Kaley Cuoco played Penny The Big Bang Theory for twelve seasons. It’s still hard to believe the beloved CBS show ended three years ago . Believe it or not, there were actually three extraordinary actresses vying for the lead role in the sitcom before Kaley Cuoco entered the scene.
It’s hard to imagine what a long-running TV show would be like without one actress in particular. the Hollywood reporter shared a preview of the untold stories featured in Jessica Radloff’s novel The Big Bang Theory: the definitive story of the epic hit series which said that Penny was originally very different from what we know she is now. While her original name would have been Penny, they decided to change it to Katie, as there was originally a character named Penny in another CBS pilot. And instead of having a bubbly Midwestern personality, Katie was more unfortunate and mean. When Kaley Cuoco, 20, first auditioned The Big Bang Theory, Co-creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady liked it, but the upbeat energy it conveyed wasn’t what they were looking for in Katie, and they thought she was too young for the part.
In the first days, My cousin VinnyMarisa Tomei auditioned with Jim Parsons. and came American footis Tara Reid and saved by the bell Elizabeth Berkley is auditioning for the role Prady called “fantastic”. Canadian actress Amanda Walsh, best known for her short-lived ABC drama. sons and daughters, he even auditioned for Katie. In the end, none of them made the cut the first time.
The first actress they chose for the role of Katie ended up being she is all of thisby Jodi Lyn O’Keefe. While reading the chart, Parsons thought O’Keefe had nailed what was written. But the creators felt the female lead’s interaction with the other characters was too harsh and dark. This led to O’Keefe being fired after the table was read to the surprise of Galecki and Parsons, which meant The Big Bang Theory the creators had three days to reimburse.
Although Amanda Walsh didn’t make it to round one, she was brought back for round two, where she was told she had landed the role after she auditioned again. A bit done behind the scenes The Big Bang Theory sharing is just the show was originally supposed to have two female leads: tough Katie and scientist Gilda, who secretly had a crush on Leonard and actually slept with Sheldon in a star Trek agreement. the original The Big Bang Theory the pilot was considered “just a disaster” because the creators still haven’t understood the characters they created. If a woman was going to enter Sheldon and Leonard’s life, she had to be someone who was “nice” to them due to the vulnerability of the male characters. So the first original draft of the female lead “Penny” resurfaced, Gilda was dropped, and Kaley Cuoco replaced Walsh.
Marisa Tomei, Elizabeth Berkley and Tara Reid may not have been the next “Pennies”, but their careers have taken them in different directions that have led to success. Tomei would end up playing Aunt May in MCUs Spiderman trilogy, Reid would be in the swimming shark films that helped change his career and Berkley returned to the iconic role of Jessie Spano in Peacock’s saved by the bell reboot, which lasted two seasons. Kaley Cuoco brought out a nice quality Penny, which has evolved over the years. from the kind of cute “girl next door” type of woman to someone who has never had a problem calling her friends embarrassing scientists even about their business.
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Source: Cinemablend
