10 Actors Who Have Turned Down TV Reboots

By the time Paramount+ decided to give a generation of iCarly fanatics the return they'd been waiting for in 2021, Jennette McCurdy was very much over all things Sam Puckett.

The star, who would also reprise the role on Sam & Cat, actually confessed to quitting acting altogether a few years before news of the iCarly revival broke, stating on her Empty Inside podcast that she wanted to try her hand at writing and directing.

On top of this, McCurdy would also confess that, when it came to acting in general, she "initially didn't want to do it", with the child star's mother throwing her into the business at age 6. And by the time she was 10 or 11, the young actor was "the main financial support" for her family. So, you can only imagine the sheer amount of pressure that must've brought about for someone just entering their teens.

McCurdy would even go as far as to admit that she was "ashamed" of the parts she did in the past, claiming she was "already embarrassed" of her role in the Nickelodeon show at the age of 15.

All this ultimately led to the actor telling her co-star Miranda Cosgrove that she wouldn't be doing the reboot as McCurdy felt her mental health and happiness were more important than the money she could've made from a comeback.