8 Actors Who Knew Their TV Show Was Doomed On Day 1

Being handed the chance to lead a TV adaptation of one of the most cherished action movie series of all time isn't something most actors would be in too much of a rush to turn down.

And sure enough, when presented with this exact opportunity a couple of years back, Clayne Crawford was happy enough to sign on the dotted line and commit himself to the role made famous by Mel Gibson of Martin Riggs in Fox's incoming Lethal Weapon action series alongside Damon Wayans' Roger Murtaugh.

However, in the time after the dust settled on his eventual firing from the production a few years into its run due to alleged misconduct on set, Crawford was quick to note how he sensed he wasn't in an environment suited to him out of the gates.

As he'd tell UPI in 2020:

"I was surrounded by people that didn't care that much about the artistry of it, and I should have known that going in..."

Classing the entire project - one that would come to an end following its subsequent Clayne-less season - as nothing more than a "cookie cutter" and feeling wholly unfulfilled by the experience on the back of appearing in the critically acclaimed Rectify show, Crawford seemingly knew from the get-go that chasing the money may not have been the wisest call on this occasion.