17 Actors Unceremoniously Booted Off Shows/Movies

It is all the time unhappy when a personality leaves a TV present, whether or not their character is killed off or just leaves city. Normally although, it matches the story…however generally, an actor/their character is abruptly booted off the present.

Typically, they have been fired, or the actor did not present as much as set (or did not get known as again to set). Typically, they have been recast, so their character remained. And generally, their character simply disappeared into skinny air.

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Brooke Smith joined the Gray’s Anatomy solid again in late Season 2 as Dr. Erica Hahn, and later turned one half of the present’s first vital lesbian pairing: Callica (Callie and Erica).

Nevertheless, she was let go in Season 5, reportedly as a result of the community did not just like the course the couple was taking or Hahn’s character. Smith stated of her dismissal, “They only out of the blue advised me that they couldn’t write for my character anymore. … I don’t assume I’m ever going to know [why this really happened].” Her character was final seen strolling to her automotive, and it was revealed she stop the following episode.

Erica’s premature departure was defined by the present’s government producer, Shonda Rhimes, who defined, “Sadly, we didn’t discover that the magic and chemistry with Brooke’s character would maintain in the long term. The impression of the Callie/Erica relationship might be felt and performed out in a narrative for Callie.”

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One other character on Gray’s who left abruptly was Izzie. There was a number of controversy round Katherine Heigl’s departure from the present, with some claiming she merely hadn’t confirmed as much as work in Season 7. In actuality, Heigl stated she was on household depart, and determined she needed to focus extra time on being a mother. Earlier than she was due again, she stated she talked to Shonda and “waited at dwelling till I used to be given the formal OK that I used to be off the present.”

Her final episode was Season 6, Episode 12. Her character did depart city within the episode, but it surely wasn’t anticipated that she’d by no means come again on the present.

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Charlie Sheen suffered a reasonably public fall from grace again in 2011, and was thus fired from his TV present Two and a Half Males. On the time, Sheen was the highest-paid actor on US TV.

The rest of the season was cancelled, and the following season started together with his character’s funeral after dying offscreen (although, within the collection finale, he was revealed to be alive; earlier than promptly dying once more).

To revitalize the present, Ashton Kutcher was introduced in because the second lead. The present ran for 4 extra seasons, however many followers felt it wasn’t the identical.

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Danny was a fan favourite character on Teen Wolf, and he received a much bigger position when he started a relationship with new character Ethan in Season 3.

On the finish of the season, they broke up, and Ethan left city, and Danny revealed he knew all about werewolves. So naturally…followers have been anticipating this to affect the plot, and Danny’s plotline to proceed.

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Shannen Doherty was one among three principal characters on Charmed for the primary three seasons — after which out of the blue, her character was killed off. This was particularly sudden contemplating all the premise of the present was across the energy of three — mainly, the Halliwell sisters’ energy revolved round there being three of them.

To rectify this, the present needed to introduce a long-lost sister to once more full the trio, performed by Rose McGowan. Prue’s dying wasn’t within the unique plan of the present — it was Doherty’s alternative to go away. She stated, “There was an excessive amount of drama on the set and never sufficient ardour for the work” (which many assumed was referring to costar Alyssa Milano, with whom there’d been rumors of drama). Milano and McGowan additionally ended up having drama.

Doherty’s character’s dying wasn’t even clear within the episode it occurred, and got here throughout as a bit random and abrupt. (She’s actually simply killed by falling by a wall, similar to Piper was — however Piper was wonderful?) Followers weren’t the one ones divided on her character’s abrupt exit — costar Holly Marie Combs stated, ”We must always have had a chance to have her character, Prue, make a sleek exit and have our story writers correctly plan for that.”

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Doherty had additionally left Beverly Hills, 90210 beneath less-than-ideal circumstances.

She was really fired resulting from Tori Spelling chatting with her father, who produced the present, about on-set fights and stress between Doherty and different solid members. The final time we noticed Brenda on the present, she was spending the evening with Dylan earlier than leaving for a yr at an performing college. Nevertheless, the final scene mainly entails her promising to come back again to Dylan and saying she’ll all the time love him. Besides…she by no means got here again.

