Why did Jordan Reid go away ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’? She was the unique Dee Reynolds earlier than Kaitlin Olson took over the role.
Every television sequence has its lore, and due to The Always Sunny podcast, we get an avid glance at the back of the scenes of the longest-running live-action comedy collection. However, one element has been significantly omitted — “Sweet” Dee Reynolds was originally portrayed by a little-known actor named Jordan Reid.
Now a writer, Jordan has overtly shared her story about why she’s not Dee on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, and Rob McElhenney have not begun to proportion their aspect of the tale. So why did Jordan in reality go away It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? How did Kaitlin Olson turn into a part of the cast?
Jordan was pressured to go away ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ by each FX and the fellows.
Jordan first shared her side of the tale on her weblog, Ramshackle Glam, in 2009 when It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia first received popularity. She rewrote her piece in 2016 to include more of ways patriarchal expectations and traditions played into what took place. Regardless, it’s a harrowing story, especially for lovers of Rob, Charlie, and Glenn.
Jordan begins by recapping her dating with Rob. The two had dated earlier, and when she moved out to Los Angeles, Rob was the only particular person she knew. They rekindled their courting casually, even if it grew extra severe. She was handiest 23 years old on the time, so taking a look again, she reflects that her youth played a job in this saga.
She explained, “Rob conceived of the idea for a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style show that targeted on a bunch of 4 actor buddies dwelling in Hollywood, and over the next 12 months or so, Rob, myself, and our friends Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day shot two pilot episodes for the display, which on the time was referred to as It’s Always Sunny on TV.”
“Rob named my personality ‘Sweet Dee’ as a nod to her optimistic character, which was originally intended to contrast sharply with the fellows’ misanthropy,” she shared. “Despite the direct claims of the solid … I assure you: I existed. I will be able to’t lend a hand however be aware right here that Rob, Glenn, and Charlie used their real names as their character names whilst I was given a moniker of Rob’s personal creation."
Jordan shared vivid memories of shooting scenes, improvising, and bringing the characters to life. She remarked that they felt like they were making something “big.” Rob shopped the pilot around and FX offered to shoot a “real” pilot. Worried that the network would want to drop one of the core four, they made a pact.
“We agreed, together, that the network would have to take all four of us … or none of us. We had been in this thing together for over a year now, and we simply wouldn’t allow them to split us up. We shook hands, and headed back to set.”
However, after Rob and Jordan’s relationship “unraveled,” so did her part as an original creator of Always Sunny. One day, she walked in to find out that Charlie, Glenn, and Rob were all executive producers after a conversation Jordan had been conveniently left out of. “FX at the time was a cigar-smoking, whiskey-drinking old boys’ club, and I was welcome when I was the girlfriend of the creator,” Jordan remarked.
After the pilot wrapped, Jordan broke up with Rob. Throughout this, Rob basically said that if they broke up, she would no longer be part of the show. But Jordan explained how she didn’t want to fake a relationship for the money and glory—neither of them would’ve been happy. In Rob’s case, it was probably less about the power of sleeping with Jordan than about working alongside someone who broke his heart.
“A couple of months later, my agent and manager ... let me know that while Rob, Glenn, and Charlie had been picked up for the series, I hadn’t been,” Jordan said. She initially wrote the network said she was “too pretty” to be believable. “I got a small payout (the equivalent of one episode’s salary), my agent and manager fired me, [and] Rob married the actress who he hired to replace me (Kaitlin Olson, who is lovely and talented and funnier than I could ever possibly be ... )."
Whether she was pressured to depart by FX or by Rob and the guys is unclear, however something's for sure—it was not Jordan’s selection to depart Always Sunny. And whilst this tale has its villains, it’s possible that the display wouldn’t be as funny as it is had Kaitlin not joined the cast. Even still, Jordan later instructed the New York Times in an electronic mail that she and Rob are “as soon as once more pals.”
Kristen Wiig was almost cast as Dee Reynolds in ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.’
Kaitlin wasn’t the one actor up for the a part of Dee. After Jordan was compelled to go away the forged, the fellows were in dire want of a replacement. They auditioned many ladies, but it got here all the way down to Kristen Wiig, simply earlier than she got her big spoil on SNL, and Kaitlin.
“I left the room and Rob was like, ‘How did she miss the funniest line that was in there?’ and he did not wish to forged me,” Kaitlin told Buzzfeed News. “Rob, who I've now married, needed to be talked into hiring me.” Thankfully, he was, as a result of she brought the function to a complete new stage. Initially, she didn’t wish to do the show as a result of Dee was written as the “immediately man.”
She instructed Rob she wouldn’t do the display if she wasn’t humorous, to which Rob said that he didn’t understand how to jot down for women. Kaitlin told him, “‘Well then, don't write for a woman. Just write — have a look at all these nice funny characters you wrote. Just write one of those. I'll make it feminine.'" And she did.
New episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia air every Wednesday at 10 p.m. EST on FXX.
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