Brian Austin Green worked constantly as a child actor in the ’80s. However, there was a show that he was fired from early on in his career.
Which show was it? He told Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong on their podcast, Pod Meets World podcast, that he was hired as a guest star on My Two Dads. However, after the run-through, executive producer Michael Jacobs fired him because he didn’t like the way he read the lines.
That was the one and only time he was fired from a project. However, that was not the only child that Jacobs fired. The podcasters shared with him that Jacobs, who went on to produce Boy Meets World, fired 10 kids in the first five episodes of that sitcom. Then Fishel revealed that he tried to fire her on her first day, and that she was replacing someone who had been let go for playing her role.
So it makes you wonder. If this guy, who seems to hate kids’ acting so much, why did he work on so many shows with children?
They also asked Green about his middle name. The actor explained that the name on his birth certificate was Brian Green. He got that name because his mother, who was struggling to give birth to him and his broad shoulders, told her husband to name him whatever he wanted. And he could only come up with Brian.
Fast forward to Brian Green joining SAG. There was another actor who had that name, so he had to add a middle name. He and his mom tried several different names until they settled on Austin. Do you think they made the right choice?
