It’s been over 17 years since The Massive Bang Idea premiered, and virtually six years because it ended, however the CBS sitcom stays among the finest exhibits streaming on Max, and its universe continues to broaden with a brand new spinoff. A part of the reason being definitely the followers who proceed watching, nevertheless it’s additionally the truth that Massive Bang‘s solid and characters have been positively excellent, no less than over time. Creator Chuck Lorre beforehand opened up in regards to the errors he made with Kaley Cuoco’s Penny earlier than realizing her brilliance.
Whereas initially serving as simply Leonard and Sheldon’s neighbor from throughout the corridor, Penny definitely grew into one thing greater than that. And never simply because she wound up marrying Leonard later within the collection. Lorre spoke in regards to the unaired pilot whereas on The Official Massive Bang Idea Podcast and the way they actually tried to determine the characters earlier than formally shifting forward, nevertheless it took a while for a lightbulb to go off when it got here to Penny’s “dumb blonde” character:
Even after the second pilot, we had so many episodes to go earlier than we began to know that there was a brilliance to Penny’s character that we had not explored. We did the very cliché goofy blonde, you understand, who says silly issues. It’s a cliched character: the dumb blonde. And we missed it. We didn’t have that immediately that what she dropped at this story, this collection, to those different characters, was an intelligence that they didn’t have, a type of intelligence that was alien to them, an intelligence about folks and relationships and household.
Although Penny wasn’t clever by her mates’ means, she was undoubtedly clever in different fields, and she or he proved to be fairly an asset at some factors. It additionally gave Lorre and the writers to actually dig deeper into her character and transfer past the “dumb blonde” cliché, proving that she wasn’t inherently dumb in any respect, simply perhaps not as good as others in most areas of educated life.
Which made it all of the extra enjoyable to see her excel the place everybody else couldn’t when it got here to popular culture, relationships, or trend. Plus, she launched Sheldon, Leonard, and everybody else to a complete new ballgame, even when sports activities wasn’t a part of it:
It was in-built that the scientists of the present didn’t perceive how one can be with folks. She did. She introduced a humanity to them that they have been missing, and that took some time to determine. Actually, to start with, she was sadly one-dimensional in some ways, however the present of a TV collection that begins working is you get time to study.
It might need taken a bit for the writers to totally notice what they might do with Penny within the early days — which followers can stream with a Max subscription — however once they began enjoying to her strengths, it actually labored out. As confirmed by one scene in an episode during which Penny quizzes Sheldon on celebrities and Sheldon quizzes Penny on math and science. But one more reason why their friendship was definitely underrated, and why Jm Parsons and Cuoco nonetheless stay shut. However as soon as it was clear that she wasn’t all dumb and never simply an aspiring actress, it labored in her favor.
Penny grew right into a beloved character and introduced the allure and sass when wanted, together with the road smarts, and it was all due to Kaley Cuoco. CBS initially hated the unique Penny actress, however they knew that there was one thing particular about Penny, all it took was the best actress. Cuoco ended up turning into the present’s secret sauce and it landed her a career-making position, and it’s onerous to think about how various things could be if not solely Cuoco didn’t play the half but when Penny continued to be simply one other dumb blonde.
Whether or not or not Penny can be making a comeback for the upcoming Massive Bang Idea spinoff is unknown, as it could be enjoyable to see her once more and see how she’s doing now. On the very least, it’s attainable followers can be getting some updates on different characters. For now, although, all seasons of Massive Bang are streaming on Max.