Jon Cryer Finally Opens Up About How It Truly Was Working With Charlie Sheen
Jon Cryer has been through the Hollywood ringer since the '80s, yet no experience prepared him for Charlie Sheen. Their friendship began on the set of Hot Shots! in the 1980s, and they later reunited on Two and a Half Men. Together, the two reached the top of the TV world — and then Sheen had his infamous downfall. Cryer witnessed the best and worst of his friend Charlie, and now he's finally telling the incredible story from his perspective.
Two and a Half Men
For Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men was the show that saved his career. After starring in multiple failed television pilots, he was finally on a popular sitcom. Season after season, the ratings were good. The series thrived.
Thanks, Charlie
In a way, he felt indebted to his friend and co-star Charlie Sheen: Were it not for the Hollywood titan getting him a role on Two and a Half Men, Cryer's only substantial acting credit might have been as loveable sidekick Ducky in the 1984 John Hughes classic Pretty in Pink.
A Charle Sheen-Shaped Disaster
But nevertheless, from 2003 to 2010, life was going well for Cryer and the sitcom's cast. However, the gravy train soon went off the rails thanks to a Charlie Sheen-shaped tabloid disaster. Suddenly, the show was left with one and a half men.
Erratic
Perhaps early on, the cast and crew could have seen the Sheen-disaster coming. For a man that had always been known for partying and erratic behavior, Sheen soon started acting unlike himself — and that's saying something.
