These Actors Managed To Break Their Multi-Million Dollar Contracts Early

Hollywood has brought plenty of unknown actors their big breaks into stardom. Major shows like The Office, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, and a host of others offered actors their breakthrough roles. Eventually, however, these stars outgrow their shows and feel the need to move on to new ventures to try to expand their career, which can often be a big mistake.

When an actor decides to leave a series, it’s not always pretty, and in fact, it can get downright ugly. There are plenty of instances where major tension and feuds break out between cast members of a TV show and the creators of it. Check out which Hollywood actors opted to walk away from successful shows, and we’ll let you decide if it was a good decision…

Emily Bett Rickards

It wasn’t the easiest decision for Emily Bett Rickards to leave the hit superhero series Arrow. At $40,000 an episode, Rickards believes playing the character Felicity Smoak took “seven years of [her] twenties.”

She did feel bad for leaving and disappointing her fans, so it was really tough to say goodbye. Still, her passion for pursuing other projects outweighed her need to develop the character further. Rickards believed she did all she could as Smoak over the span of seven seasons.