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Jorja Fox Quitting 'CSI'
I just posted this because I remember all the fuss over contracts a few years ago.
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Jorja Fox Quitting Role on CBS Hit 'CSI'
NEW YORK (AP) - Jorja Fox is waving goodbye to "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." Fox, 39, tells EW.com she has quit the Las Vegas-based forensics drama, saying she wants to explore other opportunities. "There are all these things I want to do," she said in a story posted Monday on the Web site. "Some are personal. Some are professional. And I really need to do some of them before I get too old." Fox has wrapped up filming on the hit CBS series, and will make her last appearance as Sara Sidle in an episode to air next month, according to the Web site. CBS publicist Kate Fisher had no comment Tuesday. Fox's run on "CSI" nearly ended in 2004 when she and co-star George Eads were fired during tense contract negotiations. They were later hired back. "If I thought the show were on its last legs, I would have tried harder to stay the course," said Fox, whose contract expired in May. "But I feel like it's going to be around for a while, so if I don't want some of those dreams to pass me by, I have to get off the ride for a while." Fox has been a cast member since "CSI" premiered in 2000 |
Originally Posted by benedict
I just posted this because I remember all the fuss over contracts a few years ago.I wonder what these dreams are.
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Damn.. I didn't know she was 39. :eek:
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Everyone thinks their George Clooney. I guess her 15 minutes will be up next month.
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Everyone thinks their George Clooney. I guess her 15 minutes will be up next month.
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Hopefully she'll reprise her groundbreaking role in Memento 2: I Know What You Did 5 Seconds Ago.
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I miss her already. I mean, she probably has enough money from the years on the show that she's set for life, but still. I like that this show kept the main crew together all these years. Meh.
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she should look at Rory Cochranes' career.
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Originally Posted by chino77
she should look at Rory Cochranes' career.
I think the reason why we haven't seen Rory Cochrane in any TV is b/c he had a 5 year deal on the show, and he had a clause in his contract that said he couldn't appear in any other tv show if he left CSI:Miami. |
Had this happened five seasons ago I would have been pretty upset, because I liked her the first couple of seasons; however, it seems the writers have done everything in their power to make her an unlikable character since then. Let's hope they don't do the same with her replacement. Of course, I'd much prefer Marg Helgenberger to be the one departing, but I guess you have to take what you can get. At least CSI: NY has likable female characters.
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Originally Posted by Deftones
I think the reason why we haven't seen Rory Cochrane in any TV is b/c he had a 5 year deal on the show, and he had a clause in his contract that said he couldn't appear in any other tv show if he left CSI:Miami.
As for Fox, I think she's cute but the character at times comes across as self-righteous. Also, outside of Petersen and maybe Dourdan (and Robert David Hall as well), I think they're expendable and can be replaced without losing much to the series. |
According to TV Guide, she quit CSI because there are no plans to end the series anytime soon and I assume she doesn't want to sign another long-term contract.
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Yeah, it's a tough life turning down huge TV contracts and residuals for life. :shrug:
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Getting at 4 or 5am and working until 6 or 7pm 5 days a week for 10 months sounds like a grueling schedule to me.
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Its a job...just cause its glamorous and highly visible doesn't mean there aren't people who wake up every morning and say "This shit again?!" like the rest of us.
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I wonder if the writers knew this before the recently wrapped up storyline for her character... seems like getting killed by a serial killer would have been a good way to go... now, the audience goes through all that shit, just for her to leave?
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Originally Posted by TallGuyMe
I wonder if the writers knew this before the recently wrapped up storyline for her character... seems like getting killed by a serial killer would have been a good way to go... now, the audience goes through all that shit, just for her to leave?
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I'm with Vipper, I would have cared four years ago. Today? Good riddance. Here's hoping for Liz Vassey to step up and take her place. :hump:
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Shelly Long and Julianna Margulies come to mind.
