Marisa Tomei Almost Played The Big Bang Theory S Penny What A Different World That Would Have Been

According to The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series, the display’s creators to begin with had a very unique Penny in mind — for starters, her name wasn’t even Penny. The individual become in the beginning called Katie, and Cuoco was so incompatible with the role that she nearly neglected out on it absolutely.

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“[Cuoco is] so sunny and bubbly, and [the network] simply cherished her, but she simply failed to convey the darkish qualities,” said casting director Ken Miller.

“She simply wasn’t the essence of Penny in that first incarnation.” Though “bummed” after to start with losing out on a role she “cherished,” Cuoco, now 36, made peace with the state of affairs, telling Radloff, “I sort of have a manner of moving on due to the fact you need to.”

At that factor, Tomei, now 57, entered the photograph and examine for the role with Jim Parsons, who had already been forged as Sheldon.

“Oh my gosh what a distinct global that would had been,” stated Parsons, 49.

Big Bang Theory co-author Bill Prady says that both Tara Reid and Elizabeth Berkley additionally pursued the role of Katie/Penny.

She’s All That big name Jodi Lyn O’Keefe turned into ultimately forged as Katie and went as a long way as starring within the unique pilot alongside Parsons and Johnny Galecki.

Valko said O’Keefe was “so good” as Katie, but things just hadn’t fallen into vicinity yet. “It turned into just a totally special person,” the casting director stated. “[O’Keefe] introduced a darkness, which simply failed to work, so she become changed [by Canadian actress Amanda Walsh] after the desk examine.”

Though THR’s excerpt doesn’t encompass what precisely went all the way down to lead to Cuoco touchdown her signature role — and an off-display romance with Galecki throughout Big Bang’s run — it’s positive to be protected in Radloff’s The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series, if you want to be available anywhere books are bought on Tuesday.

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