Jon Cryer on possible revival of 'Two and a Half Men' with Charlie Sheen
Jon Cryer, Charlie Sheen.
Getty Images (2)Jon Cryer is grateful for his time playing the lead role Two and a half Men – but not sure he would watch the series again Charlie Sheen.
“Oh god, I don't know how that happens,” Cryer, 58, said during the Friday, February 9, episode of The view when asked if he would consider a revival of the sitcom. “I mean, Charlie's doing a lot better now, which is great. He and I haven't spoken to each other in a few years, but he's doing a lot better, which I'm obviously happy about.”
Cryer noted that at the time of the show, Sheen, 58, was the “highest-paid actor on television, probably ever,” but claimed he still “ruined” the performance with his controversial behavior.
“There has been no one who has surpassed the enormous amount of money [Charlie] was making [on Two and a Half Men], and yet he blew it up,” Cryer explained. “So you have to kind of think, 'I love him, I wish him the best and he should live the rest of his life in good health, but I don't know if I want to do business with him for a while. length of time.'”
Despite his hesitations to visit again Two and a half Men with Sheen in the future, Cryer said he is happy with Sheen and co-creator of the series Chuck Lorre were able to mend their relationship after their infamous – and public – feud prior to Sheen's dismissal from the show in 2011.
“One of the hardest things for [Chuck] when Two and a half Men The way it fell apart is he really felt like he was friends with Charlie,” he said. “For him to lose that was really heartbreaking for him, so for them to reconcile is really beautiful.”
Sheen and Lorre's issues arose after Sheen took to social media to call the television producer an “infected little maggot” for closing Two and a half gentlemen production amid Sheen's struggles with drug and alcohol addiction.
Sheen was subsequently fired from the show and his character was replaced by Walden Schmidt, played by Ashton Kutcher.
Last month, Lorre revealed during an interview with Variety that he asked Sheen to play a version of himself in his Max series Bookie, which premiered in November 2023, after the pair discovered their issues following a decade of estrangement. (Sheen made this known during a December 2022 interview with Entertainment tonight that he got sober in 2017.)
Lorre said he contacted Sheen's rep about the role after he “hired.” [Charlie was] in a good place.” Although Lorre admitted he was “nervous” about reconnecting with Sheen, he soon discovered that the pair were both ready to put the past behind them.
“Almost as soon as we started talking, I remembered that we were once friends,” Lorre said in the December 2023 interview. “And that friendship suddenly seemed to be there again. I don't want to be too mawkish about it, but it was healing. And he was also ready to make a fool of himself.
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For his part, Cryer looked back on his time at Two and a half Men later that month, detailing how he and Lorre worried about Sheen during the height of his substance abuse.
“I think there was a moment where Chuck Lorre and I looked at each other and we said, 'It's not worth keeping this show going if Charlie Sheen could commit suicide by continuing it,'” he said. AND at the time. “If we give him enough money to do whatever it is that ends his life, we don't want any part of that.”
As for a possible revival, Cryer's response differed slightly from what he said The viewtells the outlet: “Never say never.”