The actor was fired from the series he starred in in 2011, in the middle of the eighth season, after publicly insulting the show’s creator, Chuck Lorre.
Charlie Sheen He was always seen as a talented and problematic actor in equal measure. The situation came to an extreme during what is perhaps his most famous work: Two and a Half Menseries also known in Brazil as Two and a half Men.
The American star played the character Charlie Harper for eight seasons, until his erratic behavior — to say the least — earned him a break with the director and creator of the work, Chuck Lorreand the subsequent dismissal of the protagonist.
Suffering from problems linked to drug abuse, Sheen gave interviews to radio presenter Alex Jones and the website TMZ (via website Igor Miranda), in 2011, calling Lorre of “Nazi”, “clown”, “charlatan”, “worm” and “loser”. Imagine going public and defining your boss with all those words? So it is.
From then on, not only Two and a Half Men went into decline — Ashton Kutcher joined the cast, but despite initial interest, the production was unable to maintain audience numbers — as well as his own career. Charlie. The actor has done little work since his break with the series.
More than a decade after his departure from television production, Sheen shared very realistic reflections about everything that happened. He, who made peace with Lorre and will work alongside the filmmaker on the series Bookie (available on HBO Max), acknowledged in an interview with deadlinewho “ruined everything” in relation to Two and a Half Men.
“If I hadn’t screwed up, we could have done this show for as long as we wanted. So they say: do not live in regret, but honor what you have done. You need to extract learnings.”
Still during the interview, Sheen was invited to share what he thinks when he remembers Two and a Half Men. Does he tend to analyze the period as “good times” or does he feel sad when he realizes that he himself ruined something very good? The star responds:
“I have great memories. Years of great memories, when we were doing something that people really, really enjoyed. And we didn’t take anything for granted. We were working really hard on that show, in every aspect of production, from the writers’ room to the crew and the cast. Everyone. We knew what we had and the value of taking the time to create it properly.”
Charlie Sheen and the “rules” of Two and a Half Men
As you continue your reflection, Charlie Sheen said that, from the first day, he knew that there were rules stipulated so that Two and a Half Men would work. It was necessary, in fact, to dedicate a lot of effort to ensure that the series was produced as expected — and not succumb to other distractions typical of the world of celebrities, especially drug abuse.
“I knew the rules from day one, exactly what was required of me to contribute to this workplace, what was expected of me. When I started opposing these rules, they never changed. […] Somewhere along the way, I decided the rules no longer applied to me. And that wasn’t fair to the system that existed.”
The report highlighted that in recent seasons of Sheen In the series, it was possible to notice that his face was thinner and there was a certain apathy in his performance. The actor not only confirmed it, but also said that there were a few times when he managed to get out of the dark path he was on.
“I went to look for help, got better and came back. I don’t know why I couldn’t do it again. I was always looking for someone to blame. It’s not fair, even with Chuck. I went through two divorces, I had four children during that show. There was a lot of shit in my personal life that distracted me a bit. But you have to leave these things at the studio door. This is difficult, but you have to let it. There was a point where I was in rehab and I think we finished Season 7, or we were trying to finish Season 7, and we got the request to renegotiate. And I was on the phone with my manager and I think one of the agents. And I said, ‘I don’t know, man, I feel like maybe we’ve reached our limit here.’ And I heard: ‘no, no, no, man, there are so many more stories to tell’. Translation: money to be made for them.”
Not everything is money
Despite complaints from Charlie Sheen When it came to money, his fee was quite generous at that point: US$1.8 million per episode. The actor acknowledged that it’s a lot of money, but he already felt he shouldn’t have returned for an eighth season.
“I said, ‘I don’t know, my instinct is screaming that if I go back, everything is going to go horribly wrong.’ I even told them. […] Maybe it was time to stop. But then you bow? No! We got the new deal done and everyone was happy and then everything got horrible. Everything went horribly.”
Source: Rollingstone
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