Charlie Sheen Calms Down For Anger Management

While the headline may read like a piece of celebrity ‘rehab’ news, Anger Management it is in fact an upcoming TV series which will ironically star controversial former Two and a Half Men actor Charlie Sheen, confirming previous rumours that this would be his first move back onto the small screen.

Loosely based on the movie from 2003, Anger Management will be a sitcom broadcast on FX (premiering in the summer this year), and has cast Sheen in the role of the anger management therapist, played by Jack Nicholson in the film.

Sheen, who was sacked from his previous job due to a dispute with show creator Chuck Lorre, wants to use his new role as a means of more serious acting, and that he does not want to be remembered for what he did on Two and a Half Men, although it is unclear whether he meant the acting, or the outbursts that got him fired (some of which made it into a viral musical remix on YouTube that was considered one of the site’s best clips of the year).

He said recently of the show’s format, and his hopes for the first series: “It’s completely different - we’re basically just using the title. I wanted to do something that ended better…will end better. I just wanted to do a show and play a character that dealt with more mature themes, that dealt with stuff that actually exists in the real world. A lot of times on the other show [Two and a Half Men] I felt like we were servicing the comedy and not allowing it to come out of character.”

On a personal level, Charlie Sheen went on to state that he is no longer ‘crazy’, and intends to be more ‘mellow’ behind the scenes at Anger Management: “I’m not crazy anymore,” he declared. “That was an episode… I think I’m a different person than I was yesterday. Everything is a lot more mellow and focused and much more rooted in reality. I’ve been spending a lot of time with the kids, a lot of time with the family and I’m getting back into work mode. I’m a single guy hanging out with my children.”

With that statement seemingly claiming that there will be no more ‘tiger blood’ or ‘winning’, could Charlie Sheen now be focusing on TV work for good, or is he set to cause more madness that even his new character would struggle to solve?

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