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Chuck Lorre Says Anna Faris’s Exit Confirmed His Earlier Doubts
Chuck Lorre revisits Anna Faris’s departure from Mom in his new memoir.
Faris played Christy Plunkett, a recovering alcoholic, opposite Allison Janney from 2013 until she left ahead of the show’s eighth season.
Lorre writes that he had initially doubted whether Faris was right for the role, but cast her after reflecting on his troubled working relationship with Charlie Sheen.
He later said her exit confirmed his earlier doubts, but did not explain what he meant by the reasons for her departure.
Faris has said the show’s intensity wore on her focus and that she had never before held a job for so long.
She described the period as complicated and said she remains hesitant to discuss her experience on the show in depth.
Mom was cancelled after eight seasons, and Faris said leaving allowed her to pursue new opportunities.
Chuck Lorre wrote in his memoir that Anna Faris’s departure from Mom confirmed his earlier doubts about casting her.
Faris left the CBS comedy ahead of its eighth season after playing Christy Plunkett for seven years.
Lorre said Faris left for “mysterious reasons that were not mysterious to anyone on the show,” but did not explain further.
Faris has said the show’s intensity affected her focus and that it was a complicated time in her life.
Faris’s character was written out as studying law at Georgetown.
- Who
- Chuck Lorre and Anna Faris.
- What
- Lorre said Faris’s exit from Mom confirmed his earlier doubts about casting her.
- When
- Faris left ahead of the show’s eighth season in 2020.
- Where
- On the CBS comedy Mom.
- Why
- Lorre did not explain what he meant by the reasons for her departure. Faris said the show’s intensity affected her focus and that it was a complicated time in her life.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Mom began, with Faris playing Christy Plunkett and Allison Janney playing her mother, Bonnie.
Faris announced she was leaving the show ahead of its eighth season.
Faris discussed her decision to leave Mom on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
E! News reported on Lorre’s account of his doubts and Faris’s departure in his memoir.
- Show
- Mom
- Network
- CBS
- Faris’s character
- Christy Plunkett
- Departure
- Ahead of season eight
- Faris’s role duration
- Seven years
- Lorre’s memoir
- Sitcom
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What people are saying
As the years went by, it became apparent that my initial reluctance to hire Anna was, in fact, correct.
After six years, she left the show for mysterious reasons that were not mysterious to anyone on the show.
I do think the intensity, towards the end, I think I started to lose my focus.
The past seven years on Mom have been some of the most fulfilling and rewarding of my career.