Being a big nerd, I was really excited to see THE BIG BANG THEORY panel at Comic-Con. I have to tell you though that with the lack of sleep we’ve had already (Day 2 of the Con), I have to admit that I’m not feeling the Con this morning. Jim Parsons forgive me if I didn’t laugh as loud as I normally would have… I was still without a Venti 2 Bag Chai Tea!
The panel began with a Season 1 clip reel that couldn’t have been more tailored for the Comic-Con audience and it had a great reception. The moderator of the panel, Adam Savage from Mythbusters, then introduced a great stop motion animated video set to the theme song by some viewer in the UK. It was banoodles!
While we didn’t learn a ton about the upcoming season, it was a great panel thanks to the cast and creators of the show. They discussed each panelists geekiest early day traits, the complexity of some ideas introduced on the show, Penny’s knowledge of how the boys perceive her and her ability to play them, and much more.
After the panel I got to interview the cast and creators about their reaction to the panel (amazed) and the upcoming season. Here are some tidbits…
The characters are based on people from creator Bill Prady’s computer programmer days.
They originally shot a pilot for BBT 2.5 years ago with Johnny and Jim Parsons but it never went anywhere. Then CBS gave them the change to rewrite, recast and reshoot so they hired Kaley, Simon and Kumal.
The archetype for Wolowitz is cartoon character Pepi la Pue. Makes so much sense!
Jim Parsons worries about Sheldon’s likability but trusts the writers. Bill and Chuck Lorre don’t worry so much because Jim makes Sheldon so damn likable and forgiving.
Johnny Galecki’s happy to not be the best friend or gay assistant any longer.
As for this season, the date Leonard and Penny went on in the finale will not go so well.
They are about a month and a half ahead of when the episodes will air.
They have yet to go into production for Season 2 so sadly no scenes have been shot and the actors don’t really know what’s going to happen this year.
Season 2 will give us a chance to learn more about the characters.
Kunal said it was originally really intimidating to play scenes where he doesn’t talk because he was worried about having nothing to do but soon found it a whole new acting challenge.
Sara Gilbert will be back in Season 2 as Leslie Winkle. Jim mentioned that he thought there was something sexual in the tension between Sheldon and Leslie last season…
Here are some pics from the panel and the press room (click to enlarge)
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