Sometimes actors don’t want the commitment of what could be a minimum 5 year contract walking in on day one. It means not being able to say yes to anything else that comes up that you would want to do in that time. Hamm and Hall could not leave their shows- the shows were forced to delay filming etc. on the occasions when the scheduling got screwed up.
Considering the number of pilots shot every year that never get optioned… sometimes that is because the budget for the star is not worth it to the network. It’s all numbers.
Theroux and Hall had successful careers outside their TV roles. Hall is always doing theater during down time, Theroux while not the greatest writer was making good money at it.
They don’t need to do big television roles that are huge time and life sucks, they don’t need the money. They are of an age and have made enough money in their careers they don’t need to do a show that films for 9 months 6 days a week, if they don’t want to.
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Reply to Why are actors with amazing performances in one high profile role, not re-casted in other high profile roles? by Royal-Geologist587
Sometimes actors don’t want the commitment of what could be a minimum 5 year contract walking in on day one. It means not being able to say yes to anything else that comes up that you would want to do in that time. Hamm and Hall could not leave their shows- the shows were forced to delay filming etc. on the occasions when the scheduling got screwed up. Considering the number of pilots shot every year that never get optioned… sometimes that is because the budget for the star is not worth it to the network. It’s all numbers. Theroux and Hall had successful careers outside their TV roles. Hall is always doing theater during down time, Theroux while not the greatest writer was making good money at it.
They don’t need to do big television roles that are huge time and life sucks, they don’t need the money. They are of an age and have made enough money in their careers they don’t need to do a show that films for 9 months 6 days a week, if they don’t want to.