she has asked that we celebrate her life
with this welcome to watch mojo and
today we're counting down
our picks for the top 10 tv actors who
requested to have their characters
killed off
echo can you hear me before i go i just
want to tell you you were fantastic
she was incredible
she died saving my life for this list
we'll be looking at actors who allegedly
approached their respective showrunners
and asked for their characters to be
killed for story
personal or work-related reasons can you
think of anyone else who made such a
request
be sure to let us know in the comments
number 10 aidan turner being human
what's going on
this british supernatural comedy drama
aired on bbc three from 2008 to 2013.
you know when things like vampires and
werewolves were really big
the story concerns the two supernatural
creatures living with a ghost in bristol
turner starred as the resident vampire
john mitchell turner was offered the
role of keely in the hobbit and decided
to leave bbc3
john mitchell and being human behind is
this really happening
this is a good thing to do showrunner
toby whitehouse had planned for this in
advance
and wrote a sequence in series two where
john and his friend daisy murder a group
of innocent people on a train
at the end of series three a
guilt-racked jon is killed by george
to prevent him from hurting and killing
more civilians
number nine cal pen house i like being
different
the view is better from the outside
looking in harold really grew up
in harold and kumar kal penn portrays
the incredibly intelligent stoner who
would rather sit around and smoke weed
than attend medical school
in house he plays a doctor named
lawrence kutner in the fifth season
episode's simple explanation
13 discovers kutner's corpse inside his
apartment
oh god the death earned some criticism
for seemingly coming out of nowhere and
serving no narrative purpose
and that's because the writers hadn't
actually planned on killing off kutner
come on gunner penn had accepted public
liaison work in the obama administration
and approached the producers regarding
an early exit they reluctantly agreed
and kutner was no more
number eight christopher eccleston
doctor who
are you alien yes after more than 15
years off the air
doctor who returned in 2005 with
christopher eccleston as the ninth
doctor
he would only last one season quickly to
be replaced by david tennant
however it wasn't because ecclestone did
a bad job
in fact he only agreed to do one season
rose tyler
i was going to take you to so many
places barcelona not the city barcelona
this news was
accidentally leaked to the press shortly
after the debut episode
causing some speculation regarding dr
who's future
in 2010 he told the radio times in very
vague terms
that he was not happy working on the
series he reportedly didn't enjoy the
onset
environment and culture and decided to
part ways for personal reasons
before i go i just want to tell you you
are fantastic
enter david tennant and the 10th doctor
number 7. eric balfour 24.
i want you to know that
it's okay balfour briefly played
internet protocol manager
milo pressman throughout the first and
sixth seasons of fox's incredibly
popular 24.
who is in command
i am in season six milo pretends to be
acting director of ctu
to protect nadia from chang zi's forces
a sacrifice that gets him shot in the
head
the death was certainly shocking and if
it seems like it came out of nowhere
that's because it kind of did balfour
requested to be killed off to work on a
pilot for cbs
unfortunately the show was not picked up
a few years earlier
vanessa faralito had also left the show
to star in a movie with tommy lee jones
called man of the house makeover
number six denise crosby star trek the
next generation
the martial arts competition is in three
days are you prepared
i will be if you'll meet me on the
holodeck later lieutenant tasha yar is
an important female character within the
realm of science fiction
as she is often considered a forerunner
to the more powerful female characters
of later star trek iterations and sci-fi
programs
unfortunately her stint on the show did
not last long
actress denise crosby was not happy with
her character
telling star trek.com quote i didn't
want to spend the next six years going
ii
captain and standing there in the same
uniform in the same position on the
bridge
she has asked that we celebrate her life
with this gene roddenberry understood
and honored her request to leave
and yar was controversially killed off
in the first season episode
skin of evil never forget i died doing
exactly what i chose to do number five
emma caulfield buffy the vampire slayer
floppy happy
bunnies in 2003 the incredibly popular
buffy the vampire slayer was coming to
an end
and fans wondered who would make it out
alive as it turns out pretty much
everyone everyone except emma
caulfield's anya jenkins
caulfield had reportedly felt that her
work was underappreciated
with joss whedon telling tv guide quote
emma had made it clear that she was
really not interested in coming back
i think things with fox weren't great
and she felt ill-used
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to ensure that she didn't return for any
potential sequels or spin-offs
whedon had anya killed making her the
only regular character from buffy to be
permanently killed off
she was incredible
she died saving my life number four
jessalyn gilsig
vikings what are you two whispering
about serving as one of the history
channel's most popular programs
vikings follows the story of real-life
viking and raider
ragnar lofrok actress jessalyn gilsig
plays siggy
the wife of earl haraldson by the end of
season 2
gilsig approached showrunner michael
hurst and requested to be killed off for
unknown family reasons
she told the hollywood reporter quote i
had some personal things in my life that
i needed to be there for
some family things which everybody has
sometimes hearst was completely
understanding of the situation
and crafted siggy's emotional exit from
the series in the early half of season
three
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number three adewale akinoye agbaje
lost echo can you hear me
as it turns out some people were okay
with leaving lost in season three
dominic monaghan had voiced concerns
regarding charlie's lack of screen time
and reportedly felt relief after leaving
the show but perhaps the
person most happy to leave was arawale
akanoye agbaje
who played mr ekko throughout the second
season
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unfortunately akinoye agbaje's foster
parents passed away around the same time
and he requested that ekko be killed off
so he could return to his home city of
london
and direct a movie about his life
lindelof and queues agreed and echo was
killed by the smoke monster
his movie farming was finally released
in 2018.
number two sophie turner game of thrones
where's john he is our prisoner
being killed on game of thrones was
essentially a rite of passage
and sophie turner really didn't want to
be left out of that experience
unfortunately for her the writers had
other plans
during an interview with wall street
journal cafe turner bluntly revealed her
desire for sansa to die
and for littlefinger to take the throne
i don't want to survive
you don't want to survive and i want i
want littlefinger to end up on the
thread she further added
quote it would be really disappointing
if sansa got to the end and she was just
okay
cue the price's right horn sound the
north will remain an independent kingdom
as it was for thousands of years as we
all know not only did sansa make it to
the end but she was crowned queen in the
north
a satisfying ending but not the one
turner had envisioned
or even wanted before we unveil our
number one pick
let's take a look at some honorable
mentions dan stevens down to nabby
stevens wanted to focus more on movies i
hope i can count on you not to laugh
when i drop the ball
josh charles the good wife charles's
contract was up and he wanted to explore
new creative opportunities
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paramedics josh steele miami vice
deal desired the stage and was growing
sick of miami
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john francis daly bones daily left to
codark 2015's vacation
tall daisy not to worry she wears too
much
tr knight grey's anatomy knight hated
his reduced screen time and his
relationship with shonda rhimes broke
down
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number one dean norris breaking bad i'm
the boss man
am i the boss man i'm the boss it was
basically a foregone conclusion that
hank would die at the end of breaking
bad
so while his death in ozymandias was
certainly emotional
it wasn't very shocking but how shocking
would it have been if hank had died in
the first half of season five norris
revealed to the national post that he
had wanted to do a pilot and
personally asked show runner vince
gilligan to kill him off early
i bet your ass the cavalry's come on no
no no gilligan
obviously refused as he had a clear
vision regarding hank's future
and the conclusion of the series norris
acquiesced and never got to do his pilot
but he did get under the dome soon after
breaking bad's conclusion
so it all worked out in the end
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