11 Actors Who Turned Down Reboots & Reunions

Whereas it may be disappointing to followers, these stars have their causes — and hope that they’ll maintain attempting within the path of the long term within the case of their work.

Uncover out why these stars chosen to not reprise their roles…

1. Rachel McAdams

When the Suggest Ladies solid reunited for a sequence of Black Friday ads for Walmart, Rachel McAdams was notably missing. Whereas Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried and totally different co-stars all gave followers a glimpse into the lives of their beloved characters, Rachel turned down the possibility to take part.

“I have no idea,” she suggested Choice. “I assume I wasn’t that smitten by doing a industrial if I’m being fully honest. A movie sounded superior, nonetheless I’ve under no circumstances carried out commercials, and it merely didn’t actually really feel like my bag. Moreover… I didn’t know that everyone was doing it. I’d, in actual fact, always prefer to be part of a Suggest Ladies reunion and grasp with my plastics, nonetheless yeah, I found that out later.”

2. Jennette McCurdy

In 2021, the iCarly reboot formally premiered on Paramount Plus nonetheless Jennette McCurdy was nowhere to be seen. Early on inside the first season, the absence of Jennette’s character Sam was outlined by saying that she was touring with “a biker gang referred to as the Oliberators” — nonetheless in precise life, the actress and author had turned down the prospect to appear inside the new sequence.

Jennette later shared that she had absolutely quit showing and after her mom’s demise, a number of the needs that her mother had imposed on her had disappeared. On excessive of that, Jennette felt unfulfilled by her perform on the distinctive current.

“I’m so ashamed of the weather I’ve carried out before now. I resent my occupation in a great deal of strategies,” she talked about on her Empty Inside podcast. “I actually really feel so unfulfilled by the roles that I carried out and felt favor it was basically essentially the most cheesy, embarrassing. I did the reveals that I was on from like 13 to 21, and by 15, I was already embarrassed.”

3. Kim Cattrall

By means of the years, there have been rumors of a feud between Intercourse and the Metropolis co-stars Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker. After the sequence wrapped and the cast filmed two movies, Kim talked about, “The whole thing in me went, ‘I’m carried out.’” Kim turned down the possibility to make a third movie and when a sequence reboot was later launched, Kim opted out of reprising her perform.

She later outlined that she didn’t like how her character was represented inside the script for the third movie and it turned her off the considered reprising her perform in And Merely Like That.

“Can you take into consideration going once more to a job you in all probability did 25 years prior to now? And the job didn’t get less complicated; it obtained further tough inside the sense of how are you going to progress with these characters?” she suggested    Choice.

“The whole thing has to develop, or it dies. I felt that when the sequence ended, I believed that’s good. We’re not repeating ourselves. After which the movie to complete all the unfastened ends. After which there’s one different movie. After which there’s one different movie?”

She did make a cameo on the end of the followup current’s second season, though she’s unlikely to return.

4. David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce starred on Frasier for years nonetheless when the current was not too way back rebooted, he decided he didn’t must return. When requested about his choice to decide on out of the reunion, David outlined that it had nothing to do alongside along with his co-stars.

“I under no circumstances truly wished to return. It isn’t like I discussed, ‘Oh, I don’t ever want to do that as soon as extra.’ I appreciated every second. It was that I needed to do totally different points,” he suggested the Los Angeles Events, together with that by the purpose “precise talks” regarding the reboot had been in motion, he “had merely started on the Julia TV current” and was engaged on two separate musicals.

He continued, “I merely thought, ‘I don’t must be devoted to a gift and by no means be succesful to do stuff like this… I moreover thought, ‘They don’t really need me.’ Frasier has moved on to a model new world. They’ve new characters. And I imagine I’m correct. It’s doing good. And the model new people they’ve are good.”

5. Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen grew up whereas displaying on Full Dwelling inside the early 90s nonetheless when the current was given a reboot 20 years later, that that they had moved on from the world of showing. No matter your total solid returning, Mary-Kate and Ashley refused to even make a cameo, which star John Stamos admits upset him at first.

“As soon as I did Fuller Dwelling, they didn’t want to return once more and I was indignant for a minute and that obtained out,” he shared on the And That’s What You REALLY Missed podcast. “Nonetheless they talked about, ‘We appreciated you guys, we appreciated our childhood. We appreciated being with you. We miss Bob.’ They came over to my dwelling and they also launched a pork chop and sage.”

