Comments on: Five Ways TV Characters Were Temporarily Written Out of Series So Their Actors Could Film Movies https://popculturereferences.com/five-ways-tv-characters-were-temporarily-written-out-of-series-so-their-actors-could-film-movies/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Sun, 25 May 2025 01:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: David D. https://popculturereferences.com/five-ways-tv-characters-were-temporarily-written-out-of-series-so-their-actors-could-film-movies/#comment-61335 Sun, 25 May 2025 01:42:02 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5665#comment-61335 Tracy Morgan was temporarily written off 30 Rock while recovering from a kidney transplant. Within the show his absence is explained as a sudden departure to Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-Edged_Sword

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/five-ways-tv-characters-were-temporarily-written-out-of-series-so-their-actors-could-film-movies/#comment-16054 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 06:20:30 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5665#comment-16054 In reply to Darren C Hood.

Great example, Darren!

]]> By: Darren C Hood https://popculturereferences.com/five-ways-tv-characters-were-temporarily-written-out-of-series-so-their-actors-could-film-movies/#comment-16052 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 04:55:49 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5665#comment-16052 George Clooney was missing through much of seasons 3-5 of ER as he was filming multiple films simultaneously while filming the show. “A Shift in the Night” had him only in the first and last 5 minutes of the show his absence explained as having suffered whiplash in a car accident. The actor was shooting “One Fine Day” at the time. The first third of season 3 was spent filming Batman & Robin beginning with “Let the Games Begin” through “Union Station”. “Freak Show” had him completely absent as he was filming “Out of Sight” with Jennifer Lopez.

]]> By: Duggy https://popculturereferences.com/five-ways-tv-characters-were-temporarily-written-out-of-series-so-their-actors-could-film-movies/#comment-13501 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 02:20:56 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5665#comment-13501 * Parks & Reck – Andy’s temporary job in London so Pratt could film Guardians of the Galaxy. They also had to write in his loss of weight.

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