Netflix releases an official trailer for “The One About Matthew Perry,” a three-part documentary series directed by Mary Robertson. The series uses interview footage and testimonies from people close to Perry, and it is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on 27 October.
Across outlets, the trailer focuses on Perry’s career—especially his role as Chandler Bing on “Friends”—and how fame and public attention affected him. HuffPost UK and Deadline highlight Perry’s reflections about wanting fame and the personal toll it brought, while also emphasizing his candid public discussion of addiction. Variety similarly frames the documentary as exploring his life, career, and a “sobriety journey.”
Sources also address the circumstances following Perry’s death in October 2023 at age 54. HuffPost UK states that his cause of death was later described as acute effects of ketamine use, exacerbated by accidental drowning. FirstShowing.net also references extensive ketamine use. The differing emphasis among outlets is mainly tone and scope: FirstShowing.net stresses an intimate, comprehensive portrait of his life, while others focus more on specific themes raised in the trailer—family perspectives, addiction and sobriety, and the contrast between comedy and tragedy in his story.
