I just couldnt go on speaking those bloody awful lines.
Id had enough of the mumbo jumbo."
Here are 27 actors who asked or even begged for their character to be killed off.
Richard recalled, One day she asked me: Can you kill me off?
Like an actor leaving a TV soap.
Itll be a memorable episode and then Ill be off the show.
A person that I dont relate to whatsoeverpeople thinking is me.
I actually told Justin [Lin] at one point that I wanted to die.
He says it’s not going to happen."
I just couldnt go on speaking those bloody awful lines.
Id had enough of the mumbo jumbo," he said.
5.After the second film, Harrison Ford alsofelthis character, Han Solo, should be killed off.
I said, ‘Hes got no mama, hes got no papa, hes got no future.
He has no story responsibilities at this point so lets allow him to commit self-sacrifice.
When promoting the third film, Ford famouslysaid,“Three is enough for me.
I was glad to see that costume for the last time.”
He did reprise the role inThe Force Awakens, but his character was finally killed.
6.Dawson’s Creekcreator Kevin WilliamsonclaimedMonica Keena “begged” to be killed off the show.
“I will tell you what I remember is that she didnt want to be there.
She was, like, begging to be killed off.
Unlike the other actors on the show, I think that she wasnt as excited to be there.”
It just started to become false.
It started to become this action-packed can of soup, you know?
You just market it and send it out.
Hereportedlydid “everything he could” to get fired, including trashing his trailer.
He later only agreed to reprise his role in the21 Jump Streetfilmon thecondition that his character be killed.
“I don’t know guess I thought it would be kind of cool.”
9.Sean Connery famously got sick of playing James Bond andwantedhim dead.
But by then we knew we had a hit on our hands.
She said, Four!
I said, OK. Then can I kill him off?
She said, Yes.
He said the franchise should reset and “go find another story.”
But mostly, he said, “I don’t want to go back.
The sacrifice that he makes in the movie was for love, and there’s no greater sacrifice.
So it seemed like a good thing to end on.”
11.Sophie TurnertoldJust Jared that she wanted her character Sansa to die onGame of Thronesafter getting revenge.
“I want her to avenge her familys death and everything.
But then I kind of want her to die at the end because I want a big death scene.
I want her to die and I want Littlefinger to end up on the throne.
I dont really care about anyone else.”
Just a long slow death."
She also felt it would hammer home the true level of danger if one of the Liars died.
However, her character, Spencer, survived until the end.
14.Channing Tatumdidn’teven want to do the firstG.I.
So for the second film,G.I.
Joe: Retaliation,he asked that his character be killed in the first 10 minutes.
15.Jamie Lee Curtis similarly only returned to theHalloweenfranchise on the condition that her character die.
Her character was killed off in the film, but she ended up returning to the series in 2017.
His character, Mitchell, a vampire, was staked in a mercy killing by his friend George.
His character was murdered by a hitman in Season 5.
Anya died in the series finale.
Daniel ended up being killed in Season 4 while saving Emily.
However, her character didn’t die on the show and was instead banished to her hometown.
Which really depressed me because I was very proud of the movies.
She alsotoldthe Chicago Tribune, “There’s only so much bad luck that a person can have.
“Dale’s death was my decision.
I was furious about how Frank was pushed out of the show.
I spent a week not being able to take a full breath.
And then I realized, ‘Oh, I can quit.’
So I called them and said, ‘It’s a zombie show.
I don’t want to do this anymore.’
It was an immense relief to me.”
25.Tom Payne also suggested his character Jesus be killed inThe Walking Dead.Why?
He had actually wanted to leave since Season 3 so he could star in other projects.
His character, Nick, died after being shot in Season 4.
“We wanted the brothers to go out with a bang together.
And we were fighting over who would die,” Wesley revealed.
However, only Wesley got his wish, and Somerhalder’s character survived (albeit as a human).
