Peter Greene was “totally normal” during what may have been his last phone call before his shocking death this week.
The “Pulp Fiction” actor and his longtime manager, Gregg Edwards, chatted on Wednesday — the same day neighbors said a nonstop loop of Christmas music began blasting from Greene’s Lower East Side home.
“That was the last time I talked to him,” Edwards told The Post.
The pair, whose decade-long working relationship had blossomed into a deep friendship, were comforting one another ahead of their respective surgeries.
Greene, 60, was scheduled to go under the knife to remove a benign tumor from near his lung on Friday — the day his body was found.
“He sounded okay … It was just a totally normal conversation. He was a little nervous about the operation going in, but he said it wasn’t super serious,” said Edwards, who has an upcoming hernia surgery.
“He was talking about that and hoping that I was going to be okay and wishing me well as I was wishing him well. We’re good friends. I love the guy … We were friends for over a decade.”
The pair ended their call and a short time later, Christmas music began pounding from behind Greene’s Clinton Street door — and didn’t stop until a concerned neighbor called for a wellness check.
A locksmith arrived around 3:25 p.m. Friday to find “The Mask” actor unresponsive. He was declared dead at the scene.
Cops said no foul play was suspected, but that a cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner.
At the time of his death, Greene was signed on to multiple projects, including as a co-producer and narrator for an upcoming documentary about the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID that Edwards is set to direct.
Greene had not yet done any narration for “From the American People: The Withdrawal of USAID,” which is also attached to actors Jason Alexander and Kathleen Turner as well as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof.
The “Usual Suspects” star was also about to begin production in January with Mickey Rourke on an independent thriller called “Mascots.”
Edwards relented that Greene had struggled with “demons” in the past, but appeared happy and healthy in the days before his death.
Greene, who hailed from Montclair, New Jersey, ran away from home at 15 and lived on the streets of the Big Apple, where he turned to drug use and eventually dealing, he told Premier magazine in 1996.
After attempting suicide in March 1996, he sought treatment for his addictions, according to the profile.
The blue-eyed actor made a name for himself portraying villains throughout the 90s, including as Zed, the sadistic security guard and serial killer in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 hit “Pulp Fiction.”
With about 95 credits to his name, Greene also starred in “Laws of Gravity,” “Clean, Shaven,” “Blue Streak,” and “Training Day.”
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