Matthew Perry Pulled Out Of OTT Film 'Don¡¯t Look Up' Due To Cracked Ribs After Almost Dying

Millions of fans, his family, and his fellow FRIENDS cast members were shocked to learn of Matthew Perry's passing. The performer who made us laugh nonstop struggled for a very long time with addiction and mental health difficulties. He also accomplished a lot of film work, but did you know that he had to leave a production for a horrifying reason?

After a health scare, Matthew Perry pulled out of Adam McKay's "Don't Look Up."

In his memoir "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," Perry, who has battled sobriety for decades, revealed that he had to leave the 2021 satire due to a medical emergency that stopped his heart for five minutes.

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¡°It wasn¡¯t a heart attack ¡ª I didn¡¯t flatline ¡ª but nothing had been beating,¡± Perry wrote (via Rolling Stone) after taking hydrocodone and propofol at a rehab center in Switzerland. ¡°I was told that some beefy Swiss guy really didn¡¯t want the guy from ¡®Friends¡¯ dying on his table and did CPR on me for the full five minutes, beating and pounding my chest. If I hadn¡¯t been on ¡®Friends,¡¯ would he have stopped at three minutes? Did ¡®Friends¡¯ save my life again?¡±

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Perry broke eight ribs as a result of the medical professional's life-saving techniques. Perry wrote that he had already filmed a sequence opposite Jonah Hill and was in too much pain to go back to the "Don't Look Up" shoot. Perry expressed his disappointment at the choice, saying it kept him from doing the "biggest movie I'd gotten ever."

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What was Mathhew¡¯s role?

Perry was supposed to star with Meryl Streep in a few sequences as well as portray a Republican journalist. In the end, Perry only recorded one scene, and it was removed from the limited theatrical release version.

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What is Don¡¯t Look Up About?

Adam McKay is the writer, producer, and director of the 2021 American apocalyptic political satire black comedy film Don't Look Up, which is based on a story he co-wrote with David Sirota. The film's ensemble cast includes Ron Perlman, Timoth¨¦e Chalamet, Timoth¨¦e DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Himesh Patel, Melanie Lynskey, Cate Blanchett, and Meryl Streep. The movie is about two astronomers who are trying to alert people about an impending comet that could wipe out human civilization. The movie is a satire of the government, political, celebrity, and media indifference to the climate catastrophe, and the impact event is an allegory for climate change.

Don't Look Up is available to stream on Netflix.