Discover out why these stars left their exhibits…

Katherine Heigl starred on Gray’s Anatomy for a number of seasons however early on, she vocalized her frustrations together with her character. In 2008, she withdrew her title from Emmy consideration, telling The Washington Put up that she “didn’t really feel that [she] was given the fabric this season to warrant” an award. It drew a wedge between the actress and collection creator Shonda Rhimes and finally, her character discovered herself on a downward spiral. Issues solely obtained worse after Katherine referred to as out Shonda about on set working circumstances.

Ultimately, Katherine requested to be launched from her contract 18 months early, which she attributed to desirous to spend extra time with household. Her request was accredited and she or he was formally written off the present.

Angus T. Jones was solid on Two and a Half Males when he was only a child and through the years, he grew to resent his character and the present. After changing into extra religiously concerned, Angus expressed that he thought the present was “filth” and now not needed to be part of it. He left the present the next season.

“Jake from Two and a Half Males means nothing. He’s a non-existent character. For those who watch Two and a Half Males, please cease watching Two and a Half Males. I’m on Two and a Half Males and I don’t need to be on it. Please cease watching it and filling your head with filth,” he stated in a video for the Christian group Forerunner Chronicles.

He continued, “Folks say it’s simply leisure. Perform some research on the consequences of tv and your mind, and I promise you you’ll have a choice to make relating to tv, particularly with what you watch.”

Mischa Barton appeared on three seasons of The O.C. however was shockingly killed off the present. Whereas there are a lot of elements that went into her choice to go away, together with bullying and hard working circumstances, Mischa stated a few of it needed to do with the trajectory of her character. Coming from a theater and indie background, she says she wasn’t good at enjoying a “ditzy” character and when she overpassed the place her character was headed, she determined to go away.

“It wasn’t a straightforward character for me to play as a result of it wasn’t me, which is why I believe folks favored it or thought Marissa was humorous and latched on to her. They felt like that is entertaining as a result of she’s in all places and who is that this lady? It’s like as a result of this New York lady was making an attempt to play this ditzy L.A. wealthy child, you recognize?” she informed E! Information.

She added, “So midway by means of season two I might say, once we began doubling up on episodes and taking pictures [became] a lot tougher, and once more plenty of that was an excessive amount of for me. I didn’t know the place the character was going. I look again on it fairly fondly, however there’s stuff I believe folks did fallacious and the way in which they dealt with it. So, I simply did not really feel I might maintain going.”

Mandy Patinkin starred on Legal Minds till his sudden departure throughout season 3, which he attributed to the present’s darkish and disturbing subject material. After leaving the present, Mandy defined that felt being part of the collection was one of many largest errors he’d ever made.

“The largest public mistake I ever made was that I selected to do Legal Minds within the first place. I believed it was one thing very completely different. I by no means thought they have been going to kill and rape all these girls each night time, day by day, week after week, 12 months after 12 months. It was very harmful to my soul and my character,” he informed New York Journal.

He continued, “I’m not making a judgment on the style [of people who watch crime shows]. However I’m involved in regards to the impact it has. Audiences all around the world use this programming as their bedtime story. This isn’t what you could be dreaming about.”

Chevy Chase reportedly went head-to-head with the solid and crew of Group earlier than leaving the present. In accordance with Deadline, Chevy walked off set on a number of events, together with through the taping for the ultimate episode of season 3 as a result of he was upset in regards to the script. Then, through the wrap occasion, the present’s creator Dan Harmon allegedly referred to as out Chevy in an inappropriate and scathing speech. Chevy and his household left the occasion and he later referred to as Dan, leaving him a heated voicemail.

Chevy didn’t find yourself returning the next season and regardless of the on-set controversy, he later stated he determined to go away the present as a result of the script wasn’t “humorous sufficient for me, finally.”

“I felt a little bit bit constrained. Everyone had their bits, and I believed they have been all good. It simply wasn’t hard-hitting sufficient for me,” Chevy stated on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. “I felt happier being alone. I simply didn’t need to be surrounded by that desk, day by day, with these folks. It was an excessive amount of.”

Richard Schiff left The West Wing in the midst of the ultimate season, a choice he made as a result of he hated the path of his character’s storyline. He defined that main as much as the finale, he and a few co-star’s roles have been reduce for monetary causes — however due to their lack of screentime, their characters have been unable to be absolutely developed. Ultimately, it led to an inaccurate portrayal of his character.

“I used to be unhappy for the present. I hated my storyline. Toby would by no means in 10 million years have betrayed the president in that trend. Even when he had, there would have been seven episodes price of fights earlier than he did it. Ultimately, the one method I might make sense of my story was to provide you with my very own story — that Toby was protecting for another person. That, no less than, made sense to me,” he informed The Unbiased.

Raymond Cruz was probably the most infamous villains on Breaking Dangerous however he finally determined he now not needed to be part of the present as a result of he didn’t like the extreme nature of the position and his character. Ultimately, he requested executives to kill off his character as a result of he wasn’t trying ahead to enjoying the position.

“There’s nothing enjoyable about it. It’s an ideal character, however to attempt to pull it off is actually troublesome. It’s actually high-energy. It’s relentless. It’s very bodily and it wears you out. You get very drained,” he informed The Hollywood Reporter.

He continued, “Within the first few episodes I did I might damage my voice. I’d get injured each time I did it. I virtually broke my nostril. I pulled muscle mass. You stroll away and also you’re broken items. And also you go, ‘Oh man, I can’t think about doing this week after week.’ Then I’d return — I’d fly to Albuquerque at night time and shoot on Saturday and Sunday. Then I’d return and shoot The Nearer after which come again to shoot Breaking Dangerous. It was relentless. Then once you’re not taking pictures you’re finding out for the subsequent day.”

Julian Glover spent just a few seasons in a minor position on Sport of Thrones however after a number of years on the present, he determined he didn’t just like the path of his character Maester Pycelle. Wanting again, he says he informed executives he didn’t need to be part of season 6 and so they killed him off shortly after.

“I didn’t need to do [season 6] as a result of I noticed I used to be being fully dismissed as a personality and everybody…Cersei ticked me off on a regular basis, and I by no means had any comeback. In order that wasn’t any enjoyable to play, so I went to them and stated…’Look, I don’t need to do that anymore, it’s not attention-grabbing to go on doing this and go on doing this, and what’s going to occur to him?’” Julian informed IGN.