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Many of the actors/characters on this listing had abrupt exits, however they’ll really nonetheless be unceremoniously ousted slowly. In all probability one of many worst examples of that is Charisma Carpenter, who performed Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer after which its spin-off Angel.

After seasons of character improvement and being a fan favourite, she acted as a villain in Season 4 and mainly went in opposition to every part she stood for as a personality (together with sleeping with Connor, her greatest good friend and love curiosity Angel’s teenage son). It was ultimately revealed she had been possessed by an evil pressure, which the heroes defeated — however Cordelia was nonetheless left in a coma on the finish of Season 4.

Carpenter says present creator Joss Whedon assured her that she would not be fired after her character was put within the coma, however later, when the press known as her for remark, she found she had, the truth is, been fired. Carpenter believes she was fired as retaliation for turning into pregnant. Whedon allegedly requested her if she was “going to maintain it” after which accused her of sabotaging the present when he discovered about her being pregnant.

She did seem for a single episode of Season 5, which was an awesome swan tune for her character, earlier than it was revealed she was lifeless. Nonetheless, the sluggish break of her character and Carpenter’s eventual firing continues to be universally hated by followers.

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Danneel Ackles had an analogous expertise on One Tree Hill. After going from a villain/the favored lady (like Cordelia), she had an awesome character arc. However then in Season 5, she had a heroin habit and stole from Brooke, who was solely attempting to assist her. She returned in Season 7 as a villain made out to be even worse than Dan, the present’s principal villain.

Ackles has since come out and stated that in her thoughts, Rachel’s story ended significantly better. Within the wake of the allegations in opposition to present creator Mark Schwahn, she stated of Rachel’s downfall and character assassination: “There have been a number of issues which have come out lately about One Tree Hill, so I am going to allow you to simply form of determine why you assume that occurred to her. … Our government producer and creator form of had a manner of — when he was performed with you — making you permit the present the worst potential manner.”

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One early emotional second of Avengers: Endgame was when Scott reunited together with his daughter after 5 years within the Quantum Realm (nicely, for him, 5 hours), and he or she was now a youngster.

The position was performed by Emma Fuhrmann. However then, for the third Ant-Man film, Fuhrmann was ousted and changed with Kathryn Newton for seemingly no purpose. Taking to Twitter, Fuhrmann seemingly implied she’d realized the information on-line similtaneously everybody else, when Newton’s casting was introduced. For Marvel’s half, they by no means gave a purpose for the recast.

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Talking of the MCU…there have been two main character recasts: Bruce Banner and James Rhodes. Let’s begin with Bruce, who was initially performed by Ed Norton in 2008’s The Unimaginable Hulk.

However by 2012’s The Avengers, he’d been changed by Mark Ruffalo. The Unimaginable Hulk left Bruce on the run/engaged on his transformations in British Columbia. The Avengers picked up with him working in Calcutta. There’s nothing to recommend they are not the identical Bruce, however they reference little or no from The Unimaginable Hulk.

Explanations for Norton’s ousting have diversified. At first, Norton maintained that he “sincerely hoped it might occur and be nice for everybody,” however that it hadn’t “turned out as all of us hoped.” However later, he prompt he’d been the explanation for the recast, saying he’d performed all he needed with the position and did not need to proceed the big obligation to proceed to look within the franchise. Marvel’s rationalization was that they wanted “an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our different gifted solid members” and who might thrive as a part of an ensemble.

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Terrence Howard was additionally changed after showing in a single MCU movie: Iron Man. Howard stated that he was changed as a result of Marvel refused to pay him what they’d initially promised for the second movie, as set out of their three-picture deal. “It seems that the particular person I helped grow to be Iron Man … when it was time to re-up for the second, (he) took the cash that was alleged to go to me and pushed me out,” Howard stated, presumably referring to Downey Jr.

