Ashton Kutcher: Two and a Half Men Will "Go Through the Roof"
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Sorry, Charlie.
Ashton Kutcher is pretty confident about his new role on Two and a Half Men. In an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, the 33-year-old said he feels good about the sitcom's return -- without Charlie Sheen.
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"You get out [on stage] and the audience goes crazy," the former That '70s Show star said. "I think it's gonna go through the roof. I really do. I've been laughing really hard."
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According to CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler, Kutcher will assume the alter ego of Walden Schmidt, "an internet billionaire with a broken heart."
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Demi Moore's hubby -- who will be earning $700,000 per episode according to a TV Guide report -- is replacing Sheen, 45, who was fired from the show in March. Sheen's character, Charlie Harper, is killed off in the season premiere.
Kutcher's first episode of Two and a Half Men airs September 19 on CBS.
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7Ashton Kutcher Is A Joke/He Will Not Make The Show Good/He Is Not Even A Good Actor/Charlie Is 100 Times Better Of A Actor/None OF The Veterans And My Friends Will Even Watch This Kutcher Guy/He Acts Like A Damm Sissy!!!!!!!!
Dear Two and a half men cast and writers, I plan on giving your new show a chance because you did such a wonderful job the first time around. However, I really related to the Charlie Sheen character. When I got back from the Vietnam war in Sept. 1971 I was Charlie Harper down to the bowling shirts and short pants. Sufice it to say My lifestyle was a blueprint for the Charlie Harper charicter. As I say, I will give the new folks a chance but Mr. Kurcher has to know that he's Got a heck of a job filling Charlie Sheens shoes. By the way, wasn't there anything you could have done for him like bring his Dad in on his cocaine habit and maybe cut it off in the bud? Anyway, I hope this finds you all well and tell Charlie one thing for me! "There isn't enough cocaine in the world that would even come remotely close to blow a 1.2 million per episode. That to me is crazy and an excuse to bring him back after he goes to a new world somewhere to de-tox and you could probably get away with him being in the shower i.e. Bobby in Dallas! Thank you for listening to an old fart like me, but you had a definate big hit on your hands with the Charlie character. Too bad he has to be killed off. Sincerely, William Latvala
I really wish they didn't "kill" Charlie Harper...too heavy for a sitcom! They should have had him move to Europe or something..
I stopped watching this show a while ago, I only stumble across it while channel surfing. I'm just not a fan of Ashton's "acting", nor all that facial hair, trim it up dude!
omg i'm so excited for the show to be coming back on next month:)
This is going to be GREEAAT!!! He will rock the house!! Ashton is wonderful in EVERY thing he does!!! I cant wait!!
That show is going to sink so fast they'll be begging Sheen to come back after the first couple episodes. I'm not watching anymore