Warner Bros. agrees to pay Charlie Sheen
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Charlie Sheen, protagonist of Two and a Half Men. (File Photo) |
Warner Bros. and CBS have confirmed that they will pay Charlie Sheen for the remaining four episodes they would have worked on "The Two and a Half Men" set, according Yahoo news Monday.
The rest episodes of the top-rated comedy were scheduled to begin shooting this week. But they were suspended by CBS and Warner Bros. following Sheen's insulting rants against the sitcom creator, Chuck Lorre, on a radio program last week.
Sheen demanded payment of roughly 16 million U.S. dollars because of the shutdown, but his former employers stopped the disscussion of payment after the program’s cancellation for the season last week.
Sheen's attorney on Monday sent letters to CBS and Warner Bros. threatening legal action over cancelled episodes of the sitcome.
Sheen said in an interview aired on "Good Morning America" that he would defend himself through "violent hatred" aimed at him, and he felt let down the show was stopped.
The war of words between Sheen and Warner Bros. escalated as he demanded a pay rise for his psychological stress in NBC's "Today" show on Monday.
Production of "Two and a Half Men" was first suspended in January when Sheen, 45, was persuaded to seek help after a 36-hour cocaine-fuelled party at his home.
