Wait, Why Did Chad Michael Murray Leave 'One Tree Hill' in the First Place?

Publish date: 2024-06-11

Why did Chad Michael Murray leave 'One Tree Hill' in the first place? The '90s heartthrob moved on from the common teen collection for this loopy reason.

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Chad Michael Murray was nearly everyone's weigh down in the early 2000s — the blonde, blue-eyed actor got his get started acting on the CW (previously WB) taking part in the position of Lucas Scott, a high school heartthrob and athlete on the sequence One Tree Hill. And even supposing he landed a couple of key roles after that (ahem, Cinderella Story!) lovers don't truly know why he left the display in the first place.

So really, why did Chad Michael Murray leave One Tree Hill? Here is the whole thing we know referring to the former teenager actor's questionable (and extremely arguable) resolution.

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So, why did Chad Michael Murray in point of fact leave 'One Tree Hill'?

Back in 2009, when the CW announced its forged for OTR Season 7, lovers were stunned to look that Chad Michael Murray did not make the minimize... and it appears, it was largely due to contract negotiations, according to Los Angeles Times. Our beloved Chad wanted a pay carry (which was once totally deserved), however, the display it seems that wasn't in a position to ship. 

Apparently, a video later surfaced of the actor saying: "They're not bringing me back next year ... because they want to save money... Start blogging and being pissed off."

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'One Tree Hill' manufacturers have been clearly disillusioned, and hoped Chad Michael Murray would come back.

Later that yr, the series' government manufacturer, Mark Schwahn, explained to a crowd of raging fanatics in Paris, France, that Chad and his co-star, Hilarie Burton, had been the best actors who did not make a choice to signal on because of said negotiations.

"[Hilarie and Chad] are in negotiations right now and I know they've been offered great things, and hopefully they'll decide to come back. If they don't that's always a possibility...[the show] has made it through some of the riskier moves we've done."

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Hilarie Burton and Chad Michael Murray during Gavin Degraw and Cast Members of "One Tree Hill" Appear at Planet Hollywood - New York at Planet Hollywood in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Paul Andrew Hawthorne/WireImage)

He did, then again, make a brief look in the ultimate season of 'One Tree Hill.'

If you caught it out with One Tree Hill until the very end, you almost certainly take into accout Chad's epic comeback in the sequence finale, to convenience Lucas' BFF in the collection, Haley (performed by means of Bethany Joy Galeotti), according to TV Guide. He did not, however, do it for the money — the actor mentioned he purely did it for the show's fans

"I've been busy with different discoveries in my own life [and] it never really dawned on me... Then the opportunity came, and I knew how important it was to these fans who are everything to the show — and that was it," he informed TV Guide at the time. Our hero.

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Chad Michael Murray additionally can have just implied there's going to be a 'One Tree Hill' reunion.

Diehard fans of the show have been speculating about a reunion or some sort of revival, in line with BuzzFeed, ever since Chad posted a cryptic picture to Instagram, showing off his Tree Hill Ravens basketball jersey. The caption learn, "Working on a little somethin somethin...😉 #OTH #LucasScott." So perhaps the manufacturers came thru with a lift? 

Alternatively, possibly he is just bored, or feeling nostalgic. Aside from taking part in a crazy cult chief on Riverdale, the 38-year-old Hollywood veteran hasn't been doing an excessive amount of TV... perhaps he's making a scrapbook LOL.

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We'll by no means understand why Chad gave up his function as Lucas, but this is to hoping he's reprising the position. My 15-year-old self can be critically extremely joyful.

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