Actor Zac Efron says it would be a "huge honour" for him to play the role of Matthew Perry in the late Friends star's biographical drama whenever it is made.

The Greatest Showman star responded after the Friends actor reportedly expressed his desire to have Efron portray him in a biopic of his life.

“I’m honoured to hear he was thinking of me to play him,” he told People at the premiere of his film The Iron Claw. "We’ll see. I’d be honoured to do it."

Grieving his passing, Efron said he was devastated by Perry's death. “He was a mentor to me, and we made a really cool film together,” he said.

He further added, “I looked up to him, I learned comedic timing from that guy. I mean, when we were filming 17 Again it was so surreal for me to look across and have him be there because I’ve learned so much from him, from his whole life.”

Perry was laid to rest in a private section at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California on November 3. His funeral was attended by his Friends co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow.