{"id":106514,"date":"2022-06-16T04:39:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T23:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/jon-cryer-reveals-how-close-two-and-a-half-men-came-to-ending-amidst-charlie-sheen-going-off-the-rails\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T04:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T23:09:01","slug":"jon-cryer-reveals-how-close-two-and-a-half-men-came-to-ending-amidst-charlie-sheen-going-off-the-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/jon-cryer-reveals-how-close-two-and-a-half-men-came-to-ending-amidst-charlie-sheen-going-off-the-rails\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Cryer Reveals How Close Two And A Half Men Came To Ending Amidst Charlie Sheen Going ‘Off The Rails"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two and a Half Men<\/em> was a hit for CBS from the early days, with sitcom veteran Charlie Sheen headlining opposite Jon Cryer. The two anchored the series for the better part of a decade, before Sheen\u2019s very public departure. He was fired in 2011 after eight seasons<\/u>, with the eighth season cut short after Sheen entered rehab and made some controversial comments. The show ultimately continued with Ashton Kutcher joining Jon Cryer, but Cryer has now explained how close Two and a Half Men<\/em> came to actually ending early.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking with ET<\/u><\/a>, Jon Cryer revealed that the show was \u201cgoing so smoothly\u201d in the early years (which you can revisit streaming with a Peacock Premium subscription<\/u>), and Charlie Sheen had been sober for two years before starting. Things changed over the years, however, when Sheen started going \u201coff the rails.\u201d Cryer \u2013\u00a0who would go on to land a memorable role on <\/u>Supergirl<\/em><\/u> \u2013\u00a0reflected:<\/p>\n

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[I]n later years, when we started noticing things were getting stranger for him, and his marriage fell apart, he was still lovely to work with, he still showed up on time and knew his lines and was doing the job. But you could tell that there was some trouble brewing. He started to have issues with the writing and sometimes issues with the writing that I didn\u2019t understand. I would say, ‘This is the kind of joke you had no problem with a year and a half ago, and suddenly now it’s an issue?’ So, you know, it was very subtle. It took a while before it started really going off the rails.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n