Leonard Hofstadter: Last News

“The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series,” when the news broke that Parsons would leave the show after 12 seasons, and it would not continue without him, “there was a lot of crying in the room,” especially from co-star Kaley Cuoco, 36.“The Big Bang Theory” aired on CBS from 2007 to 2019, with a total of 279 episodes. The plot followed a nerdy group of friends, including  physicists Sheldon Cooper (Parsons) and Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), their aspiring actress neighbor Penny (Cuoco) and their pals: engineer Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg), astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar), and neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik).

Jack Dunn “The Big Bang Theory” co-creator Chuck Lorre says Kaley Cuoco‘s character Penny took a few seasons to fully understand. “It’s a cliched character: the dumb blonde, and we missed it,” Lorre said during the first episode of “The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast.” “We didn’t have that right away that what she brought to this story, this series, to these other characters was an intelligence that they didn’t have. A kind of intelligence that was alien to them, an intelligence about people and relationships and family.” Cuoco’s Penny didn’t enter “The Big Bang Theory” cast until Lorre penned a “do-over” pilot after shooting a failed first version that never aired.

Chuck Lorre has started off the podcast confessions with a bang.“The Big Bang Theory” co-creator, 72, revealed a regret of his when it came to Kaley Cuoco’s character, Penny, on the series, which ran from 2007 to 2019 on CBS.“We had so many episodes to go before we started to understand that there was a brilliance to Penny’s character that we had not explored,” Lorre said while on the first-ever episode of “The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast” on Monday.The series followed best friends, roommates and physicists Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg).“We did the very cliché in the beginning, you know, goofy blond who says foolish things. It’s a clichéd character, right? And we missed it,” Lorre told host Jessica Radloff.

Big Bang Theory actors and real life exes recount their costars-to-lovers trajectory in a new oral history of the hit television show, , written by  In an exclusive excerpt from the book shared with , Cuoco says that her attraction to Galecki, was immediate. “I had a very big crush on Johnny early on,” she says.

Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki found love with one another way before their former “Big Bang Theory” characters Penny and Leonard Hofstadter did.

Jennifer Garner.«She was a young theater student, and she came out to do summer-stock theater to get that experience as well, and we did some shows together,» Barber reflected. «My recollection of Jen is the same as everybody’s — she was delightful and wonderful, and everybody had a crush on her at the time.»«She was a genuinely sweet and talented person,» Barber said, adding that, after Garner's career took off, everyone who grew to know her at the theater school was excited for her. «Everyone was proud, and no one was surprised.»Years later, and Barber has become one of TV's iconic sitcom dads, playing George Cooper to a pint-sized Sheldon (played by Iain Armitage) on the hit CBS sit-com.When asked about the status, Barber said, «I don't know about iconic.