For 16 seasons and counting, comedic force Kaitlin Olson has played the lovably repulsive Sweet Dee in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” But fans of the series may be surprised to learn that the show almost had an entirely different Dee.
In the unaired pilot, little-known actor Jordan Reid plays a very different iteration of the character that viewers have come to know and love.
So whatever happened to Reid, and why was she the only original cast member that failed to make it into the series when it got picked up by FX? The truth is a little more complicated than you might think — and it might change the way you look at the show’s creators.Before it was “Always Sunny,” series creators and stars Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, and Glenn Howerton were struggling actors scraping by in Los Angeles.
Each had landed small appearances in soaps and serials like “ER” and “All My Children,…
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