15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Prison Break

9. Characters Were Killed Off Because Actors Dropped Out

It wasn't just Robin Tunney's character who prematurely met her death, or left the show to work on other projects. Lane Garrison, who played David "Tweener" Apolskis, left his big role to film Shooter with Mark Wahlberg though the transition was seamless, with the Fox River 8 one-by-one meeting their demise. John Billingsley was replaced by Jeff Perry for the role of Terrence Steadman as the actor was busy filming The Nine, while Nadine Velazquez only played Sucre's fiancee Maricruz in the Pilot episode before filming for My Name Is Earl and was replaced by Camille Guaty for the rest of her run. On the flip side, Rockmond Dunbar, who played C-Note, was only intended to feature in two episodes, but he was bumped up to a regular.