JamesG
11-30-2023, 05:04 PM
Chuck Lorre’s "Bookie" Revisits Poker Scene from "Two and a Half Men" Pilot, Reuniting Charlie Sheen & Angus T. Jones
by Denise Petski
Nov. 30, 2023
It’s quite a reunion in today’s premiere of Chuck Lorre‘s new Max comedy series "Bookie".
The episode revisits the poker scene in Lorre’s "Two and a Half Men" pilot, which reunites Charlie Sheen and Angus T. Jones.
In the "Bookie" premiere, Danny, played by Sebastian Maniscalco, heads to Malibu to collect a debt from Sheen, whom he finds at a rehab facility.
But Sheen isn’t a patient at the facility; he’s actually hosting a weekly poker game, and one of the players is Angus T. Jones, who played 8-year-old Jake Harper opposite Sheen on "Two and a Half Men".
The scene also includes the same poker buddies who attended Charlie Harper’s poker game in 2003.
Lorre spoke about the scene in an interview with Extra.
“Charlie and I were discussing recreating that poker scene. I said, ‘Let me call Angus and see if he’s game,’ and the other guys in the pilot were also in ‘Two and a Half Men’ in that poker scene and that was 21 years ago… It was just great being together with the two of them. It was a great day and I got to direct the episode. I had a blast,” Lorre said.
https://deadline.com/2023/11/chuck-lorre-bookie-poker-scene-two-and-a-half-men-charlie-sheen-angus-t-jones-1235644189/
by Denise Petski
Nov. 30, 2023
It’s quite a reunion in today’s premiere of Chuck Lorre‘s new Max comedy series "Bookie".
The episode revisits the poker scene in Lorre’s "Two and a Half Men" pilot, which reunites Charlie Sheen and Angus T. Jones.
In the "Bookie" premiere, Danny, played by Sebastian Maniscalco, heads to Malibu to collect a debt from Sheen, whom he finds at a rehab facility.
But Sheen isn’t a patient at the facility; he’s actually hosting a weekly poker game, and one of the players is Angus T. Jones, who played 8-year-old Jake Harper opposite Sheen on "Two and a Half Men".
The scene also includes the same poker buddies who attended Charlie Harper’s poker game in 2003.
Lorre spoke about the scene in an interview with Extra.
“Charlie and I were discussing recreating that poker scene. I said, ‘Let me call Angus and see if he’s game,’ and the other guys in the pilot were also in ‘Two and a Half Men’ in that poker scene and that was 21 years ago… It was just great being together with the two of them. It was a great day and I got to direct the episode. I had a blast,” Lorre said.
https://deadline.com/2023/11/chuck-lorre-bookie-poker-scene-two-and-a-half-men-charlie-sheen-angus-t-jones-1235644189/