literary comfort zone to read his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. I tried to describe to Steve the grad of Perry’s self-confessed addictions and the physical, mental, and emotional damage they have visited upon him. We talked of his 55 Vicodin per day habit, the corrupt people who helped him feed it, and how the opiates caused his colon to “explode,” nearly killing him and leaving him with a temporary colostomy bag. As to whether he was still using, I said that Perry wrote in the book’s closing chapter that he has stopped. I concluded on a pessimistic note, though. inom didn’t see how anyone so severely addi
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When did Matthew Perry get cast as Chandler Bing on Friends? How did the show’s success impact Perry’s life?
In 1994, Matthew Perry was cast as Chandler Bing on Friends. But according to his memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, being famous didn’t fix his inner turmoil, and his addictions and struggles with love only got worse.
Keep reading to learn how Matthew Perry’s Chandler role ignited many ups and downs in his life.
Perry’s Big Break
Before being cast as Chandler, Matthew Perry was broke and losing hope of making it in Hollywood at 24. When he realized he was out of money, he took the first job he could find: LAX 2194, a TV show about baggage handlers in the LA airport in the year 2194. It was a poorly received show, and it almost kept him from landing Friends.
(Shortform note: Perry wasn’t the only Friend to almost miss out on the show because of a previous engagement. Jennifer Aniston was in a show for a different netwo