Elizabeth Hurley, 57, is the latest of several A-listers to speak about Perry, 53, after the release of his memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” which is full of anecdotes on his career, relationships and personal life.
The British actress, who starred in “Serving Sara” with Perry back in 2002, has only read pieces of Perry’s book though she witnessed the gravity of his addictions firsthand.
Elizabeth Hurley
“I haven’t actually read the book yet, but I’ve read [excerpts] of it. It’s quite interesting. He’s a very funny writer like he’s a very funny man. He’s an incredibly gifted comedian… his way with words is fantastic.”
Elizabeth Hurley
“I have very fond memories of him. To be honest, it was a nightmare working with him at that time and, as it’s now known, our movie was shut down because of his addiction.”
Hurley was referring to the shutdown of the movie “Serving Sara,” in which Perry plays a process server tasked with serving Hurley’s character divorce papers.
Elizabeth Hurley
“It was tough, obviously he was having a tough time, but he was still very charming and a lovely person to work with. But you could see he was suffering for sure.”
Perry described his drug addiction in his memoir and has been candid about his sobriety journey.
The “17 Again” star revealed to Diane Sawyer in a bombshell tell-all interview that aired late last month that he downed Xanax, Methadone and a quart of vodka daily during that period.
Matthew Perry
“It was shot in Dallas and I was doing ‘Friends’ at the same time, so it doubled my workload. And I was flying on a private jet drinking vodka out of a water bottle.”
Matthew Perry
“I weighed 155 pounds, on my way to 128 pounds. I feel too sorry for that guy, he’s going through too much, and it’s me. And I remember that, and I didn’t understand what was going on. But again, I’m sorry, and I’m so grateful to not be that anymore.”
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