TV Scenes Actors Regret Filming

After the success of "Monty Python's Flying Circus," actor and comedian John Cleese began to work on projects unrelated to the quintessential British comedy troupe. One of his highest profile non-"Python" endeavors is the sitcom "Fawlty Towers," which was written by Cleese and his then-wife Connie Booth. It follows a manager running his own hotel in the British town of Torquay as he tries to deal with the eccentric guests, incompetent workers, and his own misanthropic and snobbish behavior.

Running for two seasons in total, the series is often considered to be one of the most influential comedy television shows and has been named the best British sitcom of all time (via The Guardian). Its popularity is such that it is constantly re-run around the world and Basil Fawlty is still occasionally referenced in contemporary media, including the first "Deadpool" movie.

Despite all of the critical acclaim, Cleese is not entirely happy with the series. There is one scene in particular that still irks him involving a moose head falling from a wall of the hotel. Speaking to "The One Show" (via /Film) he explained that the moment the stuffed head fell on him should have been reshot because it didn't fall on cue. The veteran comedian said, "If you watch carefully, I am waiting for it to fall on me because it didn't fall on cue; it was late." He also apologized that this is the edit that ended up in the episode that was broadcast on television.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has become famous both for his expertise in preparing food and his multiple television appearances. Over the years, he has hosted a number of television productions, including "Hell's Kitchen," "Kitchen Nightmares," and "MasterChef." The chef has developed a reputation for having a ferocious temper, frequently using expletives, and being prepared to do whatever it takes to get the job done.

One of his comparatively less successful projects is "Hotel Hell," which follows a similar format to "Kitchen Nightmares." Ramsay travels around the United States and attempts to help struggling hotels to get back on track and become successful businesses. First broadcast in 2012, it was on the air for three seasons before its cancellation in 2016. Part of the show involved Ramsay trying out some of the facilities in the establishments he visited, and this is what caused one big moment of regret for the chef.

Speaking to The Sun (via Digital Spy), Ramsay said that he was remorseful about getting naked in an episode when he used a shower. While only his butt is on display, he still found it an uncomfortable experience, saying, "I do regret one thing — getting my ass out in the shower."

Airing on The CW, "Riverdale" is a mystery drama series based on a collection of characters from Archie Comics. After six seasons, the final season slated to air in 2023 will wrap up this sometimes-confounding version of Archie Andrews (K.J. Apa), Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes), and Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) for the time being. 

Reinhart got her big break in "Riverdale," landing the role of Betty after some smaller parts in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "The Good Neighbor." Reinhart grew tired of transforming into what she called Dark Betty – her alter ego who is supposed to give Betty the ability to express feelings and impulses that her normal self can't. However, the actor felt that this version of her character became a joke and that, "It just became this weird sexual thing that people didn't really understand" (via Teen Vogue). Meanwhile, she told People that she also disliked portraying Dark Betty because of the wig she was required to wear. "I hate that wig, I hate it. It's just uncomfortable," she told the magazine. "To be honest, I never want to wear that wig again."

Before the U.S. adaptation of the teen comedy-drama series, "Skins" was a U.K. show that began airing in 2007. Like its American counterpart, the series focuses on a diverse group of teenagers dealing with a wide range of issues, including sexuality, substance abuse, bullying, and mental illness. The U.K. "Skins" ran for seven seasons in total and often courted controversy over the way it showcased sex scenes with young actors but is also seen as a watershed moment for serious teen shows.

Actor Jack O'Connell rued the fact that "Skins" did not have an intimacy coordinator to help manage sex scenes on the show, something that is common in movies and television shows nowadays. He told The Independent that he was not completely comfortable filming such scenes in "Skins" when he was still relatively inexperienced as an actor and was a young man without much support around him. Later in the interview, the actor said, "You feel very compromised and if you don't feel that you're protected in that environment, it can be very unnecessarily daunting."

Other actors from the original British version of the show have also had issues with sex scenes in the series. Freya Mavor explained to The Sun that she found the experience terrifying, saying, "I was honestly petrified, just so scared. I had to go away and have a wee cry to myself, which sounds so sad." Meanwhile, April Pearson confirmed that the scenes were scary and unpleasant, and said that the ordeal is something she still struggles with more than a decade later.

At one point, "Lost" was possibly the biggest television series going. The ABC sci-fi mystery show saw a group of plane crash survivors stranded on a strange island. As well as delving into the pasts of the various characters, "Lost" also charts their struggles to survive on the island and uncover its hidden secrets. 

