Matthew Perry's 'Friends' Onscreen Love Maggie Wheeler Mourns His Death

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00:00 The one where Janice says goodbye to Chandler.

00:03 Following Matthew Perry's shocking death,

00:06 his friend's co-star Maggie Wheeler took to Instagram

00:08 to express her grief over his untimely passing.

00:11 Quote, "What a loss.

00:14 "The world will miss you, Matthew Perry.

00:16 "The joy you brought to so many

00:17 "in your too short lifetime will live on.

00:20 "I feel so very blessed by every creative moment we shared."

00:24 Maggie penned alongside a throwback photo of the two.

00:28 Maggie starred as Janice on the hit NBC sitcom.

00:31 Her character dated Matthew's Chandler being on and off

00:33 before he ended up with Courtney Cox's

00:36 beloved character, Monica Geller.

00:38 Back in 2018, Maggie made an appearance on "Axios Daily"

00:43 and looked back at playing her iconic character, Janice,

00:46 alongside Matthew, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox,

00:49 Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer.

00:53 You were only supposed to be on one episode,

00:55 but you're such a scene stealer.

00:57 What did they do?

00:58 Let's just keep bringing her back.

00:59 - Yeah, I mean, you know, they opened the door

01:01 and that scene, I think that episode was a big success

01:04 and obviously Janice made people happy.

01:06 And so it just, they just kept bringing me back

01:09 and bringing me back.

01:10 You know, who knew when I set out to do that first episode

01:13 that that would happen, but it was the greatest blessing.

01:17 - The voice, your idea or the producer's idea

01:19 with the laugh?

01:20 - My idea.

01:21 I saw the audition and I'm like,

01:22 I think I know that girl.

01:23 I think I've met her a million times.

01:25 - So that's what I did.

01:27 - Keep it going.

01:28 - Can we just do the whole thing like this?

01:30 It's better.

01:31 - And the laugh, you gotta do the laugh.

01:33 (laughing)

01:35 - Give me a Chandler bingeling.

01:36 - Oh, bingeling, you love me.

01:38 You just don't know you love me.

01:40 (laughing)

01:41 - I love it.

01:42 I mean, people have to constantly recognize you.

01:46 I mean, you can't go anywhere without people being like,

01:48 there's Janice, right?

01:49 - Yeah, you know, sometimes it takes them a minute

01:51 because I, you know, if I'm not decked out in leopard

01:54 and you know, with the hair and the nails and the jewelry

01:57 and the whatever, but then, you know, people get it.

01:59 After a while, they do figure it all out.

02:01 - It's so good.

02:02 - Who were you closest to on the "Friends" cast

02:04 just in real life?

02:05 - You know, they were great to me.

02:07 I was there at the very beginning.

02:08 It was, you know, sort of the humble beginnings

02:10 of the show.

02:11 Everybody hung out and played poker in the green room

02:14 and it was very congenial and we all hung out together

02:17 and we had a great time and I love them all.

02:18 I love them all.

02:19 It was just a fantastic cast to work with,

02:21 phenomenal writers and producers,

02:23 the environment on the set was like none other

02:25 and it was a blast.

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