Kiefer Sutherland: 'I couldn't find work after 24'
Published Jun 14 2012, 12:50 BST | By Morgan Jeffery
Kiefer Sutherland has claimed that he struggled to find work after 24 ended.The 45-year-old actor - who now stars in Fox drama Touch - admitted that he was "surprised" by the lack of offers he received.
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"I didn't [have a lot of choice] actually," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "I was quite surprised by that."
Sutherland added that he "hadn't planned" on returning to television just two years after 24 wrapped.
"24 was an amazing experience," he insisted. "[But] I hadn't planned on doing another show as quickly as I did. 24 was the first time I had a real job. It was the first time in my life where every three months I wasn't panicked to death about how I was going to feed my kids."
Touch - from Heroes creator Tim Kring - was recently picked up for a second season by Fox. An online spinoff - titled Daybreak - has also been commissioned.
> Kiefer Sutherland Touch interview: 'Following 24 was daunting'
Kring recently revealed that Touch regular Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Clea) may not return for the second season.
"That character has come to an end," he said. "That's not to say that she can't fold back into the story, but that's not where we're heading."
Watch Kiefer Sutherland discuss the planned 24 movie with Digital Spy below:
I wouldve thought he could afford to feed his kids???!!! Failing that i'm sure his very sucessful dad could lend him a couple of mill to see him thru a couple of months...
August 13th 2012 at 6:45pm
I still maintain that The Sentinel was as close to being a 24 film without actually being about those characters.
June 16th 2012 at 4:49pm(+1 like)
Different planet.
June 14th 2012 at 4:22pm
"It was the first time in my life where every three months I wasn't panicked to death about how I was going to feed my kids"
Really.... really.... REALLY??????? are you many millions of dollars from your previous films not enough to subsidise you childrens eating habits?
June 14th 2012 at 1:38pm(+2 likes)
you do realise how much of an actors money goes to the taxman and their agents, not to mention he was never a major star, sure he did a lot of movies but off the top of my head after lost boys and stand by me i struggle to think of his succesful roles
June 14th 2012 at 11:51pm(+1 like)