Overview

• Cryer says in aka Charlie Sheen that his paycheck was roughly one-third of his co-star’s despite Sheen’s escalating off-screen troubles.
• He compares Sheen’s contract leverage to Kim Jong-Il extracting aid through erratic behavior, arguing the chaos boosted Sheen’s negotiations.
• Forbes reported Sheen earned about $1.9 million per episode before his 2011 exit, while later reporting put Cryer near $620,000 per episode.
• Cryer claims CBS had pre-sold extra seasons, creating pressure to spend heavily to keep Sheen on the show.
• The Netflix documentary is now streaming and revisits the 2011 shutdown, Sheen’s rehab and dismissal, and Ashton Kutcher’s subsequent casting.