# Ashton Kutcher Rumored to Replace Charlie Sheen on 2.5 Men **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734 "2011-05-13T01:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/1 "2011-05-13T01:04:55Z")
Brief Story [Here](http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/05/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-two-and-a-half-men). I like _Two and a Half Men_. however I think the show needs to end. But I want the writers to tie up the loose ends. I really don’t know much about Ashton Kutcher, other than he is quite a big younger than Sheen and married to Demi Moore, who is also a lot older than he is. Comments? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/2 "2011-05-13T01:06:27Z")
Why the hell not. If he’s good/popular enough that the show goes on for a while, like _Spin City_ did when Michael J. Fox got replaced with some dude, that’s great. Otherwise, it was gonna die anyway, so why not try? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/3 "2011-05-13T01:09:36Z")
[QUOTE=notfrommensa] I really don’t know much about Ashton Kutcher, other than he is quite a big younger than Sheen and married to Demi Moore, who is also a lot older than he is. [/QUOTE] He’s A-list famous but not A-list box office, so he wouldn’t be a bad replacement. Plays one character convincingly and that’s a horndog doofus, but no idea how they’d work him into the plot. I’ve seen maybe 3 episodes of this series: does their mother (the actress incidentally is [playing Ann Richards](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpuYxmYg_aE)in a one woman show during her sabbatical) have any other kids? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/4 "2011-05-13T01:11:52Z")
I think it’s less likely than some of the other names I’ve heard, simply because Kutcher has a very active film career. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/5 "2011-05-13T01:20:11Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’ve seen maybe 3 episodes of this series: does their mother (the actress incidentally is [playing Ann Richards](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpuYxmYg_aE)in a one woman show during her sabbatical) have any other kids? I suppose its possible that Evelyn could have had a kid (given up for adoption) before Charlie and Alan, but doubtful after Charlie and Alan. She has been married several times, I guess there could be a long lost step-kid hiding in the attic. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/6 "2011-05-13T01:37:29Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Why the hell not. If he’s good/popular enough that the show goes on for a while, like _Spin City_ did when Michael J. Fox got replaced with some dude, that’s great. Otherwise, it was gonna die anyway, so why not try? Ironically, “some dude” was Charlie Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/7 "2011-05-13T01:44:27Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I suppose its possible that Evelyn could have had a kid (given up for adoption) before Charlie and Alan, but doubtful after Charlie and Alan. Charlie could’ve had an illegitimate kid, right? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/8 "2011-05-13T01:58:57Z")
Just give it up and end the show. Or go full out “Coked Up Hollywood Exec” crazy and introduce Verne Troyer as the new “half a man”, counting the grown up kid as a full adult. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/9 "2011-05-13T02:01:17Z")
Dunno how much I actually put this to reality since he’s the third name I’ve heard. First it was Rob Lowe Then Hugh Grant Now Ashton. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/10 "2011-05-13T02:43:58Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Dunno how much I actually put this to reality since he’s the third name I’ve heard. > > First it was Rob Lowe > > Then Hugh Grant > > Now Ashton. If it makes any difference, :D(and I know that it doesn’t)😃 I first heard this rumor on Jimmy Kimmel last night. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/11 "2011-05-13T03:06:09Z")
[It’s not a rumor anymore.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sources-confirm-ashton-kutcher-will-188048) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/12 "2011-05-13T03:59:26Z")
As much as I despise Charlie Sheen’s psychotic antics, he is a more talented performer than Ashton Kutcher. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/13 "2011-05-13T04:49:53Z")
They may as well have gotten Matt LeBlanc or Joey Lawrence. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/14 "2011-05-13T05:29:52Z")
Both Charlie and Ashton have the persona of “egotistical douche bag with limited self-awareness” (I have no idea what they are like in real life, but that is their rep), so yeah, it seems like a pretty good one-for-one replacement. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/15 "2011-05-13T05:31:26Z")
Kutcher can’t possibly be less funny than Sheen, can he? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/16 "2011-05-13T07:02:34Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Both Charlie and Ashton have the persona of “egotistical douche bag with limited self-awareness” (I have no idea what they are like in real life, but that is their rep), so yeah, it seems like a pretty good one-for-one replacement. Charlie Harper is quite well aware of the depths of his douche baginess, which comes through in the asides quite well. He puts up with his brother and nephew as some kind of penance. CH hides from the reality of CH inside a bottle and chasing women. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/17 "2011-05-13T08:16:35Z")
You’d think that getting Bruce Willis’ sloppy seconds would have taught Ashton his lesson, but noooooooooooooo… ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/18 "2011-05-13T13:27:22Z")
Looks like it’s a done deal. > [@](#): > > We’ve just received word that negotiations have concluded, marking That '70s Show co-star Ashton Kutcher’s return to television after a brief movie career. He is replacing Charlie Sheen in Two And A Half Men. The deal made sense for series producer Warner Bros which already had an overall with Kutcher’s Katalyst production banner. In fact, an hour later, Ashton announced he was joining the show by tweeting to his 6.7 million Twitter followers: "What’s the square root of Full Story at: [Deadline.Com](http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/ashton-kutcher-on-two-and-a-half-men/#more-131171) Since the little kid who was half a man is now pretty much a full grown man, will Ashton be playing half a man or a man in totality? 🙂 What do you think ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/19 "2011-05-13T13:30:58Z")
There was already [a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=608332) started last night, but now that I see you made it into a poll. so I don’t know what the mods would want to do ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734/20 "2011-05-13T13:31:32Z")
It’s [absolute victory on every front](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/chatter/2011/03/charlie-sheen-quotes.html). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-kutcher-rumored-to-replace-charlie-sheen-on-2-5-men/581734.md?page=2)