These days, Jon Cryer has somewhat of a winning relationship with his Two and a Half Men co-star Charlie Sheen.<\/p>\n
Fourteen years after Sheen was fired from the beloved sitcom following severe addiction struggles, Cryer partook in the Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was interesting,\u201d the Pretty in Pink star mused about the September project while on The View on Friday. <\/p>\n
\u201cI had a lot of mixed feelings about being a part of that because obviously he\u2019s a very complicated guy and we had a complicated relationship. But mostly I realised that I wasn\u2019t mad at him anymore: I was still kind of mad at America.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sheen and Cryer starred on Two and a Half Men for eight seasons from 2003 to 2011.<\/p>\n
At the time of the Wall Street star\u2019s firing, Sheen suffered a series of public meltdowns and clashed with the show\u2019s creator, Chuck Lorre.<\/p>\n
Sheen also accused Cryer of being a \u201cturncoat, a traitor, a troll\u201d for not reaching out to him during his drug battle.<\/p>\n
Ashton Kutcher replaced Sheen for the show\u2019s final four seasons. The series ended in 2015.<\/p>\n
However, Cryer now realises that the public took pleasure when Sheen \u201cwent off the rails and went crazy\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew him as a friend, as a co-worker, so it was really painful to see all that and see that craziness and see a lot of people enjoying it,\u201d he continued while on the morning talk show. \u201cSo that\u2019s part of why I kind of wanted to, obviously, say my side of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cryer said that the documentary featured people sharing \u201ca lot of very truthful, tough things about Charlie\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I thought, \u2018Well okay, if the time is to be honest, let\u2019s be honest\u2019,\u201d he recalled, adding that the project showed \u201ca lot of who he is\u201d.<\/p>\n
The documentary aka Charlie Sheen detailed the Hollywood icon\u2019s career, romances and his infamous addiction struggles.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did text me afterwards at one point to say \u2018Thanks for doing it\u2019,\u201d Cryer said.<\/p>\n
The actor also said he would be open to continuing to repair his relationship with Sheen.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I would,\u201d Cyrer shared. \u201cIt\u2019s funny because every now and then an article comes out that we\u2019re arguing, and it\u2019s just not the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the documentary, the Broadway performer opened up about not earning nearly as much as Sheen did while on the show.<\/p>\n
Sheen made close to two million dollars an episode during his final year on the sitcom.<\/p>\n
Cryer was only earning about $US550,000 ($763,000) per episode at that time. Once Sheen departed, however, Cyrer began earning $US620,000 ($860,000) an episode.<\/p>\n
Cryer claimed that Sheen\u2019s contract negotiations \u201cwent off the charts because his life was falling apart\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dictator of North Korea was a guy named Kim Jong-il,\u201d he explained. \u201cHe acted crazy all the time and thus got enormous amounts of aid from countries who were so scared of him that they would shovel money at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, that\u2019s what happened here. [Sheen\u2019s] negotiations went off the charts because his life was falling apart. Me, whose life was pretty good at that time, I got a third of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, last month, Sheen praised his on-screen brother for joining in on aka Charlie Sheen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very sweet, very cool that everybody showed up like they did, because they could have easily said, \u2018Go f**k yourself. I\u2019m not interested. I lived it. I don\u2019t need to talk about it again\u2019,\u201d the star told People at the time. \u201cAnd I would have been, \u2018OK, that\u2019s fine.\u2019 But they didn\u2019t, and they stepped up.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for if the pair have further connected, Sheen admitted, \u201cI don\u2019t like to bother people. But I think Jon would be open to that. Jon\u2019s a lovely man and a very talented guy.\u201d<\/p>\n