The film and television industry from all over the world is full of controversies, including various stories of actors, actresses and directors who have had problems with justice and laws.
Many of them exceed the limits and end up in prison for situations that usually involve attacks and abuses of illegal substances, for example. In addition to all the complications brought to their life (and, in the event of aggression, for the victims), there is the fact that their arrests interrupted the production calendar of production that were part, which culminated in the decision to replace them.
Subsequently, take a look at a list of 10 film and series actors who have been replaced after being arrested.
10 actors replaced by films and series because they were arrested
Robert Downey Jr.
The Eternal Iron Man of MCU has had several problems with the Justice of the United States between the 90s and 2000s, caused by chemical dependence, which in the end brought him to prison many times at that moment.
One of them even made Robert Downey Jr. replace Ally McBeal: My Single Life1997. In the program, Larry Paul made a romantic interest of the protagonist.
Even with the acclaimed and worthy performance, Downey Jr. ended up in prison twice during 2001, right in the middle of the production of the fourth season of the series.
This led to the resignation from the program and the attempt of the program to invest in another couple for the protagonist, with the music star Jon Bon Jovi. However, he did not have the same popularity that Robert gained.
The series Ally McBeal: My Single Life It is not available to be looked at in any streaming.
Stoney Westmoreland
The arrest of actor Stoney Westmoreland is a controversial case that has shaken behind the scenes of a Disney Channel series.
Has played smaller roles in series such as Gilmore Girls AND SupernaturalBut his biggest role was in Andi MackDisney Station program. In it, Westmoreland played the grandfather of the main character, but was fired from the production after a scandal emerged.
The actor was arrested in 2018 after being accused of attracting a minor, in which he would have sent and requested sexual media.
Westmoreland was arrested again in 2020 after violating the agreement of his conditional freedom, sentenced to two years in prison. Already in 2022, he returned to prison for sexual crimes, for a total of another 10 years of controlled freedom.
In the meantime, in the series, the actor’s character was taken by the show with the resignation of the actor and was replaced by actress Lauren Tom, playing the grandmother of Andi last season.
The series Andi Mack It can be attended on Disney+.
Jonathan Majors
This is a more recent replacement case and took place in the universe of films. Actor Jonathan Majors was almost becoming the great villain of the current phase of the Marvel film universe, such as Kang’s antagonist.
However, the plan was frustrated when the actor was arrested in 2023 on charges of domestic violence. Major was convicted of aggression and harassment at the end of the same year, fired by Marvel, despite the launch of the Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantuManiawho brought the actor like Kang, the conqueror, also in 2023.
After the controversy, the study also canceled the film Avengers: The Kang Dynastythat would have been the next film of the MCU team.
Although it has not been replaced directly by another actor, Marvel has chosen to change the bad guys, inviting Star Robert Downey Jr to give life to the destination of fate Avengers: DoomsdayInstead of keeping Kang in franchising.
The movie Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantuMania They can be assisted in Disney+.
TJ Miller
In addition to being an actor, TJ Miller is also a comedian and has been fired from the franchise Dead Pool After being held for having presented a false complaint to the police, accusing a passenger of carrying a bomb on a train journey in 2018.
At the same time, the actor was also facing accusations of sexual abuse during the #Metoo movement.
Miller was an interpreter of Iuinha in the first two films of Dead Pool, And he did not return to the saga with Ryan Reynolds in the third feature film, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). In addition, the actor eventually caused a disagreement with Reynolds after making controversial comments.
The franchise Dead Pool It can be attended on Disney+.
Charlie Sheen
This is one of the best known cases of actors replaced by prison. Charlie Sheen was Sitcom’s star Two and a half menAnd he had two cases of detention: in 2009 he was arrested for domestic violence and returned to prison in 2010 after spending time in rehabilitation.
For this reason, the actor even participated in some episodes of the sixth season of the series, but there was a chaos behind the scenes that made him disappear from production.
