IN MEMORIAM
How Matthew Perry went beyond Bing
THE LATE FRIENDS STAR’S MOVIE CAREER IS MUCH-MALIGNED, BUT THERE ARE GREAT MOMENTS THAT DESERVE A SECOND LOOK
WORDS KEVIN EG PERRY
Matthew Perry’s greatest hits. Fools Rush In.
The Whole Nine Yards
Serving Sara
THE BOTCHED SHOWDOWN THE WHOLE NINE YARDS (2000)
When Perry’s lovable dentist ‘Oz’ Oseransky returns to Montreal from Chicago with hitman Frankie Figs (Michael Clarke Duncan), the last thing he’s expecting as he enters a hotel room is their apparent target Jimmy Tudeski (Bruce Willis) waiting with a martini and a gun. Oz tries to bolt out the door but instead ricochets off Figs, crashing into a standing lamp which he knocks over then cowers behind. Perry doesn’t have a line, but gets the laughs with his physical-comedy chops — a flash of that old Chandler Bing magic.