 Get all the biggest showbiz news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Mirror Showbiz newsletter. In another apparent dig, the actor continued: 'It always seems to be the really talented guys who go down.' Matthew starred in his first ever film with River, 'A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon', back in 1988. In the book, he reveals he sobbed when River died outside The Viper Room club in West Hollywood, which was owned by Johnny Depp. 'I heard the screaming from my apartment, went back to bed, woke up to the news,' he wrote. The book repeatedly makes reference to the fact Keanu is still alive (Image: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for Lionsgate) Later on in the memoir, Keanu's name crops up again when another of Matthew's pals, Saturday Night Live star Chris Farley, died from an overdose similar to River's in 1997 aged 33. By that point Matthew had found global fame as Chandler Bing in hit US comedy Friends. And for some unknown reason he felt it was unfair that after the loss of two of his friends, Matrix star Keanu was still alive. 'I punched a hole through Jennifer Aniston's dressing room when I found out,' he writes, adding: 'Keanu Reeves walks among us.' Matthew and River in his very first film in 1988 (Image: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock) Aside){kind=link}
Matthew Perry has taken aim at fellow actor Keanu Reeves in his upcoming autobiography Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing – and nobody knows why
Matthew Perry has revealed a secret disdain for Keanu Reeves in his upcoming autobiography.
In an extract obtained by Page Six, the Friends star wrote: “Why is it that original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?”
The 53-year-old – who doesn’t appear to have ever worked with Keanu – made the comments while discussing their mutual friend River Phoenix, who died from a drugs overdose in 1993 at the age of just 23.
“River was a beautiful man inside and out and too beautiful for this world, it turned out,” Matthew wrote in Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing, which is out on November 1.