The Two and a Half Men showrunner is reuniting with his former star on the new series Bookie.
Charlie Sheenis back to winning.
“It should be Charlie,“Lorre toldVariety.
Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen.MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images
You know, when things were good.”
The showrunner met with Sheen for the first time in over 10 years to collaborate on the project.
“And that friendship just suddenly seemed to be there again.
I don’t want to be too mawkish about it, but it was healing.
And he was also totally game to make fun of himself.
When he came to the table read of that episode, I walked up, and we hugged.
It was just great.”
“He proceeded to kill it at the table read.
However, after Sheen expressed discomfort with his character being in rehab, Lorre amended the script.
“He was kind of like, ‘can we not do the drug-addled Charlie anymore?'”
The actor was fired fromTwo and a Half Menthat year, and was replaced with Ashton Kutcher.
Sheen expressed regret about the feud in 2021.
“There was 55 different ways for me to handle that situation, and I chose number 56.
“And it was desperately juvenile.”
Even after their fallout (and before their make-up), Lorre praised Sheen’s work on the show.
“I have nothing but good feelings for those eight and half years.”
