What’s Next for Friends After Matthew Perry’s Death, According to Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston closes the door on any Friends revival after Matthew Perry’s death, calling a sequel impossible and remembering the original run as pure joy.
Friends revival rumors pop up every few months, but Jennifer Aniston just shut the door on all of that in a way that actually makes sense.
No Friends sequel, no reboot, no secret reunion series
In a new chat with Harper's Bazaar U.K., Aniston was blunt: anything resembling a Friends sequel or remake is not happening without Matthew Perry.
"It would be literally, physically impossible."
That was her line, and she meant it. She also spoke tenderly about Perry, acknowledging the battles he fought with addiction and calling it heartbreaking. For someone dealing with that much inner turmoil, she said, he still chased laughter, and that meant everything to him.
About Perry's death
Perry, who played Chandler Bing, died in 2023 at 54. The official findings tied his death to the acute effects of ketamine. Other factors were in play too, including heart disease and accidental drowning.
What the Friends years were like from her side
Aniston described her decade on the show as pure joy and said the experience shaped who she is. She loved the day-to-day of it: the routine, the cast, the energy. One small behind-the-scenes detail she shared: they taped on Friday nights, wrapped, and would immediately get the new script waiting for them for Monday morning. If you ever wondered why that ensemble felt so locked in, that grind probably had a lot to do with it.
For anyone keeping track, Friends ran from 1994 to 2004, with Aniston breaking out as Rachel Green and now headlining The Morning Show. The core cast:
- Jennifer Aniston
- Courteney Cox
- Lisa Kudrow
- Matt LeBlanc
- Matthew Perry
- David Schwimmer