10 More TV Storylines Actors REFUSED To Do
1. Eric Or Tami Has An Affair - Friday Night Lights
One of Friday Night Lights' dramatic pillars was the firm relationship between high school football coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) and his wife Tami (Connie Britton), enough that actors Chandler and Britton made a pact during the show's tenure: they'd never agree to do an infidelity storyline.
Speaking on Entertainment Weekly's Binge podcast back in 2017, Britton said:
"We were like, 'We're never letting the writers have us have an affair. If they try to do it, we're not going to do it.' And we told them so."
This is a rare instance of actors pre-empting the creative process entirely and heading it off at the pass, by flat-out telling the writers not to get any funny ideas before they even do.
Given that having one of the Taylors cheat would've likely been a disaster for the series, it's tough to argue with their perspective in the slightest.