'24' President Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) P.O.'d about being killed off

[TheWebHead]

He's now on the CBS show 'The Unit'... I never knew about this off-screen drama.

excerpt:
Haysbert has most recently been known for his portrayal of President David Palmer in the series "24," until his character was unexpectedly killed off — a turn of events that Haysbert resisted.

"For the longest time, I refused to do it," he told Storm. "They called me up during lunch during the third episode I was back, in the fourth season, and said, 'We're going to kill your character.' And I said, 'OK, good luck with that. I won't be shooting it.' "

His objection to the plot twist was that there was simply no good reason for it.

"I knew David Palmer had really run his gamut. He's done what he was going to do," Haysbert said. But "I thought they were just going to let me out to pasture, having speaking engagements but bring him back for a couple of episodes here and there. When they said they were going to kill him, I said, 'Why?' "

"It didn't make sense. It was the first black president on national television with a three dimensional role. So why are you going to kill him? It just left a bad taste in everybody's mouth."

more (and video) here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/07/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main1378619.shtml

[DS1]

1. 24 is affirmative action

erm, in action!

How many white dudes have they killed off? Or how many dozens do they kill per episode?

[TheWebHead]

2. yeah but I understand his point

regarding the first Black U.S. President gets assassinated. I sure doubt Kiefer will get killed on the show unless it's in response to his real-life out of control drinking doing him in.