Perry’s daughter Sophie has spoken about how seeing the movie for the first time was an unbelievably emotional experience. “It both breaks my heart and fills it with pride at the same time,” she wrote on Instagram. “My dad has never been more excited in his life than he was to be part of this. He was like a kid faced with a banana split the size of his head, or a trip to Disneyland, or I don’t even know what.”

Sophie added: “While I wish so greatly that my dad had a million more roles, and projects and moments of childlike excitement, I am so proud and thankful that this got to be his last. He was proud. He is proud.”

Perry’s co-stars have also spoken about the actor’s generosity on the set of the film. “I was immediately struck by his kindness,” DiCaprio told Entertainment Weekly. “And talking about being a native of Los Angeles, being around this industry my entire life, and really having it in a lot of ways shape who I am, there was this immediate excitement in seeing Luke Perry on set. I remember being in my teens and he was the manifestation of the new [James] Dean on television and everyone was crazy about him… I felt this overwhelming feeling of being star-struck.”

Stars reveal the “kindness” of Luke Perry on the set of Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood