- Warning: There are spoilers below for the final episodes of "
Fuller House ." - Candace Cameron Bure told Insider she and the "Fuller House" actresses pushed to make sure the men on the show weren't "stupid."
- "I was like, 'We don't want these women who are all smart, intelligent, loving women to be marrying these men that all either seem dumb or just out of their minds at times,'" said Cameron Bure of speaking with the show's writers.
- On earlier seasons, the men often felt like they were dumbed down or were simply comic relief.
Everything Candace Cameron Bure wanted to see didn't make it onto the final season of "Fuller House." But she and the other lead actresses fought to make sure the men their characters were marrying were written with more care.
The women's request "not to make the men on our show stupid" was one of the things Cameron Bure told Insider she was most proud of fighting for on the show.
"It was so important for us to show the audience why [D.J. and Steve] were right for each other because there wasn't much we ever knew about Steve other than he wrestled in high school and he loves sandwiches," said Cameron Bure of making sure Steve was more than a one-dimensional character.
"It was a conversation that I had with the writers through the whole season," she continued. "I was like, 'We don't want these women who are all smart, intelligent, loving women to be marrying these men that all either seem dumb or just out of their minds at times.'"
Often, throughout the early seasons, the men seemed to be just that.
Fernando, Jimmy, and Steve were often relegated to being comic relief to bolster the show's three leading women, D.J. (Cameron Bure), Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin), and Kimmy (Andrea Barber).
In earlier seasons, Kimmy's ex, Fernando, comes across as a narcissistic racecar driver who had cheated on his wife. On the last season, we see him own up to being a family man and become a US citizen.
Most of the show pit Steve and Matt against one another as they both vied for D.J.'s affections.
On season five, Steve spent more time with D.J.'s kids, mentoring and giving them advice while making it clear that he would never replace their real father.
Jimmy started out the series living in an RV as a freelance photographer. By the show's end, he and Fernando buy a sandwich shop (with the help of Steve) chain to franchise.
The show's penultimate episode had the series' leading men gather together for a bachelor party to thank Steve for being a positive influence on all of their lives.
"I didn't win all those battles, but we saw glimpses of why we love these men," said Cameron Bure. "Sometimes they would choose the comedy over some of the realism of the show, but we were like, 'These are smart ladies. They're not going to marry stupid men, so let's not make them that way. Let's not make them dumb like they have no clue, otherwise they would never be with them.'"
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