6. Lauren Conrad

Lauren Conrad dominated the world of actuality TV as a result of the star of The Hills, nonetheless after 5 seasons of the current, she walked away. The sequence concluded just one season after Lauren left nonetheless was rebooted in 2019 as The Hills: New Beginnings. Whereas many distinctive solid members appeared, Lauren had no actual curiosity in being on the current — although she gave the reboot her stamp of approval.

“I imagine it’s good. I’m glad that that they had been able to do it as soon as extra,” Lauren suggested Leisure Tonight.

7. Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola

Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola was an distinctive solid member of The Jersey Shore nonetheless after the current wrapped, she stepped away from actuality TV. Then when Jersey Shore: Family Journey was launched in 2018, Sammi was notably missing from the cast. Whereas Sammi has now completely returned plenty of seasons in, she admits she was in a really fully totally different place when the spin-off first premiered.

“On the time, when all individuals decided to return to the current, I merely was in a really, like, fully totally different place,” Sami suggested Leisure Tonight. “I was in an excellent spot in my life and felt like going once more to the current would possibly enter me into some toxic circumstances as soon as extra.”

She continued, “I truly took the time to work on myself as soon as I left the current once more then. I truly merely didn’t must enter any damaging or toxic circumstances as soon as extra. As soon as I did the current, you guys observed all my ups and downs… [I was] listening to all these items on social media, and it might take its toll on you. There was a great deal of stress on me and I merely felt like, ‘I don’t assume I can enter myself in a world that could be very worrying.’ And I merely didn’t actually really feel correct going once more into it as soon as extra.”

8. Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto made a fame for himself as one in every of many stars of Heroes inside the early 2000s. When the current was rebooted as Heroes: Reborn in 2016, he was offered the prospect to reprise his perform nonetheless turned it down. Instead, he wished to focus on totally different initiatives.

“I’m not going to return. I talked to them about it… We had an superior dialog,” Zachary suggested Buzzfeed Data. “It was such a big experience for me… I merely felt like I didn’t must return to it… It’s an superior issue to be a part of. I merely felt like I need to cultivate totally different outlets for myself.”

9. Chad Michael Murray

Chad Michael Murray had a supporting perform on the first season of Gilmore Ladies sooner than turning into a big teen heartthrob. When the cast reunited for the four-part Netflix event, Gilmore Ladies: A 12 months inside the Life, Chad was requested to make an look nonetheless turned it down. Instead, he was modified by a lookalike actor.

“I need I’d’ve been there however it’s all good — life is nice. All my buddies obtained to return,” Chad suggested ET.

10. Michael Ontkean

Michael Ontkean was an distinctive member of the cast of Twin Peaks nonetheless turned down the possibility to reprise his perform as Sheriff Truman inside the current’s 2017 revival. In response to author Brad Dukes, who penned Reflections, An Oral Historic previous of Twin Peaks, Michael had initially signed on for the revival nonetheless in the end backed out.

“I spoke with Michael a handful of cases this yr on the phone. He was truly excited to return as Truman, and even spent a number of of hours within the hunt for his earlier jacket, and ultimately reached out to me to help uncover it,” Brad reportedly tweeted.

He continued, “We found a suitable duplicate. I bought it and despatched it to him. We closing spoke in August and he educated me he wasn’t going to Washington in any case. I suggested him I was heartbroken to hearken to that.”

11. Matthew Gray Gubler

Matthew Gray Gubler was an distinctive star of Authorized Minds nonetheless when the current was rebooted as Authorized Minds: Evolution, he wanted to flip down the possibility to reprise his perform on the sequence. On the time, Matthew was busy engaged on his current Dollface, nonetheless as a result of the sitcom has now been canceled, the actor says he’s open to returning to Authorized Minds: Evolution for season 2.

“In actual fact! I may be honored. I’d fully love that. They did a extra moderen spin-off of the current, however it was filming all through a time as soon as I used to be capturing one factor else, so it didn’t work out. Nonetheless I’m unable to attend — hopefully it will shortly work out,” he talked about on The Six O’Clock Current.