Amid 90 minutes of ungrateful whining about nearly everything he was asked to do in the process of filming his role, he gripes about having to kiss a fellow actor using phrases like "there is something inherently wrong." A few quotes from the DVD commentary can be found in Kate P.'s post here, and I think I originally started the discussion here.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 19, 2005 7:57:49 am PDT #8901 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
le nubian - Aug 19, 2005 4:11:37 pm PDT #8902 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Makes me wonder if Ian really did complain about not getting enough lines in "Lost."
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 19, 2005 6:58:09 pm PDT #8903 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
He complained about Maggie Grace not getting sufficiently moving mourning scenes after his character's passing. He complained about finding out his character was getting the axe while on vacation. He probably complained in some interview about not getting as many viewers as Desperate Housewives...
sumi - Aug 21, 2005 12:19:36 pm PDT #8904 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
So really, the reason his character was killed off is that HE (Ian) has such an unpleasant personality.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2005 12:46:28 pm PDT #8905 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Well, that and the fact he was one of the show's three weakest actors (which isn't as bad a slam as it sounds, as it's a show with almost a dozen regular talented veteran performers), and of those three the one whose death would best galvanize the plot in the direction the producers wanted.
Lee - Aug 21, 2005 12:51:01 pm PDT #8906 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Who are you counting as the three? IS, obviously, and I would guess Maggie Grace, but who is the third?
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 21, 2005 12:52:45 pm PDT #8907 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The kid who plays Walt (though he just barely edges out Evangeline Lily).
Really, even of that group Maggie is the only one I'd call bad, the others (Ian included) just aren't good when seen in light of a cast with Terry O'Quinn, Harold Perrineau, and Yunjin Kim.
Lee - Aug 21, 2005 12:53:35 pm PDT #8908 of 10000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ah.
§ ita § - Aug 21, 2005 5:28:04 pm PDT #8909 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Evangeline is much worse than the kid who plays Walt, or the writers are just clearer for him.
Jim - Aug 21, 2005 10:49:02 pm PDT #8910 of 10000
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
According to a pretty well-placed source, Somerhalder was fired because the crew couldn't stand him.