The 'Friends' alum's new memoir made recent headlines for passages that appeared to insult Reeves.
As widely reported, Perry writes in the book that Phoenix, with whom he shared the screen in the 1988 film, was “a beautiful man, inside and out.” Perry adds about the actor who died of a drug overdose in 1993, “It always seems to be the really talented guys who go down. Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?”
Perry again brings up Reeves when reminiscing about Farley, who passed away from a drug overdose in December 1997, five months before the theatrical release of the pair’s comedystandout’s death, “I punched a hole through Jennifer Aniston’s dressing room wall when I found out. two weeks after he died; I found myself publicly discussing his death from drugs and alcohol. I was high the entire time.”
Perry’s book offers no further clarification on why Reeves’ name was mentioned. Reeves, who does not appear to share any film or TV credits with Perry, co-starred with Phoenix in 1991’s