He was changed by Don Cheadle in Iron Man 2 and all subsequent movies. He even appeared in Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a efficiency for which he was nominated for an Emmy. Marvel did not touch upon the change.

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One final MCU actor that disappeared — Natalie Portman, who performed Jane Foster within the first two Thor movies. She didn’t reprise her position within the third, later saying, “Clearly, I wasn’t written into [Thor: Ragnarok] due to the place it passed off. It wasn’t actually on Earth, and my character is on Earth.”

However this reply was a bit shady/a little bit of a cop-out, contemplating that there have been scenes on Earth the place Jane was even talked about — additionally, Portman starred within the second movie, which largely didn’t happen on Earth. There had been rumors Portman had been sad with director Patty Jenkins’ departure from the second movie, and he or she later stated she was “performed” with the MCU, so far as she knew.

For his or her half, Marvel president Kevin Feige stated they have been searching for somebody who was extra Thor’s “equal” and even his “superior” for the third movie, which was why they solid Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie and made her the feminine lead as an alternative (although, notably, not a love curiosity for Thor).

Fortunately, director Taika Waititi was in a position to persuade Portman to return to play Jane in a brand new mild (as Girl Thor!) so we are going to see her within the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder.

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Shailene Woodley is a family identify now, however she wasn’t when she appeared as Marissa’s youthful sister in The O.C. The truth is, it was one among her huge roles. Nevertheless, when the character received a much bigger position in Season 3, she’d been changed by Willa Holland.

Talking of her ousting, Woodley stated, “They wanted a lady who had a physique.” Even supposing she was the identical age as Holland, she says she hadn’t gone by puberty but and was a “late bloomer.”

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One other actor who was mainly kicked off The O.C. was Olivia Wilde. Wilde’s character Alex was ground-breaking for the time as a result of she was bisexual and had a relationship with Marissa. For these causes, creator Josh Schwartz says they have been made to write down the character off.

“They advised us, ‘Persons are apprehensive about this episode and this storyline and blah blah blah,’” Schwartz stated. “So we needed to write her out manner prior to we anticipated, so it simply turned way more rushed.” Their relationship ended reasonably abruptly and extra negatively than individuals anticipated, with Alex behaving a bit out of character in her jealousy.

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One other teen drama love curiosity who left fairly abruptly was Aaron Rose, Serena’s boyfriend on Gossip Lady that was mainly universally hated by followers.

He appeared in a lot of the primary half of the season, and Serena went to Argentina with him…however then he by no means returned. Sources from the present said that the writers did not just like the course his character was stepping into. So…poof. He was gone, regardless that he is Blair’s step-brother.

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On the subject of teenybopper reveals…Dustin Milligan performed Ethan, a love curiosity for Naomi, Annie, and even Silver on 90210’s first season — then he mainly simply disappeared.

Milligan stated that by the point the present began taking pictures, the outline of the character — who was alleged to be extra comedic, which was a extra snug style for Milligan — had modified. “It was powerful ‘trigger I used to be, like, continuously attempting to pressure my manner into being a humorous character,” he stated. When the present creators left and new writers have been switched in for the second season, they determined to “change issues up,” and Milligan did not return. As an alternative, Liam had a much bigger position because the male lead alongside Dixon, and Teddy was additionally launched.

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Let’s finish on one of the vital ostentatious examples of characters being unceremoniously booted from a present: Donna on Kevin Can Wait. Erinn Hayes performed Donna within the present’s first season, earlier than being fired and changed with Leah Remini.

And no, I do not imply her character was recast. I imply her character was abruptly killed, and Leah Remini was introduced in to function the brand new feminine lead, more likely to attempt to recapture the actors’ chemistry on their earlier sitcom, King of Queens. Regardless of Kevin sharing three children with Donna and her being a principal character in Season 1, Donna’s dying was solely talked about in passing in Season 2.

Fan response was intensely adverse, and CBS even admitted they made a mistake. The present was cancelled after Season 2.