who died Saturday at age 54, is beloved for playing Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom “Friends.”But he nearly didn’t take the famously funny role.
In 1994, Perry was virtually unknown and, as he said on a 2015 episode of “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” he had “no money.” He needed a gig. “So I called my agent and said ‘You’ve got to get me any job, any job you can,’” Perry said.
The agent found him one — a bizarre ABC comedy pilot called “LAX 2194,” about, of all things, airport baggage handlers of the future.
Perry, however, was much more taken with the script of a little show called “Friends Like Us” — later, “Friends” — which was “hilarious and great,” Perry said.“Friends” co-creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman were in the thick of casting their series, and were having a particularly difficult time finding the right Chandler.“Chandler was gonna be the easiest part to cast because he’s not just a character — he’s got jokes.
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