Random Behind The Scenes Of Two And A Half Men (17 items)

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  (#4) Jon Cryer Asked Charlie Sheen For Advice On How To Pay For Sex

  Cryer's memoir unsurprisingly dished quite a bit about the goings on behind the scenes of Two and a Half Men. Perhaps more surprising was the amount of embarrassing stuff he revealed about himself, such as his foray into the world of soliciting sex in exchange for cash. Cryer admitted to being "an emotional basket case" after his divorce from British actress Sarah Trigger, and he needed to "get [his] equilibrium back."

  He went to Charlie Sheen for advice on how exactly to pay for sex, and Sheen directed him to his personal favorite online services. When a woman with a "sexy Finnish accent" came to Cryer's house for the first time, he reportedly enjoyed the experience.
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  (#8) In Late 2010, Sheen Was Forcibly Hospitalized After Another Alleged Assault

  In October 2010, Charlie Sheen reportedly paid adult film star Capri Anderson $3,500 to spend the evening with him in New York City. The night ended with Sheen exploding in a fit of rage, trashing his room at the famed Plaza Hotel. Anderson claimed he threatened to kill her, and she locked herself in the bathroom for safety. When police came, they took Sheen to a local hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

  After the incident, Sheen allegedly texted Anderson, offering to pay her $20,000 to stay silent. Instead, Anderson filed a harassment complaint with the NYPD, prompting Sheen to sue her, claiming extortion. 
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  (#15) Sheen Mouthed Off About Everyone And Everything

  In January 2017 radio interview, Sheen was still saying awful things about Chuck Lorre (including "Suck my f*cking butt"), but he took a different (and surprising) tact when it came to Kutcher:

  I was stupidly mean to him, because I overlooked the difficulty of taking over a show — which I did myself, I took over Spin City when Michael J. Fox was too sick. I should’ve been nicer. He was tasked with such an uphill struggle, and I was mired in my own ego. For that I am regretful.

  This moment of self-reflection from Sheen may be considered shocking, especially considering his long and apparently remorse-free history of assaulting women. 
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  (#16) Sheen Was Invited Back To The Show For The Finale, But Declined As They Wouldn't Do It His Way

  In the series finale of Two and a Half Men, the audience learns that Sheen's character Charlie Harper never actually died, but was instead imprisoned by his crazy admirer, Rose (Melanie Lynskey), who was holding him against his will in a well in her basement a la Buffalo Bill. The show closes with Charlie Harper (only shown from the back as it wasn't actually Sheen) ringing the doorbell of his old house, but before anyone answers, a piano falls on him and kills him. The camera then pulls back to reveal Chuck Lorre in the director's chair, who turns to the camera and says, "Winning!" before he suffers the same fate as Charlie.

  Lorre released a statement after the show about Sheen's absence:

  I know a lot of you might be disappointed that you didn't get to see Charlie Sheen in tonight's finale. For the record, he was offered a role. Our idea was to have him walk up to the front door in the last scene, ring the doorbell, then turn, look directly into the camera and go off on a maniacal rant about the dangers of drug abuse. He would then explain that these dangers only applied to average people. That he was far from average. He was a ninja warrior from Mars. He was invincible. 

  And then we would drop a piano on him. 

  We thought it was funny. 

  He didn't. 

  Instead, he wanted us to write a heart-warming scene that would set up his return to primetime TV in a new sitcom called The Harpers starring him and Jon Cryer. 

  We thought that was funny too.
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  (#11) Sheen's Relationship With Showrunners Began To Devolve Rapidly In Early 2011

  By February 2011, Sheen had pretty much hit rock bottom (again). He was reportedly fired from his show for giving rambling interviews to every media organization that would listen and demanding that he should receive another raise, saying in one interview:

  I'm not angry, I'm passionate. Everybody thinks I should be begging for my job back and I'm just gonna forewarn them that's gonna be everyone else that's gonna be begging me for their jobs back. I'm a man of my word, I'll finish the TV show, I'll even do season 10, but at this point because of psychological distress, I want $3 mil an episode, take it or leave it.

  Look at what I've been through. [I make] roughly [$2 million] now. I'm underpaid right now, for sure. If you look at the money that [the producers] are making yeah, it's ridiculous. I'm tired of pretending I'm not special.
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  (#6) Cryer Broke Up With A Girl After Discovering She Had Previously Dated Sheen

  After Cryer decided to once again start seeking legitimate romance, he met a woman named Stephanie and the two hit it off. They started dating and Cryer brought her to the set of Two and a Half Men. When he introduced her to Sheen it became clear the two knew each other. Sheen later told Cryer he had actually dated Stephanie before, but things went sour when he tried to convince her to have a threesome. The story as written by Cryer says as much about him as it does Sheen:

  Charlie said, "Well, I wanted to bring another girl into bed with us, and she was not happy about that." And then he looked me straight in the eye and with no trace of irony, said, "So heads-up on that." I went home that night and broke up with Stephanie.

  Cryer claims he ended things with Stephanie because dating Sheen should have been "upfront information."

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