Evangeline Lilly portrayed Kate Austen, one of the major characters, and felt many scenes in later seasons changed the way audiences perceive her character (via E! Online). Though Kate starts out defined by her fugitive status and criminal past, after a few seasons, the show treats her more like a romance object bouncing back and forth between fellow survivors Jack (Matthew Fox) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway). "That irritated the s**t out of me," said Lilly in an interview with The Lost Boys podcast. "I wanted her to be better."

In the same interview, the actor spoke about her regret about a scene in Season 3 where she had to be partially nude. "I was mortified and I was trembling," she recalled. "When it finished, I was crying my eyes out and I had to go on to do a very formidable, very strong scene immediately thereafter. ... Then [I] said, 'That's it. No more. You can write whatever you want—[but] I won't do it. I will never take my clothes off on this show again.' And I didn't."

At one point known as "Degrassi: The Next Generation" before it was renamed to just "Degrassi" in its later seasons, this teen drama aired on the Canadian network, CTV, from 2001 up until 2015. A spin-off of earlier shows such as "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High," "The Next Generation" focused on an ensemble cast centered around the Degrassi Community School. Here the students and teachers would deal with the pressures and challenges associated with teens as they go through school, with memorable moments addressing everything from bullying to sexuality and even mental health and drug abuse.

Miriam McDonald is the actor responsible for playing the lead role of Emma Nelson, a headstrong and conscientious teenager who has a passion for championing good causes. She also suffers from anorexia and other eating disorders during her nine-season run on the show. This is a decision that McDonald does not remember fondly, as a conversation she had with co-star Cassie Steele on Instagram (via Nine.com.au) revealed.

McDonald expressed her distaste for the way eating disorders were presented and felt like these serious health conditions were not treated as seriously as they should have been. She was particularly aware of the dangers of anorexia as she and her sister, who had passed away, both were diagnosed with eating disorders. She went on to tell Steele that "having gone through it so personally, I just really wish that more could've been done with them."

If you need help with an eating disorder, or know someone who is, help is available. Visit the National Eating Disorders Association website or contact NEDA's Live Helpline at 1-800-931-2237. You can also receive 24/7 Crisis Support via text (send NEDA to 741-741).

"Two And A Half Men" is a sitcom that ran from 2003 to 2015 and originally featured a main cast of Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones. Over the course of its complicated and controversial history, which saw Sheen depart the series and be replaced by Ashton Kutcher, the show follows the three main characters as they live in a large beach house in Malibu and deal with Charlie Harper's (Sheen) hedonistic bachelor lifestyle along with the relationship between the father and son duo, Alan (Cryer) and Jake Harper (Jones).

Jones was cast in the show when he was just nine-years-old. Despite bringing Jones to mainstream attention and effectively launching his career, the actor has since spoken out about his displeasure with "Two and a Half Men." He joined the Seventh-day Adventist church during his time on the show and referenced how the series conflicted with his religious beliefs.

Things reached a head when he called the show "filth" and urged viewers not to watch "Two and a Half Men." In a later interview with a CBS affiliate (via the Washington Post), Jones also said: "It was making light of topics in our world that are really problems for a lot of people. I was a paid hypocrite because I wasn't okay with it, but I was still doing it."

"Degrassi: Next Class" is yet another teen drama set in the world of "Degrassi," although it is also the most recent of the various shows in the series. Originally intended to be a new season of "The Next Generation," executives decided to launch a fresh show instead, focusing mainly on characters that had been introduced in the earlier show. Like its predecessors, "Next Class" deals with a wide array of social issues and challenges. This time around, though, the subjects tackled are more focused on the types of struggles kids from Generation Z faced rather than Millennials.

Among the cast of "Next Class" is Amir Bageria, Nikki Gould, Stefan Brogren, Ricardo Hoyos, and Lyle Lettau, who plays Tristan Milligan, and he has since spoken out about a particular scene from the show that caused him to ask producers to have it removed entirely because he hated it so much. The scene in question would have seen Lettau's character argue with Miles Hollingsworth (Eric Osborne) when the latter expressed anger about being labeled as "the gay writer."

The actor argued that he didn't think his character would ever react in that way and that it sent out the wrong message about labeling. He said that it should be up to individuals to decide how they want to be labeled and they shouldn't be forced to take on labels that they don't believe represent who they are.