{"id":71063,"date":"2023-12-11T23:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=71063"},"modified":"2023-12-11T23:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:24:35","slug":"zac-efron-praises-late-co-star-matthew-perry-in-hollywood-walk-of-fame-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/zac-efron-praises-late-co-star-matthew-perry-in-hollywood-walk-of-fame-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Zac Efron praises late co-star Matthew Perry in Hollywood Walk of Fame speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zac Efron has praised late Friends actor Matthew Perry for motivating him to reach the next stage of his career after starring together on 17 Again, during a speech at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n

The High School Musical star, 36, was honoured with his own star on the iconic Hollywood road, which he described as "so surreal" and "just insane."<\/p>\n

During his speech, he also opened up about his time working with his 17 Again co-star Matthew, who passed away in October, aged just 54.<\/p>\n

He said: "I really also want to mention someone that is not here today, and that\u2019s Matthew Perry, who was so kind and generous with me when we worked on 17 Again."<\/p>\n

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He continued: "Collaborating with him\u2026it was so much fun and it really did propel me and motivate me in so many ways. <\/p>\n

"It really pushed me into the next chapter of my career, for that, thank you so much Matthew. Thinking about you a lot today."<\/p>\n

Zac, who played Troy Bolton in the High School Musical films, also said he was \u201ceternally grateful\u201d to the director Kenny Ortega, who was sitting in the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still think about it everyday, I still sing the songs in the shower. Go Wildcats,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Actor Miles Teller, who starred alongside Zac in That Awkward Moment in 2014 , praised his talents, describing him as a "triple threat".<\/p>\n

"There isn\u2019t a type of film Zac that you haven\u2019t starred in and excelled in," the 36 year old Footloose actor said.<\/p>\n

"He\u2019s sung and danced and held his own opposite Hugh Jackman, which if you\u2019ve seen Oklahoma! or (The) Boy From Oz, that is really impressive."<\/p>\n

He also told Zac that Matthew – who played Chandler Bing in Friends – admired his younger co-star's acting talents.<\/p>\n

"Matthew Perry had since said that he was so impressed with your comedic abilities working with him that he said if there was ever to be a biopic on him, he would want you to play him. And I know how much that meant to you. He\u2019s one of the all-time greats."<\/p>\n

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Zac became a household name starring in Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel film High School Musical in 2006, reprising his role in two sequel films.<\/p>\n

Since then, he has had a varied career from starring as notorious serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile, to playing Zendaya\u2019s on-screen love interest in hit musical film The Greatest Showman.<\/p>\n

He also appeared in Baywatch opposite Dwayne Johnson, Neighbours 2 with Seth Rogen and 2007 hit musical Hairspray with a host of famous faces including John Travolta.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n