The late Matthew Perry was reportedly pondering a biopic about his own life and knew just whom he wanted to cast.

The actor, who tragically died Oct. 28 of an apparent drowning in his hot tub, had spoken to his friend Athenna Crosby the day before about an interesting project. Crosby says that Perry, 54, told her he wanted none other than Zac Efron to portray a younger version of himself.

He said that he wanted to make a movie about his life, Crosby told Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday . He had worked with Zac Efron in the past on a movie, and he said that he wanted Zac Efron to play him as a younger version and that he was gonna ask him soon to do that.

In 2009, Perry and Efron co-starred in 17 Again , a body-swap comedy in which they play younger and older versions of the same character. The film centers on a high school basketball star who cast his dreams aside, but later gets a second chance.

He was just looking forward to sharing more about his story and his recovery from addiction, and really championing that cause to help more people, so he was so optimistic and happy about everything that he wanted to do, Crosby told ET.

A representative for Efron did not immediately respond to HuffPosts request for comment.