WhileJon Cryerhas nothing but well wishes for hisTwo and a Half Menco-starCharlie Sheen, he would hesitate to get back in “business with him.” Of course, this quashes hopes for aTwo and a Half Menrevival series. Talks of reuniting the CBS sitcom’s original cast have picked up after Sheen and Chuck Lorre (the show’s co-creator) made up following a very public falling out.
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While appearing onThe Viewpromoting his new series,Extended Family,co-host Alyssa Farrah Griffin asked Cryer about the “opportunity for a reboot” now that Lorre and Sheen were on good terms again – Sheen and Lorre are now collaborating on Max’sBookie, with Sheen portraying a fictionalized version of himself.
“Oh gosh, oh gosh, I don’t know how that happens. Thing is, Charlie is doing a lot better now which is wonderful. He and I have not spoken in a few years but he’s doing a lot better, which, obviously, I am happy about. Chuck Lorre, who produced ‘Two and a Half Men’…one of the hardest things for him when ‘Two and a Half Men’fell apart the way it did is he really thought he was friends with Charlie. And that he lost that was really hard for him. So that they have reconciled is really lovely.”
“The thing for me is, when ‘Two and a Half Men’was happening Charlie was like the highest paid actor in television – probably ever. And there has been nobody that has surpassed the enormous amount of money he was making. And yet he blew it up. So you kinda have to think, I love him, I wish him the best and that he should live in good health the rest of his life, but I don’t know if I want to get in business with him for any length of time. If it was a one-off or…”
Watch the exchange below.
Charlie Sheens’ Exit from Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Menpremiered on CBS in 2003 and followed Charlie (Sheen), a hedonist jingle writer, as his life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother, Alan (Cryer), and 10-year-old nephew, Jake (Angus T. Jones), move into his beachfront house. Despite a mixed critical reception, the show was one of the most-watched series of the 2000s and received 46 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. The series secured nine Emmys, with Cryer earning two for his portrayal of Alan.
In 2011, while battling with addiction issues, Sheen made disparaging comments about Lorre, calling him names and hurling anti-semitic insults. Sheen would not make it to the show’s ninth season; he was fired fromTwo and Half Menthat year, and his character was killed off.
Sheen recently acknowledged that he “f—ed everything up"withTwo and a Half Men, stating:
“Yeah, if I hadn’t f—ed everything up, we could have done it as long as we wanted to. So, they say, don’t live in regret, but you have to honor it. You have to learn from it.”
Following Sheen’s exit,Ashton Kutcher stepped in, portraying billionaire Walden Schmidt, who buys Charlie’s home after his death.Two and a Half Menconcluded with its 12th season in 2015.
Two and a Half Menis available to stream on Peacock.
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