‘Full House’ Creator Says John Stamos Tried To Leave Because He Didn’t Want To Play ‘Second Fiddle’ To Kids
etcanada.com“Full House” creator Jeff Franklin is going down memory lane on Dave Coulier‘s new series, “Full House Rewind”. Franklin appeared on the first episode of the PodCo series, where he and Coulier reminisced about the pilot episode of the popular family comedy, which starred the late Bob Saget, John Stamos, Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.
During the episode, which Coulier dedicated to Saget, Franklin revealed Sweetin was the first actor cast on “Full House”. He shared that after they held the first cast table read, Stamos was ready to get off the show because he was concerned Sweetin and the younger actors would take the spotlight. “I remembered our first table read,” Coulier said. “Where there’s a room full of studio and network executives.
They were all there to see Stamos, I think,” Franklin recalled. “Jodie just stole the show,” Coulier remembered. “Stole the whole thing,” Franklin agreed. “And I remember walking out with John,” Coulier said. “He’s like, ‘The whole show is going to be her.
We can’t do this!'” Franklin added that he learned “much later” that Stamos “was so upset about having to play second fiddle to these really funny kids, that he went out and called his agent and said, ‘This is a mistake.
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