Matthew Perry wanted Zac Efron to play him in biopic - as Friends star praised for 'generosity' - Beritaja

Zac Efron has praised The precocious Matthew Perry for motivating him in his career, during a reside astatine The Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The High School Musical star, 36, was honoured pinch a prima connected The celebrated path, which he described arsenic "so surreal".

Ahead of unveiling The star, Efron gave mention to his erstwhile co-star Perry, who died astatine his Los Angeles home in October aged 54.

The brace worked connected 2009 teen drama 17 Again, wherever a 37-year-old man, played by Perry, magically transforms into his 17-year-old self, Efron.

"I really besides want to mention personification that is not present today, and that's Matthew Perry, who was truthful benignant and generous pinch maine erstwhile we worked connected 17 Again," Efron said.

"Collaborating pinch him... it was truthful overmuch nosy and it really did propel maine and motivate maine in truthful galore ways. It really pushed maine into The adjacent section of my career, for that, convey you truthful overmuch Matthew.

"Thinking astir you a batch today."

The character Miles Teller, who starred alongside Efron in romanticist drama That Awkward Moment in 2014, later revealed that Perry besides admired Efron.

"Matthew Perry had since said that he was truthful impressed pinch your comedic abilities moving pinch him that he said if location was ever to beryllium a biopic connected him, he would want you to play him," Teller said astatine The arena in Los Angeles.

"And I cognize really overmuch that meant to you. He's 1 of The all-time greats."

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Efron, who changeable to fame for his domiciled arsenic Troy Bolton in Disney's High School Musical trilogy, besides said he is "eternally grateful" to The head Kenny Ortega, who was sat in The audience.

"I still deliberation astir it everyday, I still singing The songs in The shower. Go Wildcats," he said.

The character has since enjoyed a varied career, from starring arsenic serial slayer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile, to acting alongside Hugh Jackman in deed philharmonic movie The Greatest Showman.

He is astir to prima in The upcoming movie The Iron Claw other The Bear's Jeremy Allen White, which tells The existent communicative of The Von Erich brothers who made history in The wrestling world.