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TMC · 01-23-2017, 04:18 AM

What I mean is what actors can you name had started to "feel their hype" and demand more money, try to get creative freedom or just became a pain to work with.

Torgo · 01-23-2017, 10:26 AM

Suzanne Somers

bmasters9 · 01-23-2017, 01:12 PM

IIRC, Jan-Michael Vincent became like this on Airwolf in the 1985-86 season (third one, and last of the CBS seasons).

pkripper001 · 01-23-2017, 01:44 PM

John Amos who played James Evans,
Sr. was kicked off Good Times for this,
although it wasn't about money.

treky · 01-24-2017, 01:57 AM

Suzanne Somers

Retro4Life · 01-24-2017, 12:58 PM

Farrah Fawcett

David Caruso

Anna Karenina · 01-24-2017, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

Suzanne Somers

Huh, what? I don't know what you even mean by putting her name in this kind of thread...

Mace Dolex · 01-24-2017, 03:03 PM

Can this apply to movies too? if so then Crispin Glover was replaced as George McFly in the Back To The Future parts 2 and 3 films when he asked for more money.

Retro4Life · 01-24-2017, 03:04 PM

The ironic thing is that none of the celebs we've listed found much success in film after TV. Somers had that terrible "Nothing Personal" movie, then pretty much nothing. Caruso had...well, not much. Farrah had middling success but certainly nothing blockbuster.

Travolta is the one example I can think of where the "Hollywood" gambit really worked.

Anna Karenina · 01-24-2017, 03:11 PM

Will Smith had a big head, had Aunt Viv fired and went onto global stardom.

His career has hit some bumps lately which probably humbled him to some degree.

He and his wife Jada can be kind of annoying to tell you the truth.

Anna Karenina · 01-24-2017, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

The ironic thing is that none of the celebs we've listed found much success in film after TV. Somers had that terrible "Nothing Personal" movie, then pretty much nothing. Caruso had...well, not much. Farrah had middling success but certainly nothing blockbuster.

Travolta is the one example I can think of where the "Hollywood" gambit really worked.

Nothing Personal was so terrible, I caught it one time on TV and couldn't believe how horribly written, acted and produced it was.

Just embarrassing. She STILL asked for that unreasonable raise despite how badly that "movie" flopped.

BTW, she still hasn't sent me the ring I ordered from her on Christmas. I did get the bracelet and her biography though. I digress.

Torgo · 01-24-2017, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

Huh, what? I don't know what you even mean by putting her name in this kind of thread...

Totally random name came to my head.

Retro4Life · 01-24-2017, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Anna Karenina

Nothing Personal was so terrible, I caught it one time on TV and couldn't believe how horribly written, acted and produced it was.

Just embarrassing. She STILL asked for that unreasonable raise despite how badly that "movie" flopped.

BTW, she still hasn't sent me the ring I ordered from her on Christmas. I did get the bracelet and her biography though. I digress.

LOL. Somers did rebound with her Vegas act and herThighmaster and other commercials. Plus there was "Step by Step" and "She's the Sheriff". But overall, she would have been a lot better off sticking with the show, I think. Heck, it only lasted about three more years after she left; it wasn't like it was delaying any other opportunities that much, and I think the public might have been a little more accepting of attempt to seque into other venues.

But what's past is past. She made up with her co-stars, from what I've read, and she really strikes me as a pretty decent person.

KatieAnn · 01-24-2017, 05:19 PM

What did Suzanne Somers want? I thought she just wanted equal pay with John Ritter, but reading here makes me see there was more to it.

Retro4Life · 01-24-2017, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by KatieAnn

What did Suzanne Somers want? I thought she just wanted equal pay with John Ritter, but reading here makes me see there was more to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Somers

Read the second paragraph under "Three's Company".

01-23-2017, 04:18 AM	#1
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01-24-2017, 03:04 PM	#9
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	The ironic thing is that none of the celebs we've listed found much success in film after TV. Somers had that terrible "Nothing Personal" movie, then pretty much nothing. Caruso had...well, not much. Farrah had middling success but certainly nothing blockbuster. Travolta is the one example I can think of where the "Hollywood" gambit really worked.

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Anna Karenina Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 10,086	Will Smith had a big head, had Aunt Viv fired and went onto global stardom. His career has hit some bumps lately which probably humbled him to some degree. He and his wife Jada can be kind of annoying to tell you the truth.

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KatieAnn Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 15, 2011 Posts: 520	What did Suzanne Somers want? I thought she just wanted equal pay with John Ritter, but reading here makes me see there was more to it.