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Originally Posted by DJariya
Getting at 4 or 5am and working until 6 or 7pm 5 days a week for 10 months sounds like a grueling schedule to me.
The way the show is set up, she isn't even in most scenes. They usually have multiple cases, so she isn't even involved in at least half of the scenes for most shows. Even when they are shooting for her particular case, she isn't in every scene. How much time on camera does she actually get in an average episode? Is it even ten minutes? |
Of all the cast, this is the only one I won't mind leaving. She can go permanent-frown elsewhere.
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Originally Posted by Jeremy517
That sounds like an exaggeration to me.
The way the show is set up, she isn't even in most scenes. They usually have multiple cases, so she isn't even involved in at least half of the scenes for most shows. Even when they are shooting for her particular case, she isn't in every scene. How much time on camera does she actually get in an average episode? Is it even ten minutes? |
Now she can go back to being David Letterman's 'mouth double'.
These lucrative tv gigs are like winning lotto. what a putz. |
Originally Posted by vegasbaby
These lucrative tv gigs are like winning lotto. what a putz.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Salty
Maybe after seven years she has enough money. Good for her leaving on her own terms, rather than wait for the show to outstay its welcome.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Salty
Good for her leaving on her own terms, rather than wait for the show to outstay its welcome.
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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
Too late.
Last season was the best season they've done. Up until then it was in a steady decline, but the writers outdid themselves last year. |
I say good riddance! I haven't liked her since the contract fighting a few years ago. I even remember wondering "why does she think that she's entitled to more money, etc....after a short stint?" I dropped the show soon after that. Same goes for Eads. What makes them think they can pull that?
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Originally Posted by spammied
I say good riddance! I haven't liked her since the contract fighting a few years ago. I even remember wondering "why does she think that she's entitled to more money, etc....after a short stint?" I dropped the show soon after that. Same goes for Eads. What makes them think they can pull that?
CSI is the highest rated TV series for CBS & one of the highest rated shows in primetime, period, it’s an Emmy-winning series & they think that if they don’t return, the ratings will decline & the critical acclaim will go slow-down & hence, they try & ask for more money. |
Glad she's gone :up:
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Let me forecast her future...
"Catch the premiere of the Sci Fi Original Film Grasshoppers... starring Jorja Fox and Lorenzo Lamas" |
Originally Posted by DJariya
Getting at 4 or 5am and working until 6 or 7pm 5 days a week for 10 months sounds like a grueling schedule to me.
It's not like she's going on to become a movie star. Not with that kisser. |
From her comments about "dreams" and mentioning her age, perhaps she wants to make a baby? I know nothing about her personal life story.
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It's THE highest rated show on tv. And really I'm shocked that you haven't said a thing about her holding out coming back to work. They wanted to kill her, and she refused to show up to work, because she didn't like the way she was going to go out(I assume it was this recent story). So she literally refused to film the scenes. Clearly they worked it out, maybe in a way she can leave the show , and come back when her other projects fail. Yeah she's almost 40, so that makes marge like what 60....
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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
Getting paid six figures a week would take the sting out of it for me. I'd wake up already singing.
Did I mention...I'm just glad she's gone :D |
When they casted Louise Lombard as Sofia, I was hoping Gil (Petersen) would hook up with her instead of Sarah. Petersen has better chemistry with Lombard, plus I think she is so much hotter than Jorja Fox.
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Originally Posted by DJariya
When they casted Louise Lombard as Sofia, I was hoping Gil (Petersen) would hook up with her instead of Sarah. Petersen has better chemistry with Lombard, plus I think she is so much hotter than Jorja Fox.
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Even though Marg is approaching 50, I think she's so much more hotter than Jorja.
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Originally Posted by DJariya
Even though Marg is approaching 50, I think she's so much more hotter than Jorja.
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Originally Posted by DJariya
Petersen has better chemistry with Lombard, plus I think she is so much hotter than Jorja Fox.
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