Zac Efron would be honored to portray the late, great Matthew Perry in a biopic .

The actor was asked Tuesday at the Dallas premiere of The Iron Claw what he thought about the idea, which Perry reportedly pondered the day before he died in late October. Efron, who previously worked with Perry, had nothing but kind words to share.

I heard that and its a huge honor, Efron told ET on Wednesday . Matthew is just the best guy in the world and I had the best time of my life working with him. And to think that he was thinking of me for that role, I mean, I would be honored to do it, to be honest.

Efron and Perry starred as younger and older versions of the same character in 17 Again (2009), a comedy drama about a high school athlete who casts his dreams aside but gets a second chance.

Perry, who died at 54 of an apparent drowning in his hot tub, was a promising athlete himself. He reportedly started playing tennis at 4 and later became the No. 2 junior player in Ottawa, Canada, but later turned to acting, starring in Friends beginning in 1994.