“In this scene, before we started rolling, he whispered a funny line for me to say. He often did things like that. He was funny and he was kind.”
Cox is the latest member of the sitcom’s cast to share a personal tribute to Perry, following Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey Tribbiani on the show.
Taking to Instagram, LeBlanc has shared a carousel of photos from the pair’s long-time friendship including several iconic scenes from the show.
“Matthew,” the 56-year-old actor began his tribute, “it is with a heavy heart I say goodbye. The times we had together are honestly among the favourite times of my life.”
He added: “It was an honour to share the stage with you and to call you my friend. I will always smile when I think of you and I’ll never forget you. Never. Spread your wings and fly brother you’re finally free. Much love.”
It comes after the cast shared a loving tribute days his shock death, revealing that they are “utterly devastated” in a heartbreaking joint statement.
“We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” they shared in a statement sent to People.
Cox and Perry had a special bond on the show, playing each other’s love interests - and after his death, it was revealed that the star had made the writers of Friends change a controversial cheating storyline.
The pair were supposed to be caught up in a scandal with Perry’s character cheating on her during a trip to Las Vegas in a 1999 episode titled The One in Vegas: Part 1.
The revelation was made by actress Lisa Cash, who was hired to play a hotel worker who brings room service to Chandler’s room after he has a huge fight with Monica.
“The scene was Chandler and Monica were arguing in Vegas about Monica having lunch with [ex-boyfriend] Richard and in our script, Chandler goes up to the hotel room and orders room service and I bring it up as a hotel worker,” Cash told TMZ.
However, Perry didn’t feel comfortable with the storyline and he went to the writers and asked for it to be changed.
