The Big Bang Theory is one of the most popular comedy series of the past 20 years. The lively nerds have hit the ravages of time and to this day the figures solidify in pop culture. But with one of the most important characters, he regrets how to deal with her at first.
Which figure is it about? Penny is one of the most important characters in the series, although she is not one of the nerds. In terms of content, it is not only a counterweight to the scientists, but also emotionally. Especially in the course of the series, it develops into a multi -layered figure.
In the beginning, it wasn’t that way. She was more of the cliché of a naive actress who just wants to become famous. This is one of the things that regrets Chuck Lorre, the inventor of the series. He revealed that in a podcast.
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Unfortunately it was one -dimensional
What does Chuck Lorre say about Penny? In the current format The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast (via YouTube), the inventor of the Chuck Lorre series spoke to the former Warner boss Peter Roth about Penny and the beginnings of the series. Then Lorre also comes to the conclusion that he regrets how Penny was written at the beginning:
In the beginning we served the cliché: a silly blonde who says stupid things. That’s a cliché figure, isn’t it? And we missed it. We did not know from the start that what she brought into the series and the other characters was an intelligence that was [den Wissenschaftlern] It was strange, they already know, intelligence about people and relationships and family.
At the beginning they were given the chance to turn Penny the counterweight to the nerds that she later became. Unfortunately, it was one -dimensional. But the advantage of TV series comes into play, which Chuck Lorre mentions in the podcast: You can develop figures over a longer period of time and learn what you may have done wrong.
Kaley Cuoco was the right choice
Originally, Penny was supposed to be the character Katie and played by another actress. But they hated the test viewers. In the podcast, Lorre makes it clear again why Kaley Cuoco was so good for the role.
Kaleys Penny was never critical of the nerds, she was amused by them. Even if she got angry, she never became harsh or disrespectful. Penny has never judged the nerds, which according to Lorre even judged more about her.
That is also the big feature of what distinguishes it from the original figure Katie, as Peter Roth explains:
There was a sweetness, an affection that she felt towards them, and I think the audience […] wanted to protect these two boys: the audience wanted to protect these two boys, these two men, these two innocent people, and [Cuoco] Halved that.
Nowadays you can no longer imagine The Big Bang Theory without Penny. She keeps the madness of the other boys under control and often ensures an emotional depth and further development of the other figures in the series. Instead of a real woman, you originally even planned a robot: The Big Bang Theory: Before the series started, an important character should be a robot