Why Matthew Perry Had 'Reoccurring Nightmares' About 'Friends'

Late actor Matthew Perryadmitted that he had "reoccurring nightmares" about his hit sitcom show "Friends."

Perry, who portrayed Chandler Bing on the show, admitted that he did not watch the show after filming because it was a trigger for him regarding his addiction. Now, it is coming out that the actor also had nightmares about the series.

“I have this recurring nightmare—I’m not kidding about this," he said prior to his passing. "When I’m asleep, I have this nightmare that we do 'Friends' again and nobody cares.”

Perry, who starred in "Friends" for 10 seasons alongside Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, and Lisa Kudrow, stated that he did not want to do a reboot of the show because he worried about the reaction from viewers. In his nightmares, he explained that “We do a whole series, we come back, and nobody cares about it. So if anybody asks me, I’m gonna say no.”

He did, however, agree to do a "Friends" reunion, which was just one episode of the cast getting back together and discussing the show rather than a reboot of the show, which would have consisted of an entire season of replaying their iconic characters with a script.

HBO's reunion of the "Friends" stars was a hit with fans. The one-time episode showed the cast coming together to discuss their time on the show and reminisce about some special memories.

On the reunion, viewers heard from producers, who opened up about casting Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing.

"I thought Chandler was going to be the easiest part to cast because it's not just a character—he's got jokes, he's got like actual, real jokes. So I thought, 'Here we go. This is gonna be great.' And we saw actor after actor, and it wasn't funny," David Crane, a producer of the show, said on the reunion.

Co-producer Marta Kauffman added, "We had worked with Matthew Perry on Dream On, and when Matthew reads that dialogue, it sparkles, and it comes alive. And for the first time through the casting process, we knew there was a character there, and that this was the only guy to play it."

Last month, police responded to a 911 call to assist with a possible ‘water rescue’ at Matthew Perry’s Pacific Palisades home. When they arrived, they reportedly found the 54-year-old “Friends” actor in his hot tub, unresponsive.

The actor is believed to have drowned in his hot tub, but the true cause of death has not yet been revealed. Prescription anti-depressants and prescription anti-anxiety medications were reportedly found in Matthew Perry‘s home. Sources say that no illegal narcotics were discovered at the scene.

At the end of the reunion, Matthew Perry spoke out and reflected on how special of a bond he and the other five cast members -- Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, and David Schwimmer -- had, even after the show ended.

"The best way that I can describe it is, after the show was over, at a party or any kind of social gathering, if one of us bumped into each other, that was it — that was the end of the night. You just sat with that person all night long," Perry stated. "You apologized to the people you were with, but they had to understand: you had met somebody special to you and you were gonna talk to that person for the rest of the night ... it's just the way it is."