10 TV Actors Fired From Major Roles Before Filming (& Why)

Oftentimes, television show producers, writers, and directors cannot know if an actor is right for a part until they see them on set, acting out the episodes. Unfortunately, for most of these ten performers, the filmmakers didn’t like what they saw, leading to actors getting fired and roles being recast. Numerous specific reasons led to the star losing their jobs, including a lack of chemistry with costars and the producers wanting to take the character in another direction. Whatever the case, the ten television series on this list would be massively different had the original actors kept their jobs.