HIMYM: Why Robin Scherbatsky’s Father Was Recast After Season 4
Robin Scherbatsky’s father made several appearances on How I Met Your Mother, but the original actor was recast after season 4 due to behind-the-scenes difficulties. While every main character’s parents were included in How I Met Your Mother, the least-presentb yet most discussed were Robin Scherbatsky’s Canadian dad and mom. While Robin’s mom Genevieve wasn’t seen until the very end of HIMYM season 9, her father, Robin Scherbatsky, Sr., was featured on multiple occasions to give background on her unloving upbringing, and became one of the only recast characters on HIMYM.
Robin’s dad was first introduced in the season 4 episode “Happily Ever After” in flashbacks to Robin’s childhood and teenage years. In this episode, he was portrayed by The Young and the Restless actor Eric Braeden. When Robin’s father finally returned inHIMYM season 6, the actor was changed to Twin Peaks’ Ray Wise, who remained in the role for the rest of the series. The recast of Eric Braeden to Ray Wise wasn’t due to a timeline-based age discrepancy, as Wise continued to portray Robin Scherbatsky, Sr. in future flashbacks of young Robin. Rather, Braeden’s HIMYM exit was a personal decision, which caused behind-the-scenes tension.
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Ahead of the season 6 episode “Last Words,” which focused on the character’s fathers, How I Met Your Mother's Neil Patrick Harris took to Twitter in December 2010 to reveal that Eric Braeden would not be returning as Robin’s father. Harris wrote that “Eric Braeden is a D-Bag,” elaborating that the actor “agreed to cameo as Robin’s dad, then last night he bailed, saying the part wasn’t ‘substantial’ enough.” HIMYM’s Barney Stinson actor then wrote that Robin
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