Entertainment Hugh Grant reveals his lead role offers dried up after he developed a “bad attitude”

Project: Two And A Half Men

Reason: After making "inflammatory comments" and failing to continue a drug rehabilitation program, producers ultimately decided it was time to let Charlie go — and they did so in an 11-page letter, describing the actor as being sick.

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“At the outset, let us state the obvious: Your client has been engaged in dangerously self-destructive behaviour and appears to be very ill," the letter to Charlie's lawyer read. Ashton Kutcher joined the cast in place of him but as a new character, Walden Schmidt.

Project: American Psycho

Reason: The studio went through a lot of other actors before deciding to go with Christian for the lead role. But after a lengthy hiring process, Christian was let go when Leonardo DiCaprio became available. However, he kept training at the gym because he believed the part would eventually end up back in his lap — and it did.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Christian described his persistence with the role. “I’m English, so I never go to a gym, but for that role it was part of the whole deal that I had to go. I still kept going down to the gym every day because I was going, ‘Oh, I’m making the film.’"

Project: Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

Reason: In 2009, after she made a few choice comments about the film's director, Michael Bay, Megan was fired from the third instalment of Transformers and replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. In an interview with Wonderland magazine, Megan said that Michael wanted "to be like Hitler on his sets" and that he's "a nightmare to work for."

Hugh Grant reveals he took break after developing 'a bad attitude'

The British actor admitted he was 'embarrassed' to begin a hiatus from leading roles after his Hollywood offers dried up, saying on Friday that he developed a 'bad attitude.'And Hugh Grant, 60, has revealed why he took a break from acting after developing 'a bad attitude'.

Micheal took care of the "work for" part by firing her after he was given the order to do so by the film's executive producer Steven Spielberg.

Project: Anger Management

Reason: Selma played Charlie's girlfriend, Kate Wales, on the comedy show before she was forcefully fired in June 2013. The actress allegedly slapped a $1.2 million lawsuit on lead actor Charlie Sheen and the production company, Lionsgate Entertainment, demanding the money she would have earned had she not been fired. She believed she was wrongfully terminated after she complained about Charlie holding up filming because he was still in his dressing room learning lines.

Hugh Grant reveals his lead role offers dried up after he developed a “bad attitude”

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Project: Bolt

Reason: In the animated movie, 11-year-old Chloe played Penny, Bolt's human owner. She fully recorded the part before Disney decided to recast Miley Cyrus in the role. However, Chloe's voice was still used in the film for the younger version of Penny, and she is credited for that.

Project: Beverly Hills, 90210

Reason: Shannen can thank Tori Spelling for getting her kicked off the show — though Shannen herself was allegedly the root of the problem. The actress was known for getting into physical fights on set. Once punches were thrown, Tori called her dad — who created and produced the series. Aaron Spelling ended up firing Shannen for bad behaviour, per his daughter's request.

Project: Paddington

Reason: After he finished recording the lines for the character Paddington, producers thought the British actor's mature tone wasn't the right voice for the youthful, innocent bear. Colin was fired and replaced by Ben Whishaw.

Project: The Talk

Reason: The Emmy-nominated executive producer was fired from CBS' The Talk in 2012, and blamed her co-host Sharon Osbourne for it... at first.

However years later, during an interview with Howard Stern, Leah said she just wasn't the right fit. "If I wanted to be in this kind of show I need to shut my mouth and do what my bosses tell me to do," she said. "I can’t do that. That [was] maybe not a good fit in that way.”

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Fans of The Undoing joked that Hugh Grant would “haunt their dreams” after the murder mystery came to an explosive conclusion. The Sky Atlantic series, written by Big Little Lies’ David E Kelley, and directed by The Night Manager’s Susanne Bier, featured the Paddington 2 actor as New York City doctor Jonathan Fraser, who is on trial for the murder of his mistress. During the course of the show almost every cast member had come under suspicion for the murder of Elena, played by Matilda De Angelis, including his wife Grace, played by Nicole Kidman, and their son Henry (Noah Jupe).

Project: Beverly Hills Cop

Reason: The role of Axel Foley, played by Eddie Murphy, was originally offered to Sly — but he sabotaged his own chances of playing the character. After getting the script, he attempted to re-write his role, and the studio didn't like that.

This movie was one of Eddie's biggest, bringing home $234million at the box office. It seems like Sly may have missed out losing this gig.

Project: Valley Of The Dolls

Reason: The actress, best known for her character Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz, didn't make the same kind of positive impression while filming this movie. She was reportedly nerve-wracking to work with and wound up being fired after refusing to come out of her dressing room.