Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc i David Schwimmer have joined late friends to cost Matthew Perrythe foundation to raise money for a good cause.
“Exciting news! The cast has joined @soundwaves_art and the artist Tim Wakefield for a very special collection of artwork this holiday season,” the Matthew Perry Foundation announced Instagram on Thursday, December 11. “Tim has transformed the actual sound waves from the Friends theme into these beautiful designs, each inspired by a different character, and each cast member has autographed their own little series of artwork.”
Each abstract painting is named after the iconic cast member friends character The post included photos of Aniston, 56, Cox, 61, Kudrow, 62, LeBlanc, 58, and Schwimmer, 59, signing their art named after their roles. The nonprofit also shared that some portraits will also feature Perry’s signature.
“And in collaboration with the estate of @mattyperry4 we’ve produced a very limited edition of artwork with Matthew’s official signature embossed on it,” the post continued. “All proceeds will support charities chosen by the cast, including the @MatthewPerryFoundation and their work to help those struggling with the disease of addiction.”
Warner Bros. Television/Getty Images The late Matthew Perry will always be remembered by the cast of Friends. “We are all so devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are family,” the show’s stars, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer told Us Weekly (…)
The artwork can be purchased on the Sound Waves Art Foundation website.
Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc and Schwimmer starred on Friends alongside Perry for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. After the show ended, the co-stars remained close.
In October 2023, Perry died of an accidental overdose. The autopsy revealed that the actor’s death was caused by “acute effects of ketamine.”
“We are all so devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are family,” the Friends cast said in a joint statement to Us Weekly at the time. “There is so much to say, but right now we will take a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable loss. We will continue to say more over time, as we can. For now, our thoughts and love are with Matty’s family, his friends and all those who loved him around the world.”
Before his death, Perry was open about his struggles with addiction and substance abuse. Perry’s loved ones created the foundation in honor of the late actor to help others struggling with addiction.
Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc and Schwimmer attended Perry’s memorial service in Los Angeles along with their loved ones.
Jennifer Aniston doesn’t see a world where the cast of Friends can have a reunion without Matthew Perry. “It would be literally, physically impossible,” Aniston, 56, said of a possible revival or remake of Friends without Perry in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar published Wednesday, Oct. 8. Perry died of an accidental ketamine overdose in (…)
Earlier this year, Aniston explained how it would be unimaginable for the Friends cast to have another reunion now that Perry is gone. (The cast reunited in 2021 for an HBO Max special titled Friends: The Meetingwhere they revisited the set and looked back on the filming of the series. It was Perry’s last screen appearance.)
“It would be literally, physically impossible,” he said of the cast doing a possible revival or remake of Friends without Perry in an October interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
Aniston added that there was something magical about working with her co-stars.
“There’s something about the chemistry of the cast that made it a lightning-in-a-bottle moment,” he reflected. “And that just happened to be caught on camera.”