One of the problems with actors are their egos. Each one thinks s/he is superior. When the Star, the one people turn on to watch has this attitude, well, the little co-stars either accept or get fired. When the co-stars believe they are more important than the star, they are gone so fast one doesn’t remember they were there.
The most obvious was on Star Trek, The Next Generation.
Just as it happened in the Original Series, the public focused on the ‘Alien’. In The Original Series, (TOS) it was Mr. Spock. He was played by Leonard Nimoy. The Star was William Shatner, who played James T. Kirk.
As William Shatner knew it was the show that mattered, and liked Leonard Nimoy, the two got on, and stayed together, through Star Trek, into movies, and were friends until Leonard Nimoy died.
This was similar to the intellect exhibited by Robert Vaugn in relation to David McCallum on Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Illya Kuricham was supposed to be a temporary character, but the public loved him, so David McCallum moved up to co-star and stayed on the series until it ended, and Robert Vaugn was cool about that.
On Star Trek, The Next Generation, Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar) felt that Michael Dorn, (Worf) was getting too much attention and she should get more. No one cared about her or her character, so she was killed off, and Michael Dorn has continued to play Worf until the end of The Next Generation, into Deep Space Nine, into the various movies. Denise Crosby disappeared.
On The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, everyone tuned in to see Will Smith. He was the star. The female actress who played Aunt Viv in the first three seasons, Janet Hubert, was annoyed that Will Smith got so much air time and she so little. She was replaced in the third season and went into oblivion.
On the Good Wife, Julianna Margulies, the star was the best friend of Archie Panjabi. In the show, the characters had an argument, and stopped being friends. This was real, and because the two could function, and the plot could function, Panjabi stayed until the sixth season although she and Margulies never appeared together on screen.
One of the most memorable was that between Isaiah Washington and TR Knight. On Grey’s Anatomy. Washington, had made an anti-gay comment during a heated argument on set.
Washington played Doctor Preston Burke who later married Christine Yang (Sandra Oh). Knight played intern George O’Malley.
After the argument, Burke walked out on Yang at their wedding, and George was killed soon thereafter. Thus ending the ‘conflict’. Katherine Heigl, who had played Izzie Stephens got into an argument over money, and she was gone as well. No one much noticed the absence of these ‘stars’.
In fact, if I didn’t mention it, you would not remember them either.
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Greys Anatomy has been one of my personal favorite shows, I was sad to see George go because of slander. I feel like his story didn't get to truly blossom all because of a behind the scenes argument. They should have fired Burk, when you work in this environment you need to be prepared to encounter all lifestyles, do you need to be an advocate? No. But you need to be able to put your differences aside and do your job, ACT! So Burk should have been fired so George could have still been an amazing actor on the show. Other shows like this would be Glee. They fired Santana because the main girl didn't like her. REALLY! Are we children now? And that is only teaching already entitled actors that it is ok to be that way. To me this is just sickening and bad business for television.