Actor Nathan Fillion had a brief period where he had trouble finding work before his breakthrough role . A couple of showrunners took a chance on him when he might’ve needed it the most, allowing Fillion to make a living doing what he enjoyed. Years later, Fillion would reunite with those showrunners again for a special occasion.
How Nathan Fillion reunited with his ‘Two Guys And a Girl’ showrunners Fillion had a guest spot in the hit ABC sitcom American Housewife . On that episode, he played a more exaggerated version of himself. But his American Housewife appearance was particularly special because of a couple of reasons.
Fillion found himself somewhat reprising his role as Firefly captain Malcolm Reynolds on the show as well. Additionally, Fillion reunited with Two Guys and a Girl showrunners Rick Weiner and Kenny Schwartz. The two cast Fillion on the Two Guys sitcom at a time when his acting career wasn’t looking too good.
Schwartz and Weiner would later develop American Housewife , and invited Fillion to appear in the program. “This is an opportunity to honor some wonderful friends and excellent mentors of mine, guys who saved my ass at an amazing time in my life,” Fillion once told Vulture about the opportunity. “When I became an actor, my first gig was a big old soap opera.
Then I’d moved out to L.A., had a couple of jobs right away, and I was on a rocket.
Then I was unemployed for about a year. I watched my savings dwindle away, I started paying my ren.