So the show was going on paused in 2011, and then Sheen was fired from the show after a conflict with Chuck Lorre, creator of the series. Don’t have to close Two and a half men Suddenly, Lorre decided to kill Charlie Sheen’s character, instead the climbing actor Ashton Kutcher.
The series Two and a half men It can be watched at the video first.
Jamie Waylett
Not even the Harry Potter saga was free from confusion that involved the arrest of its actors.
Jamie Waylett, known as fan for interpreting Vicent Crabbe in the franchise, was also replaced after having problems with justice. Jamie was arrested in 2009 for possession of illegal drugs and a knife, and returned under arrest in 2011 after participating in the revolts in England, which provided for criminal retreats and fires in the country.
Because of his legal questions at the time, Wayllet ended up leaving the last two films of the saga, Harry Potter and death gifts: Part 1 (2010) e Harry Potter and death gifts: Part 2 (2011). With this, his absence was fulfilled by the actor Louis Cordice, with the character Blaise Zabini, head of the actions he committed in the book.
The franchise Harry Potter It can be attended in Max.
Lori Loughlin
The actress had a huge success in the 80s and 90s due to the popularity of the sitcom Three is too muchinterpreting aunt Rebecca.
Lori Louslin has returned to live the character spin off From the Netflix series, Fuller HouseUntil a problem with justice has abruptly interrupted his journey into the program and other productions, such as the series When calling the Hart.
This is because, in 2019, a criminal regime became known in which wealthy parents of high school students in the United States has framed the admission of their children in elite universities in the country.
And what did Louslin have to do? The actress was one of the participants on the plan, which caused her arrest for two months after being sentenced for money laundering and fraud.
So, he left Fuller Housewho practically ignored his absence of the program until, in the last episode, it was revealed that Rebecca was taking care of his mother in Nebraska. In the meantime, in the series When calling the HartHis character was replaced by Minnie Canfield, played by Natasha Burnett.
The series Fuller House can be attended on Netflix, while When calling the Hart It can be seen on PLUTOTV.
James Remar
Actor James Remar was remembered for the series DexterAnd he also marked his career after being controversially replaced after detention.
The actor was arrested for possession of illegal drugs during registration Aliens, The Rescue (1986)James Cameron’s film in which he played Cabo Hicks.
This problem with justice was the cause of Remar’s resignation. In his place, the actor Michael Biehn was called, who had to rewrite most of the sequences that his predecessor had already done Aliens.
The movie Aliens, the rescue It can be witnessed in Disney+.
Mackenzie Phillips
Another television success, but of the 70s, actress Mackenzie Philips was known to act in comedy One day at the timeLike the character Julie Cooper.
The Star, who is the daughter of the legendary musician John Phillips of the band The Breas & The PapesHe has gone through a difficult period in his career because of his dependence on chemicals. This made him shoot twice from the sitcom: the first took place after being arrested in 1977 for having had a bad conduct under the influence of the drug.
So, the issuer who broadcast the AB program) shot in 1980, after the actress team faced the company due to the artist’s reliability for legal reasons and dependence on substances.
Mackenzie was not conventionally replaced: the role of the character in history was exchanged by actor Glenn Scarpelli, who went to live with Julie’s mother after the season.
Philips has still been fired for a relapse, after returning to the program in the seventh season and his character removed without explanation.
The ancient series One day at the time It is not available on streaming, but Netflix has produced a more recent version of the sitcom that can be found in its catalog.
Columbus Short
The actor Columbus Short became known on TV by participating in the series ScandalInterpreting Harrison Wright, however, everything changed when he was arrested in 2014.
This year, the actor was detained after seriously injuring a man during a bar in a bar, still receiving an order of restriction from his wife for threatening to kill her with a knife and then commit suicide.
With this, Short was fired from ScandalWith your character dies at the end of the third season. This narrative decision has made other secondary characters “replace” Wright in history, gaining more space after the actor’s departure.
The series Scandal It can be attended on Disney+.
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