Paget Brewster will not renew her contract

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/66586834.html

Potentially unpopular opinion, now that Brewster is gone too, I kinda wish the entire CM cast would quit CM, and then meet up again in a comedy show. I just don't know what. Bunnies anyone?

ETA: What happened:
- CBS kicked Paget out
- Fans revolt
- CBS forced Paget to come back, because of the contract...
- Now that Paget's contract is up, she will leave.


...and wow, 121 comments, I thought this was unshocking news, ouch my inbox. I wish Paget the best.

ETA:



ETA: On the subject of awesome female characters and actresses, but terrible terrible bosses...any of you Star Trek TNG fans here? Remember when Dr.Crusher all of a sudden got replaced before the collective outrage of fans and Patrick Stewart speaking on Gates McFadden's behalf got her back? The rumoured cause of her leaving was that she refused to sleep with one of the producers - a rumor given merit since Grace Lee Whitney (Janice Rand, TOS), was assaulted by two producters she didn't feel comfortable naming, before HER character was given the sudden-off. Ditto for the career of the actress in The Birds, Tippi Hedren, she signed a 7 contract with Hitchcock, who used it to keep her from working after she refused him. The BS that actresses have to put up with and all the things thrown at them is deplorable. If I stopped watching Criminal Minds after Paget leaves, it will less because of No Emily (though I will miss her so), but because of WHY she left. It's a sour taste in my mouth accented by the last weekk's episode, where Garcia thought something sexual happened between her and Morgan even though she was so drunk she couldn't remember any of it, and the writer is unaware of the unfortunate implication of.

Comments

[winklevii.livejournal.com]

Are you even serious right now? She didn't want to come back. CBS forced her to by saying that she had another year left on the contract they broke with her, and if she didn't come back, they'd sue her. She is well within her rights to leave a show that has treated her like replaceable garbage. She's not pulling a "stunt", she's getting out of something she didn't want to be pulled back into in the first place, and blaming her for this is disgusting.

[citjara.livejournal.com]

I didn't have this info when the news broke, but after reading that, I say - Yay for Paget! She needs to move on.

[citjara.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the articles.

I'm sure Paget was pretty much aware of the contract content, which is why she was hoping for Prentiss to be killed. No chance to be forced to come back after that.

[blue-sunflowers.livejournal.com]

Gah, I hate that I can't edit. My "original" comment is posted below this one.

"I'm sure Paget was pretty much aware of the contract content, which is why she was hoping for Prentiss to be killed."

I know! I couldn't believe she said she was surprised she was called back for the Paris scene. Not only was it widely reported the episode would end on a cliffhanger, but her BFF Matthew was directing (whom SHE asked to direct!) and had the entire script! I'm *sure* he would have mentioned the scene with her - especially since they also put Special Guest Star AJ Cook in it.

I'd respect Paget's decision more if she just owned up to the fact that she took a gamble and lost in re to the pilot-out option. That she's rewriting history to paint herself the truly innocent victim just loses her for me. Yes, she was a victim. And yes, CBS treated her badly - to begin with. But Paget got a HELL of a lot more pluses than she's letting on. She got a better 2010 deal (CBS didn't want her for as many episodes as she got), she got the pilot out option, she got a guaranteed fall-back plan for a job she loves (with a cast and crew she loves) if her pilot didn't get picked up, and she even got a BETTER offer if she'd only chosen to take it and not do the pilots.

So yeah, any respect I had for her is gone. There's a difference between being a victim and playing the victim, and IMO Paget's crossed it. Her "free will" tweet last May just seriously pissed me off, especially when you consider Rachel Nichols lost her job just so that Paget could come back to the job she's on record as saying she never wanted to leave.


IMO, the TRUE victim of the CBS f-up is AJ Cook, not Paget. CBS didn't even want AJ at all for season 6 and only brought her back for 2 episodes because nearly 20,000 people signed an online petition in ONE day.

[citjara.livejournal.com]

So the Paris scene wasn't in the original script?
If it was, I'm certain Paget knew about it. Otherwise, it might have been done as a pick-up.

[blue-sunflowers.livejournal.com]

"CBS forced her to by saying that she had another year left on the contract they broke with her, and if she didn't come back, they'd sue her."

CBS did not force Paget to sign that initial contract back in June 2010 and agree to those terms. And for Paget to claim she didn't know about that is disingenious at best, and stupid at worst, since Deadline was reporting the "CBS can call her back if her pilot fails" when Paget was doing her pilot (and actually, was insinuating it even earlier). So pretty dumb if everyone knew the terms of her contract *except* her. Also, it's common sense. Why would she need a pilot-out option if she knew she wasn't going to return for the seventh season? Oh yeah, that's right, she wouldn't. [me rolls eyes]

www.deadline.com/2011/04/a-j-cook-in-talks-to-return-to-criminal-minds-as-regular-paget-brewster-may-be-back-too-while-ed-bernero-is-leaving/

Also, CBS offered her a new contract last January 2011, but she opted to stay with her June 2010 one so that she could use her pilot-out option - as again, reported by Deadline. So her insinuation that CBS did nothing to make it up to her is false.

www.deadline.com/2011/02/paget-brewster-tests-sitcom-waters-as-fate-of-some-criminal-minds-actors-is-uncertain/