Surprising quantity Charlie Sheen was paid per episode of Two and a Half Males

Charlie Sheen’s co-star has revealed how a lot he was paid in Two and a Half Males.

Sheen starred within the sitcom for eight years throughout eight seasons, earlier than he was ultimately dismissed from the present in 2011.

Now 60, he has been sober for nearly a decade, after scuffling with an dependancy to alcohol and medicines.

Lately, Sheen’s co-star, Jon Cryer, has spoken about their time filming the present, and the alleged discrepancy between their pay cheques.

Within the new documentary about Sheen‘s profession, aka Charlie Sheen, Cryer claims that Sheen’s contract negotiations ‘went off the charts as a result of his life was falling aside’.

“The dictator of North Korea was a man named Kim Jong-Il,” Cryer stated.

“He acted loopy on a regular basis and thus received huge quantities of assist from nations who had been so fearful of him that they’d shovel cash at him.”

He added: “Effectively, that’s what occurred right here. [Sheen’s] negotiations went off the charts as a result of his life was falling aside. Me, whose life was fairly good at the moment, I received a 3rd of that.”

Cryer revealed that shortly earlier than Sheen left the present, he was making near an eye-watering two million {dollars} per episode. In the meantime, Cryer claimed he was making two-thirds much less, and solely started incomes $620,000 per episode as soon as Sheen left.

Sheen left after a really public fallout with Two and a Half Males creator, Chuck Lorre, when he made a bunch of insulting feedback.

“I believe I simply began partying too arduous. I used to be having means an excessive amount of enjoyable,” Sheen later advised Katie Couric’s speak present.

Agreeing with Couric that the ‘present was getting in the way in which of his social life’, the actor admitted: “It spilled over onto the set somewhat bit. I imply, I wasn’t partying on the set, I used to be by no means excessive after I labored. However no, that was that turned secondary.

“And what, what turned the thrust of what I used to be saying, , curious to pursue was like touring on my weeks off and alluring all my buddies.

When requested why he gave up a lot cash, Sheen added: “You make an excellent level, make an excellent level, however on the identical time, you wish to have enjoyable having that kind of success, proper?

“However I, , I take issues too far. It is who I’m.”

Ashton Kutcher ended up changing Sheen and the present continued for 4 extra seasons.